Clarksville’s Liberty Park opened Friday
May 19, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Liberty Park opened yesterday morning at dawn and Clarksvillians were ready and waiting for the opening of the park areas of the new Clarksville Marina.
Fishermen were the first on hand. They had been eying the pond for months looking forward for the chance to be one of the first anglers to try their luck there. By 10:00am around 20 anglers had staked out their positions around the banks.
Some young fishermen getting ready to try their luck at the Liberty Park pond.
Local Wendy’s franchise recognized with company’s highest honor
November 1, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville has reason to be proud of their local Wendys restaurants. At Wendy’s 2011 Convention in Las Vegas, the Founder’s Award was presented to Mike O’Malley and John Hughes, franchisees with Wendy’s of Bowling Green.
Wendy’s of Bowling Green own and operate the Clarksville restaurants, with locations across Tennessee and Alabama. The Founder’s Award is presented to franchisees who embody the common-sense genius of Dave Thomas, the founder of the popular restaurant chain, and is the company’s highest honor.
Wendy's Founder's Award was presented to Mike O'Malley and John Hughes.
“Wine Around the World” to benefit local Red Cross
October 23, 2011
Clarksville, TN – “Wine around the World” is coming to Clarksville, Saturday November 12th at the Water Street Events Center. This signature event will be one of a kind for Clarksville, as sponsors will be able to sample wine’s from all over the world, matched with foods paired perfectly with your selections.
“Wine around the World” will benefit the local chapter of the American Red Cross, continuing it’s mission to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Tickets are available at the Red Cross office on Madison Street, and are $55.00 in advance. Event chairperson Beth Tanner says the event will feature some of the finest wines from Spain, Germany, California, New Zealand, Portugal and France. [Read more]
Riverside Drive Two Mile Yard Sale Starts Tomorrow
June 16, 2011
Clarksville, TN – There will be a Two Mile Yard Sale held along Riverside Drive June 17th and 18th starting at 7:00am and running into the early afternoon. It will be the first occurrence with hopefully many more to come. Most local businesses will be setting up sale areas at their businesses.
The sales area starts at the Hooters/Taco Bell area and ends at Dairy Queen.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come out to these sales and support the businesses that were affected by the Great Flood of 2010.
City postpones 2010 Flood commemoration
May 2, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville will reschedule a commemoration of the 2010 Flood planned for today at the Cumberland RiverCenter Pavilion amphitheater of McGregor Park because of high waters from recent severe weather. No new date has been set for the ceremony. [Read more]
APSU’s GIS Center and Oak Ridge Receive $400,000 Grant for Cell Phone App Program
April 14, 2011
Clarksville, TN – On a stormy Monday afternoon, while tornado sirens blared across the Austin Peay State University campus, Mike Wilson, manager of the school’s Geographic Information Systems Center, decided to talk about natural disasters.
“Suppose a tornado rips through here,” he said, knocking on his wood desk to ward off the suggestion. “If that happens, local officials will need to do a preliminary damage assessment. That’ll go to the state, and the governor will make a decision on whether to call in FEMA for a natural disaster. This app speeds that up.”
Wilson motioned to his Android mobile phone. A year ago, his office, in conjunction with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, developed an innovative new cell phone application known as the Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Kit (DMARK). The application allows emergency responders to document immediately any damage they come across following a disaster. [Read more]
Wild Woody’s Saloon Opens in the Two Rivers Center
March 29, 2011
Wild Woody's Saloon - Pool Room
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s new hot spot opened it’s doors on Friday night inside the Two Rivers Center. As many business owners are bouncing back from the Great Flood of 2010, others are taking advantage of space that has come available.
Wild Woody’s is located at 700 North Riverside Drive Suite C-7. Just a few doors down from Hooters. The doors officially opened at 8:00pm Friday night and for awhile it was standing room only. [Read more]
McDonald’s on Riverside Drive now Re-open
March 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – It’s been 10 months since the Great Flood of 2010, but Eric Larson the owner of Larson Enterprises remembers it well. “”When the manager got here that morning at 5:00am and the water was on the far side of the intersection. We thought that it would stop by time it reached the sidewalk, but instead it kept inching up all day. The old store was raised up slightly so towards the end it was like an island surrounded by the rising water.”
Indeed many of you remember the sight of the lone car abandoned at the drive-thru window. “The driver of the car was not allowed to leave by the police, who feared that the water around the store had gotten too deep.” Larson said. “The water kept rising and before you know it, we had 2-1/2 foot of water in the store, the water got up to the table tops.”
Riverside Drive Wendy’s Re-Opens at Last
March 21, 2011
Clarksville, TN – “It’s been a long ten months,” according to Wendy’s of Clarksville Mike O’Malley speaking about the re-opening of the Riverside Drive Wendy’s location. The store was stripped of everything that wasn’t nailed down just before the rising flood waters deluged the store with 4′ of water in May 2010.
After the flood some tough choices had to be made, including the making the decision to totally rebuild, or not.
A young man ordering a Frosty is the first customer at the newly re-opened Wendy's Restaurant
Popular TV Host and Emcee joins WJZM
January 3, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Art Conn, the longtime host of Clarksville’s Best Buys joins WJZM radio as co-host of the ”Bone Show”, Clarksville’s longest running morning show in 2011. Heard weekday mornings from 6:00am-9:00am on 1400 AM, and worldwide at www.wjzm.com, Conn becomes a part of the only morning talk show in the Clarksville/Fort Campbell market.
The Bone Show signed on the air in August of 1994, and is a part of Clarksville’s oldest radio station, offering a variety of local news talk and sports programming. [Read more]
