Eli Motycka
Writer at Nashville Scene
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1 week ago |
nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka
Two major infrastructure proposals in Belle Meade have inspired litigious, organized opposition from residents worried about traffic and the enclave’s historic character. Built from John Harding’s parceled-out antebellum plantation, Belle Meade has long prided itself on keeping its neighborhood frozen in time.
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1 week ago |
nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka
A former Vanderbilt undergraduate student has sued Vanderbilt University for arresting him last year, claiming that the university’s police force violated his constitutional rights. The student, Douglas Norman, was arrested by the Vanderbilt University police twice in 12 months despite, he says, following what he understood as the proper protocol for attending an on-campus meeting and an on-campus basketball game.
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1 week ago |
nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka
The Calvert Street Group came under fire this week when Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland accused the prominent Nashville public relations firm of impersonating Murfreesboro residents at a town hall. Calvert was hired by waste management company Republic Services to advance a proposed expansion of Murfreesboro’s Middle Point Landfill, the latest chapter of Rutherford County’s ongoing trash drama.
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2 weeks ago |
nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka
The office of Kelley Henry, a federal defender representing death row prisoners in Tennessee, has formally requested that Gov. Bill Lee pause executions through March 1, 2026, pending a court review of the state’s new lethal injection protocol.
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2 weeks ago |
nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka
It doesn’t take a hydrologist, geologist or biologist to sell a pristine river carrying a steady current through green meadows lush with clover. “ When settlers came in, the prime land was right next to the river. You had the water, you had direct access, you could fish and hunt,” explains Van Ayers, a Bedford County farmer whose family has lived near the Duck River for more than a century.
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