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On Thursday morning, Freedom Intermediate School teacher Janet Parker was surprised by FSSD Director of Schools David Snowden, who was carrying a bouquet of balloons and an important announcement. Dr. Snowden announced to the surprised teacher and her class of sixth graders that she has been chosen to represent the school district as the FSSD […]

City of Franklin Administrator, Eric Stuckey announces today the Parks Department has successfully completed the State of Tennessee Parks and Recreation Benchmarking Program.  In May 2008, the Franklin Parks Department embarked on a journey of establishing/organizing policies and procedures established by the Department of Environment and Conservation under the division of the Recreational Educational Services […]

The 106th General Assembly organizational session started with disappointment and then ended on a positive note. We elected a new Republican speaker of the House, with the previous speaker, Jimmy Nafieh, choosing not to run due to lack of support. This was the first Republican Speaker of the House since 1970. The organizational session ended […]

The 2008 Williamson County Fair presented by Tractor Supply Company received six merit awards, including best web site, at the Tennessee Association of Fairs (TAF) annual convention, held January 15-17, 2009 at the Nashville Airport Marriot Hotel.  The TAF membership includes 60 fairs from all across Tennessee, with 3 divisions based upon fair attendance. The […]

Shop at Whole Foods in Franklin on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 and 5% of the day’s net sales will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Franklin. Visit www.bgcfwc.org for more info on their work in our community and to help realize their mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us […]

Carnton’s new cookbook, View from the Porch: A Collection of Recipes From Friends of Carnton, has arrived and is now available for purchase in our gift shop! The cookbook is a collection of recipes from Carnton’s friends, members, and staff. Robert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South, penned the foreword. “It’s appropriate that […]

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has distributed more than $1 million in grants to 202 nonprofit organizations as part of The Foundation’s annual grant making process. “The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee connects generosity with need by supporting our region’s hard-working nonprofit organizations,” said Ellen Lehman, president of The Community Foundation.  “The Foundation appreciates […]

The following is an update about Save the Franklin Theatre’s fundraising goals: The Martin Foundation provided the Heritage Foundation with a $1.5 million Challenge Grant in early October of this year:  The grant states that if the Heritage Foundation raises $1.5 million by December 31, 2008, then The Martin Foundation will provide $1.5 million to […]

Heritage Foundation President David Garrett announced today that the nonprofit preservation group raised just over $1.54 million in the last 90 days of 2008 to meet a $1.5 million challenge grant by the Martin Foundation to restore the 70-year-old Franklin Theatre at 419 Main Street. The $3 million raised in the last quarter of 2008 […]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, COMMUNICATIONS By mail, you have received a postcard listing important phone numbers for our State and County and secondly, you will receive my annual legislative survey will be in the mail after December 17th. I hope the first mail piece was informative and the second you will find useful in […]

Curt Jones, a local inventor and founder of Dippin’ Dots ice cream, will visit students on Tuesday, December 9, at 11:00 AM at Johnson Elementary School. The children, students in Sharon Hargrave’s multi-age (grades 1-2) class, will interview Mr. Jones on camera as he explains how he invented Dippin’ Dots. He will also share some […]

Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Martin, Jr., and The Martin Foundation are more than pleased to support the Heritage Foundation’s campaign to save the Franklin Theatre with a $1.5 million pledge but this pledge is an all-or-nothing challenge grant:  the Heritage Foundation must match every dollar of this pledge by December 31st or lose the […]

The Franklin Special School District is proud to have a teacher who has qualified to run in the prestigious Boston Marathon. Elisa Baughman, 38, teaches 7th grade language arts at Freedom Middle School. She is one of 25,000 runners across the world who will participate on April 20, 2009, in the 113th Boston Marathon, the […]

Students will be among the most people sport stacking at various locations around the world in one day Students at Moore Elementary and Liberty Elementary schools (pre-K through 4th grade) will be taking part in the 3rd annual World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA) STACK UP! Event on Thursday, November 13. During the course of the […]

The fourth annual Franklin Wine Festival, held Oct. 24, 2008, at The Factory in Franklin, Tenn., not only experienced record attendance, but generated $112,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a record.  Click here to see pictures from the event! Supported by Nissan USA and other area firms, the event was hosted by Cool Springs Wines […]