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With 50 years combined experience in molded plastics, tool-making and machinery, entrepreneurs Eric Hamilton of Mt. Juliet and his partner Jeff Brunelle, from North Carolina, are jumping into Coffee County’s injection-molding industry with both feet and a style of their own. Their startup, called Top Tenn, is located in the historic PCA pajama factory building on East Coffee Street in Manchester, which they recently purchased and are now busy
What could have been a disappointing conclusion to high school has turned out to be a happy ending for two Central High School foreign exchange students. Seniors Caio Guimaraes from Brazil and Sigrid Eek from Norway were told last Thursday (Read the original story here) that they wouldn’t be walking the line with their classmates because they had not earned a diploma from CHS. But as it turns out,
The Coffee County Rescue Squad will host an open house in celebration of its 50th year from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. The event will be at the rescue squad building, 2270 Murfreesboro Hwy. in Manchester. Call 931-728-1785 for more information. Food and entertainment will be on hand for the open house. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks will be available as well as music from Jeff Batson, the National Guard
Longtime educator and administrator Joey Vaughn has been selected as the new principal at Coffee County Central High School. Vaughn replaces John Bush, who is finishing out the school year after announcing his resignation after two years on the job last month. “I am honored to have been chosen to work with students, families, staff and faculty at Coffee County High School,” Vaughn told the Manchester Times. “It is
Coffee County’s Ta’Neesa Buchanan dashes to the finish line at the state track meet Wednesday while coaches and fellow Central High School athletes cheer her on. (Staff photo by Milton Stanley) Coffee County’s Ta’Neesa Buchanan fell short of qualifying for the 400-meter finals in the state track meet Wednesday, but she reached her goal of ending her high school career with a personal best time. Buchanan, a Central High School
Three Coffee County Central High School sports teams entered sectional competition this month to earn an opportunity to participate in this week’s Blue Cross-Blue Shield Spring Fling in Murfreesboro. But after the soccer team, softball squad, and all other track athletes failed to make the cut, only one CHS competitor remains for state-level competition: senior runner Ta’Neesa Buchanan. Buchanan will compete Wednesday in the girls 400-meter dash at the state
This year’s Junior Red Raider Boys Basketball Camp, originally scheduled for Tuesday-Friday, May 28-31, at Central High School, has been cancelled. Camp director, CHS boys basketball coach Scott Givens, has accepted a new coaching and teaching position in Georgia and will be leaving CHS at the end of this school year. Whether or not another camp is offered this summer is still up in the air, according to CHS athletic
Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt Until recently, one hurdle facing the students at Hickerson Elementary School had been finding a safe place to walk and run; that is until the completion of a concrete walkway that circles the playground behind the school. “We needed somewhere for the students to run and walk out here,” said school nurse Angela Ridner. “It was really muddy
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon of up to 340 students job shadowing Monday from Coffee Middle School. “This is a great program because it gives them a window into the real world,” said CCMS guidance counselor Gina Cleek about the program. She said that the eighth grade puts a lot of work into career exploration. Students registering for classes at Central High School
EDITOR Josh Peterson For the past few years, Central High School government teacher Andrew Taylor has had his students write letters to various public officials requesting them to come speak to the school. Over that time Representative Scott DesJarlais and State Representative Judd Matheny have made the trip to speak. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander have had office representatives contact the school. But this year the most powerful man
Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact study that shows that the festival and its avid patrons put more than $50 million into the local Manchester and statewide Tennessee economies last year. The study reports that the festival generated $36 million in direct expenditures (monies injected into the economy by Bonnaroo attendees during their travel to and from the festival) and an additional $15 million
Superfly and A.C Entertainment are proud to announce that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has confirmed an exceptional comedy lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival’s hugely popular Comedy Theatre. In keeping with tradition, Bonnaroo, which will take place on its 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, from June 13 – 16, will host a vibrant and diverse collection of national headlining comics at its inimitable air-conditioned venue,
By John Coffelt,Staff Writer Nineteen seventh-grade students at Westwood Middle School Middle School are getting some pretty intensive flight training each week during a new after-school program sponsored by Arnold Engineering and Development Complex’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Center. The students, made up of an equal mix of boys and girls handpicked for the program by Westwood science teacher Deb Wimberley, are the first locally to participate
What could have been a disappointing conclusion to high school has
The Coffee County Rescue Squad will host an open house in
Coffee County’s Ta’Neesa Buchanan dashes to the finish line at the state
Three Coffee County Central High School sports teams entered sectional competition this
Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon