Kevin Walters

Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen - Tuesday, Nov. 11

City will maintain private parking lot Aldermen, in a 5-2 vote, agreed to sign a lease agreement with Fourth Avenue Church of Christ to maintain and patrol the church's parking lot. The lot, behind the Starbucks shop near Five...

City of Franklin to take over Five Points parking lot

Mayor says shoppers are crucial to city's health By Kevin Walters • THE TENNESSEAN • November 13, 2008 FRANKLIN—City aldermen will spend about $75,000 to resurface a downtown parking lot owned by Fourth Avenue Church of Christ...

City workers will likely lose option to bank vacation pay

FRANKLIN — As much as $350,000 in unused vacation pay and other benefits will be paid to Franklin city staffers by the end of the year, but city leaders say this is the last year this policy will be followed.

Neighbors anticipate creek cleanup

FRANKLIN — Six months after a new clean-up plan for Liberty Creek was submitted to state environmental officials, neighbors of the chemically polluted waterway are still waiting for some definitive action.

Work on power lines will be costly

Aldermen opt for relocation of several lines By Kevin Walters • THE TENNESSEAN • November 9, 2008 FRANKLIN — Out of three options for moving Hillsboro Road's overhead electric lines, aldermen are taking what could be the...

Atmos bills face double whammy

Aldermen to vote Tuesday on fee By Kevin Walters • THE TENNESSEAN • November 10, 2008 FRANKLIN — Franklin's Atmos Energy Corp. customers are facing two potential gas bill increases — one from the city and one from the company....

State advises new steps in Franklin creek cleanup

FRANKLIN — Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Co. Inc. must take several new steps in the years-long cleanup of Liberty Creek — including soil testing for toxic vapors in a neighborhood near the paint plant.

Theater donation comes with a catch

Martin Foundation offers $1.5M, but supporters must obtain a match By Kevin Walters • THE TENNESSEAN • November 6, 2008 FRANKLIN — A Nashville foundation is ready to make the Franklin Theatre the recipient of its first donation...

Mayor 'perturbed' at costs

FRANKLIN — Cost increases on two of Franklins' highest-profile projects — the new police headquarters on Columbia Avenue and Bicentennial Park — are drawing scrutiny from Mayor John Schroer and aldermen because of their new...

Screenwriter plays her hand

By Kevin Walters • THE TENNESSEAN • November 5, 2008 FRANKLIN — If Lisa Parsons was writing a movie about her life, right now would be the part where things get good. Then comes a Hollywood-style twist: Turns out Parsons, 36,...

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