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MURFREESBORO, TN - The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring will host its annual museum fundraiser, Wine & Whiskey at the Wetlands, on Friday, March 15th, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. Sponsored by CED Murfreesboro and presented by Charlie Patel and Stones River Total Beverages, the event will showcase a variety of fine wines and spirits, with food available for purchase.  This year’s event also features a new VIP experience for an additional cost. Wine & Whiskey is for ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - The 31st Annual Secret Garden Party and Secret Garden Tours, both of which help fund the non-profit Discovery Center, will be held the first weekend of June... That was Lindsey Jennings, Vice President of Philanthropy at the Discovery Center. For those who have not visited the Discovery Center (502 SW Broad Street) in Murfreesboro... There is always something new for families to explore at the museum, where they have a featured exhibit that changes throughout the year. ....

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Murfreesboro City Council will meet in a Regular Workshop meeting at 11:30 a.m. this Wednesday morning, April 12, 2023. At the meeting, council members will discuss the Discovery Center Boardwalk, which is in need of repairs. In the early 2000's, the Corps of Engineering constructed a boardwalk through the wetlands that starts at the Discovery Center Children's Museum. The boardwalk meanders through the swamp like waters of Murfree Spring, ...

(MURFREESBORO)  Elementary, middle school and high school students from Rutherford, Davidson and Sumner counties brought their research A games to the Middle Tennessee State University campus earlier this week. Ingenious, industrious and impressive describes the projects and talents of the nearly 220 youth from 18 schools attending the annual Middle Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub Expo Wednesday, April 5, in the Student Union Ballroom. The judged competition hos...

Discovery Center names Choctaw artist, Sally Wells, as the 2023 artist in residence

(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) One storm-related death in Middle Tennessee, but Rutherford County had mostly downed trees and fences. Rutherford County Damage A large century old tree fell onto a beautiful home on Clark Boulevard while large privacy fences were flattened by wind gusts in the River View community.  The Rutherford County Highway Department was busy clearing large trees that were toppled by high winds in the Sulphur Springs Road, Leanna Road, Stewarts Creek and Rhett Drive area of Sm...

(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) One storm-related death in Middle Tennessee, but Rutherford County had mostly downed trees and fences. WGNS is still off-the-air, but the streaming of the radio station is working fine on the internet.  Middle Tennessee Electric's Amy Byers said not only is the radio station still without power--but so are 12-thousand MTE customers in the area. It shows that the electric company has outages spread throughout its multi-county service area (Rutherford, Williamson,...

(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) Friday's storms brought heavy damage and a storm-related death in Middle Tennessee, but Rutherford County had mostly downed trees and fences. WGNS Back On-The-Air Thanks to MTE crews, WGNS' on-air FM and AM signals in Murfreesboro and Smyrna were re-stored late Friday night. For Good Neighbor Station Listeners who receive the local programming on their smart phones or computers, that service was not interupted and continued. Middle Tennessee Electric's Amy Byer...

(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) Friday's storms brought heavy damage and a storm-related death in Middle Tennessee, but Rutherford County had mostly downed trees and fences. Two persons are confirmed dead in Middle Tennessee as a result of the storms.  WGNS Back On-The-Air Thanks to MTE crews, WGNS' on-air FM and AM signals in Murfreesboro and Smyrna were re-stored late Friday night. For Good Neighbor Station Listeners who receive the local programming on their smart phones or computers, ...

Opens Saturday, January 21st - The discovery center, a local children's museum is holding a special event for kids on Saturday January 21st. Families will enter into Nick Park’s colorful character’s known as Wallace & Gromit. Park is the creator of the animation that is seen on both film and television. Visitors will have the opportunity to step into the popular North England home of cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his loyal and intelligent dog, Gromit. In Wal...