Fall means festivals around these parts, and Bartlett holds its annual event this weekend after being sidelined for a couple of years by the pandemic.

As the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center embarks on a new season, the lineup features a variety of shows geared to an array of audiences.

Brent Hammonds, David Parsons and Kevin Quinn discussed their qualifications and what they see as the priorities for the suburb improving. The fourth candidate — John Lackey — did not participate.

Aislinn McEwen has concerns about books coming under scrutiny in school libraries and has included it as a major platform in her run for a seat on the Bartlett City Schools Board of Education.

Their assignment is to make more people aware of the free, 130-bed Adult Rehab Center on Kirby Whitten Road and to bring in more donations for the Family Thrift Store next door.

“We believe in this technology. This team believes in the need to pay attention to what happens post-operatively to patients as they recover from surgeries,” said the co-founder of the company. 

The Bartlett company expects to be the largest producer of vinyl records in North America by next year, making about 130,000 records per day.

After a tough week locally and with the remembrance of 9/11 approaching on Sunday, first responders in Bartlett were recognized Friday for their service to the community.

With Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division now leaning toward staying the TVA as its power supplier, suburban leaders’ focus shifts to representation on the utility’s board.

Another round of suburbs add their input Tuesday, Aug. 30, on the potential MLGW-TVA split. 

Casper Briggs believes his experience on Bartlett commissions gives him a better understanding of the suburb than his opponents in the Position 1 race for alderman in November.

With a host of Bartlett officials, including Mayor A. Keith McDonald, headed for retirement, the November election will bring a new mayor and new department head nominations. 

Major projects in subsequent years include roof replacements for Bon Lin Elementary and Middle, Bartlett Elementary and Appling Middle, and a gymnasium renovation at the Ninth Grade Academy.

With a desire to help with personnel, employee pay and infrastructure, Thomas Stephen Jr. is part of a four-candidate race seeking Bartlett’s Position 2 alderman office.

With studies showing benefits of students starting classes later in the morning, several districts are studying the move.

The qualifying deadline for the Nov. 8 election was Thursday at noon. In addition to the federal and state elections, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland are holding municipal elections.

New principals in the northeastern municipal districts open the school year with hope, promise and new direction.

“My grandfather taught me that my rights stop where your nose starts, so if you’re putting things up in yards that bring down my property value, you’re impeding my rights,” said Bartlett Mayor A. Keith McDonald. 

Business owners network and show off their wares at Bartlett event. For many, it’s a family affair.

Bartlett could soon have a tattoo and piercing parlor on North Germantown Road after the suburb’s planning commission endorsed the idea.

Additional candidates, including Victor Michael Read for Position 1, file for offices in Bartlett municipal elections. 

For the upcoming fall semester, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis campus will be able to accommodate up to 180 students in six competency-based programs.

Mandy Young, the current chairwoman of the Bartlett Planning Commission as well as a member of the city’s Historic Board, will fill the vacated seat of former Bartlett Alderwoman Emily Elliott until the Nov. 8 municipal election.

Bartlett is facing some decisions on how to treat its wastewater, some of which could eliminate reliance on holding tanks and the City of Memphis handling the issue.

A Pride display, which ignited a fire last year over what constitutes political speech in Bartlett, has been vandalized.