Mercy Community Healthcare will host its fourth annual Fall Fundraising Dinner Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. through a virtual program on YouTube. 

“It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth it.”

The Lotz House will host three evening ghost tours of the house on Halloween slated for Saturday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. 

A. Marshall Hospitality’s downtown Franklin concept Americana Taphouse will host “Brats, Burgers & Beer,” an Oktoberfest-style block party, on Friday, Oct. 30. 

Although I do not have the authority to make this declaration, I will do it anyway: October is the best month of the year. Even this year. Maybe especially this year.  All of the sweetness seems a little sweeter.  

Groundbreaking for the new 33,000-square-foot Williamson County Animal Center was held Wednesday with several county officials on hand with their shovels.

In a sense, Shawn Riley is a one-person operation at the part-time job he holds with Electronics Recycling Solutions in Cool Springs.

Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday it will offer nonstop service from Nashville to Hartford, Connecticut, starting in March.

To help with the Paint the Town Orange campaign presented by the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, the Battle Ground Academy Lower School kindergarten classes presented orange artwork and downtown Franklin stories and illustrations at Franklin’s pumpkin tree that stands on the town square.

Scott Hamilton, world-renowned figure skater and Williamson County resident, will be headlining the upcoming Breakfast with the Mayors Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 7:45-9 a.m. in a virtual setting.

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As is often the case, I’m writing about something that will be outdated by the time you read it. 

Williamson County Parks and Recreation will offer two new types of performance-based workshops for kids and teens starting in late October at the Williamson County Performing Arts Center at Academy Park in Franklin. 

Mercy Community Healthcare has begun offering in-school nursing services at New Hope Academy through a nurse who has been both a teacher and now a health care professional.

Sarcasm, insults, mocking, constant interruptions, accusations, eye rolling, raised voices and name calling.  I found it painful to watch portions of the first Trump-Biden debate because it reminded me too much of some of the worst couples therapy sessions I’ve been apart of.  

The nonprofit organization Waves will host its biannual fall fundraiser Thursday, Oct. 29, that will feature singer-songwriter Phil Vassar as well as an online auction.

Studio Tenn Theatre Company is launching a new educational offering that will give students the opportunity to train to work and study at the professional and collegiate level, according to a press release from the Franklin theater company.

I think everyone would agree the summer of 2020 has been the summer of protests.

The Williamson County Animal Center has added four spay and neuter clinic dates for outdoor cats, at no charge to the pet owner.

About a month ago, weary of continued semi-isolation, my wife and I began to think about a fall vacation. Because of canceled plans, we have a bunch of flight credit, so we considered all kinds of options.