Cambria hotel franchisor eyes more Nashville projects and other top stories.

• Cambria hotel franchisor eyes more Nashville projects

  

  Choice Hotels cites Comfort Inn & Suites, boutique hotel and another Cambria among other possibilities.Cambria Nashville will include 255 rooms, a 9,400-square-foot restaurant with a stage for live performances, a rooftop pool and a barista bar.(Photo: Submitted)Story HighlightsGround broken for 255-room Cambria Nashville, which also will include 5,000 square feet of meeting space, a 9,400-square-foot restaurant with a stage for live performances, a rooftop pool and a barista bar.As dirt starts ..

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• Nashville schools expected to reopen Friday on heels of snow

  

  Snow on school bus(Photo: george jurasek, Getty Images/iStockphoto)Metro Nashville Public Schools officials said Thursday they expect to reopen schools on Friday after this week’s round of winter weather.Fred Carr, Metro Schools’ chief operating officer, said they have asked bus drivers to come to work Thursday to clean snow and ice off their buses, start them and make sure they are ready for Friday morning.The winter weather forced Metro — as well as surrounding counties — to close school on Tu..

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• Tailgate Brewery offers family friendly environment in west Nashville

  

  Photo: WKRN NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tailgate Brewery in west Nashville is a successful business with an interesting history. Wesley Keegan’s late father came up with the name Tailgate Beer back in 2004 and incorporated it, trademarked it, and sat on it. During that time, Keegan was a lifeguard and bar manager in California, working his way through school as a finance major. He started brewing his own beer at home, mostly because his friends enjoyed brewing socially. Photo: WKRN “..

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• Manilow comes to Nashville 'One Last Time'

  

  Barry Manilow's Friday night concert at Bridgestone Arena has been postponed.(Photo: Submitted)UPDATE: Barry Manilow's Friday night show at Bridgestone Arena has been postponed. According to a statement from his publicist, Manilow was "rushed back to Los Angeles due to complications from emergency oral surgery that Manilow had on Monday." The concert is being rescheduled and a new date will be announced in near future. Those with tickets for Friday's concert should hold on to their tickets for r..

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• Jimmy Buffett to play Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater

  

  699 Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutJimmy Buffett to play Nashville's Ascend AmphitheaterThe "Margaritaville" singer will bring his tour to Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater on May 26.Sent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Jimmy Buffett to play Nashville's Ascend AmphitheaterJimmy Buffett(Photo: File / AP)For the first time i..

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• Site Selectors conference puts spotlight on Nashville

  

  400 site selection consultants, economic development professionals due here later this monthBuy PhotoExperts see a meeting of the Site Selectors Guild as a chance to showcase Nashville to people who help companies find locations.(Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsThe Site Selectors Guild is holding its annual convention in Nashville for the first time ever."The impact is not only what happens in February, but what happens as a result. ... Ultimately, this leads to ..

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• Shipt expands Nashville-area footprint

  Shipt, a grocery delivery app, is expanding outside of Nashville.Gallatin, Hendersonville, La Vergne, Mt. Juliet, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Spring Hill and Thompson’s Station are among the new areas that will be eligible for Shipt delivery as of Feb. 25.“When Shipt launched in Nashville last summer, we were quickly embraced by our members who have made grocery delivery part of their daily lives,” Bill Smith, founder and CEO of Shipt, said in a prepared statement. “As we grew in the Music City, we co..

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• Nashville area outpaces US in rising home prices

  

  Affordability declined 5.7 percent in fourth quarter, National Association of Realtors data shows.The Nashville area's median home price rose 10.7 percent in the fourth quarter versus a 6.9 percent national average gain.(Photo: AP)Story HighlightsThe median sale price of existing single-family homes rose 10.7 percent to $207,300, besting the 6.9 percent national average gain, but lower than the $222,700 U.S. median price.Nationwide, Nashville was the 52nd-most expensive market among more than 17..

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• Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson finds love in Nashville

  

  Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson had her first meeting with former Vanderbilt football player Andrew East while she was competing on "Dancing With the Stars."(Photo: Ryan Towe)Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson found two loves in Tennessee.A Vanderbilt football player.And Nashville.They happened almost simultaneously, and now — in a perfectly romantic act — the two will come together with a wedding.In April, Johnson will marry NFL hopeful Andrew East at a home in Williamson County. The day will..

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• Legislative Democrats, gun safety group decry plan to open ...

  

  NASHVILLE -- Some Democratic state lawmakers are objecting to plans by Senate and House Republican Speakers Ron Ramsey and Beth Harwell's to let state handgun-carry permit holders go armed in Tennessee's Legislative Plaza. "The presence of armed, possibly untrained individuals in the crowded hallways of Legislative Plaza creates potential for risk for members, staff and visitors," Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris, D-Memphis, said in a statement. Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, said he too..

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