La Vergne Middle School is planning to feed the community. This Tuesday from 3:45-6:00 PM, in the cafeteria. Come out and be a part of the community. The cost is free! Click the link to open the PDF(requires acrobat reader)…
Category: Lake Forest
Saturday News Roundup, Version 2.014
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Happy February 2014, LaVergne! A lot of news has been coming out of the city in the last couple of weeks, so it’s time to share some of the excitement, some of the weird, and some key personnel additions. Let’s…
Point : Counterpoint on DNJ OpEd
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While the DNJ was right on target in today’s year-end review article called “2012 Winners & Losers” about the city benefiting from Bruce Richardson as interim city administrator and a mayor working full time, we have a very differing opinion…
Stone Soup: We’ll Miss the Mayans
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A week after anthropologists managed to scare the beejeezies out of everyone thinking the world was ending, here we all are. But don’t despair all you stock-pilers who have your treasures hidden in secret rooms and bunkers… the “Prophet Gabriel”…
24 Days Til Christmas, Out and About
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Happy December 1st LaVergne! We are now 20 days until the end of the world. Failing that, we are 24 days away from Christmas! 31 days from the New Year. And what have we done this year? There’s some really…
Volunteer State, Volunteer Community
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Tennessee has had a reputation for toughness since the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 when a group of volunteers made up of Choctaw Indians, free men of color and ragtag group of militia whooped the butts…
How About That Park in Lake Forest?
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I have many friends who live in the Lake Forest subdivision. When they moved in, they were promised by builders that the developer would be building a wonderful playground in Lake Forest Park, located behind the police substation on Holland…
Edward Ewing House Born Sep 9 1896 Died Sep 10 1896
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Edward Ewing House lived one day according to this headstone at what I am guessing is the “Mason Cemetery” at Lake Forest Park behind the police substation. Other graves show that a people who lived in LaVergne from years gone…
Why Do We Park On A Driveway And Drive On A Parkway?
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So the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted tonight to defer a vote on an ordinance that would ban parking in your yard. Understandably, people were upset. I live in a part of Lake Forest where there are LOTS of…