Within the general Spring Hill region in Maury County, a "populated place" would include Spring Hill. Of course. Less known, however, to most citizens would be these: Duplex, Duplex Mission, Hardison Mill, Kedron, Lanton, Lasea, Lees Corner, Lively, Neapolis, New Town, Oakland Historical, Pottsville, and Rally Hill.
Wall's Grocery is located in Kedron.
Hardison's Mill is where fellow beekeeper Don Lockhart maintains a slew of beehives.
New Town is essentially all of Alex Drive, off Duplex Road, and the Duplex Road frontage. The city maintains a cemetery there. Charlie Carter Sr., minister for New Town's Church of Christ, has held his position there for 22 years, likely the longest current tenure for any city minister at any one church. Previous to his arrival, he lived in Waverly. I consider it an honor that Brother Carter serves up my local honey at his church's annual Christmas breakfast. My girls worked hard to make it happen.
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Duplex Road, narrow, heavily traveled, with hills that act as blind spots and ditches instead of shoulders, most reasonable people would agree needs a reconfiguration.
A decade after Danny Leverette, mayor at the time, rented a bus and invited state officials to travel the road and see for themselves the dangers it held for an ever increasing population, something is actually in the works to accomplish that purpose.
Has the road been the bugaboo as ballyhooed by Leverette? It is a dangerous stretch of road to navigate under any conditions. Has the number of accidents increased in proportion to the increase in traffic? I would like to see the statistics, if such numbers are available. Leverette's scare ride may soon pay dividends. Work on the road may actually start in a couple of years. Once finished, the road will offer a less stressful trek for all.
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Popular eatery and entertainment venue Puckett's in Franklin has added a vehicle to its catering business. It's a retired travel trolley with an interesting name scripted on its sides. Ready? "Trolley Parton." A new Hooters-type sports bar in Cool Springs called "Twin Peaks" probably wishes it had come up with the idea first.
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Tennessee's first case of Africanized bees was confirmed through genetic testing in early April in a colony belonging to a beekeeper in Monroe County. The bees were described as "partially Africanized." Such bees are more aggressive than regular honeybees here and have been working their way up from the south for the past few years.
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In a highly unofficial and unscientific survey conducted by myself, vendors I spoke with at the recent Mule Day celebration in Columbia all reported a sharp decline in sales from the previous year. That included some food vendors. Some bad weather Thursday and Friday played a big role in declining sales, no doubt. Saturday started out warm, quite warm, actually, and then by early afternoon, the sky darkened, the temperature dropped significantly and large hailstones pelted those stuck in the open running for shelter. It's still a great event and some fickle weather will not change that. I am, however, for calling it Mule "Days" since it has long since transformed from being a one-day salute to a multi-days event.
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