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🌱 Franklin Police Find 6-Year-Old + TN Servers Receive Huge Tip
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Happy Monday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Franklin today.
First, today's weather:
Sunny, but chilly. High: 39 Low: 19.
Here are the top three stories today in Franklin:
- Franklin Police located a missing 6-year-old. They had posted on social media asked for help to locate him, which was helpful in finding him later that same day. (WSMV Nashville)
- Two servers at a Grecian restaurant in TN received a $2,200 tip from a family. The father of the family said that he teaches his children to impact others' lives and to give back every day. (WSMV)
- Richland County Commissioners balanced the budget for 2022. They approved a $39.3 million general fund spending plan for the year, and their budget includes $100K to help the prosecutor's office bring salaries up to more competitive levels. (Mansfield News Journal)
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Today in Franklin:
- Budget Committee Meeting - County of Williamson (4:30 PM)
- Useful Bytes: Homeschool Presentations in Powerpoint - Williamson County Public Library (5:00 PM)
- Planning Commission Meeting - City of Brentwood (7:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Visit Franklin shares a few of their favorite Franklin reads to add to your 2022 reading list. To see the list, visit https://bit.ly/343s2kY. (Facebook)
- Restore Haiti shared about how Haitians celebrate the New Year and their independence by eating the dish, Soup Joumou. This soup is made for New Year's Day each year with its roots dating back to Haiti gaining its freedom from France in 1804. (Facebook)
- Franklin, TN shared a photo of the barn on Hillsboro Road by Franklin photographer Trent Wallace. The day after 9/11 the owners of the barn hung an American flag up, and it has continued to be a symbol of our country's endurance. (Instagram)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."