Dickson Community

Amazing is the best description of the Firefly Fine Arts Festival at the Renaissance Center in Dickson. The quality of art, in all its forms, was a delight to the senses! After bumping through the field parking, I smelled the fresh hay and heard the music from one of the two performance stages. Directed to [...]

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“Budget cuts” seem to be the new dirty words around school. The topic was enough to cause a stir at the recent ( June 22nd) County Commissioners Budget meeting. No body likes being the bad guy. No body likes being the one to suggest it might be a good idea to cut our education dollars. [...]

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What this town needs is an uplifting message of hope, a few laughs and a plain old good time! The Renaissance Players presentation of Willy Wonka has it all! Leslie Briscuss & Tim McDonald’s adaptation of the classic story is a fast paced, fun, colorful play full of lively music ~ and~ it is all [...]

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Is the library going to close? Is the building being sold? are just a few of the questions circulating through Dickson faster than the latest Twilight book. Someone even showed up at the library offering boxes for packing! The subject was introduced by Benny Spencer a few weeks ago at a County Commissioners’ budget meeting. [...]

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Friday Night Downtown Lights brings live music, classic movies, late night dining, shopping & sidewalk sales to historic Main street in Dickson. Business owners recently came together with a plan to rejuvenate Main street bringing more interest and more fun to downtown Dickson. The result, wholesome family fun every Friday this summer. Ken Moore of [...]

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Mallory Paige Guthrie turned 3 on May 31st, 2009, and in her 3 short years she has fought bigger battles than most men I know. When Mallory was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with stage IV Embryonic Rhabdomyosa ( a rare but aggressive cancer) which, in laymen terms, is a tumor in [...]

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Having read about the American Cancer Society’s  all night Relay For Life* in Dickson, I decided to check out the event, but not during the early hours, I wanted to see what was happening at midnight. To my great surprise, there was still plenty going on and lots of people in attendance! I am afraid [...]

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Driving down Main Street in downtown Dickson I was thrilled to see the sidewalks crowded with so much foot traffic. There were young couples with one hand on the stroller while the other held iced- coffee, older couples holding hands and teens enjoying ice cream heading toward Holland Park. It was Friday night in Dickson [...]

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On June 2, 2009 residents of Dickson County gathered to celebrate a piece of local history.  The Grand Opening of the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum was held at Holland Park under cloudless skies.  Jerry Smith, Master of Ceremonies, opened with some information about the hotel.  The hotel’s name comes from its being the birthplace of [...]

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Thank you for allowing me a few minutes of your time and for your commitment as a public servant. My name is Linda Hayes and I am the Mayor of the Town of White Bluff. I am here to represent our citizens and discuss the recent decision against placing an ambulance in White Bluff. During [...]

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