School board races to fire up next month
Memphis-area school board elections will be partisan next year.
Memphis-area school board elections will be partisan next year.
Even with more approvals needed before closing the deal, Bartlett already is receiving interest from groups interested in managing Quail Ridge Golf Course for the suburb.
The new Taste of Paradise Indian Buffet & Grill restaurant on Stage Road is tied to the nearby Al-Aqsa International Market, and the owner promises farm-fresh food.
Bartlett makes moves to purchase Quail Ridge Golf Course, which closed a year ago, and resurrect the 18-hole layout.
Air Force Capt. Kenneth Wells was held captive in Vietnam for 466 days. He was honored for his service during the Veterans Day celebration in Bartlett.
“This plan seems like a really good idea,” one resident said. “This is the same TIF that was rejected before,” said another.
Bartlett became the latest suburb to put term limits on its elected officials, holding them to a trio of four-year terms.
One alderman will be unable to seek reelection at the end of his term.
Opinions are split on whether Bartlett’s plans to resurrect Quail Ridge Golf Course and have it managed by a private entity is the best route for the suburb.
In a bit of a surprise, Bartlett officials are taking steps to get into the golf course business with the potential purchase of Quail Ridge.
After a lack of interest in Quail Ridge Golf Course, Bartlett may have found a way to purchase the property and resurrect the course.
For the fourth year, the Tennessee Shakespeare Company will perform outside of the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, this time presenting “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Residents in a Bartlett neighborhood opposed rezoning a tract to commercial, saying it is not in keeping with the long-held character of their homes.
But all suburbs have a city administrator or manager who oversees day-to-day operations — and makes more money than their mayoral counterparts.
The owner describes his international market as encompassing Mediterranean, Hispanic and Indian groceries with some European and American products as well.
Bartlett’s annual Fall Festival this weekend will feature car shows, BBQ contests, art displays, music and other activities.
Bartlett City Schools has selected Lakisha Mitchell as the district’s new chief financial officer.
With a focus on making quality tacos with prime meat, a couple has opened a new restaurant on U.S. 64 in Bartlett across from Wolfchase Galleria.
Eighteen months after Bartlett annexed land at the northwest corner of the suburb, city officials are securing funding for a new industrial area called Innovation Park.
Long-discussed infrastructure work in the Fletcher Creek Sewer Basin could improve development in Bartlett, while taking some of the pressure off the Memphis system.
Two barbers who formerly worked at the Stage Road Barber Shop have opened The Barber Shop, an old-fashioned clip business around the corner from their former employer.
Authorities were conducting a predawn drug investigation when the suspect was killed and an officer wounded. The officer is in non-critical condition.
With tribute bands, family-friendly productions and stars like T. Graham Brown, Booker T. Jones and Wendy Moten, the BPACC presents a diverse lineup for the coming season.
A Bartlett site previously considered for a Hy-Vee grocery store will soon hold more than 300 high-end “flats.”
Only days after Bartlett officials rejected a TIF for an addition to Union Depot, developer Keith Grant has put the project’s expansion on hold.
Keith Grant has not identified the potential store for his Union Depot development, but he may have provided a clue towards solving the mystery.
The potential grocery store in Union Depot remains unnamed, but developer Keith Grant may have unintentionally provided a clue to the identity.
A desire for tax increment financing help on Union Depot hit a snag because the developer can’t tell city officials what grocery store is planned for the mixed-use development.
A new state law forced school districts to implement new policies for students’ cellphones and other personal devices.