Incumbent Collierville aldermen Tom Allen and Maureen Fraser are hoping their leadership experience will push them to victory on Election Day. Challengers Gregory Cotton and William Boone want to sway voters looking for a change. 

The Lake District has secured six more tenants, effectively boosting its committed retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet.

Over the next year the Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) Board of Education will create a new five-year strategic plan, so the races for board seats in this year’s election carry extra weight.

Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

Germantown opened the bid process on its new outdoor venue – The Grove – earlier this week and the mandatory pre-bid meeting for those interested is later today.

Shane Horn begins his duties as Lakeland city manager next Monday, Oct. 1, earning $110,000 annually to run the suburb’s day-to-day operations.

On Sundays we’re going to try to catch up on the week’s news, late-breaking items, observations and perhaps a recap of stories that were particularly interesting.

Over the years, suburban cities have dealt with cyclical changes in direction. Those times when enough new folks move into a municipality and decide the old folks in office aren’t doing things correctly and orchestrate a change.