George Will once said, “Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early.” “Lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early.“ We’ve heard time and again…
Category: Lake Forest
Public Hearing for High Density Housing in Overcrowded LFE
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The City of La Vergne is holding a Public Hearing on June 2, 2020 at 6:30. Ordinance #2020-03 addresses the proposed zoning change from R-1 (low density) to Planned Density Residential (high density). This property is located near Fire Station #3…
Parade Time for Lake Forest Estates!
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Dear LaVergne Lake Elementary teachers. We love you. We love you with all our hearts. We mean it. These amazing educators have organized a wonderful event tentatively scheduled on Monday, March 23 around 11:15 a.m. If you live in Lake…
Project Feed
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La Vergne Middle School is planning to feed the community. This Tuesday from 3:45-6:00 PM, in the cafeteria. Â Come out and be a part of the community. Â The cost is free! Click the link to open the PDF(requires acrobat reader)…
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…