🌱 Local Therapist Sees Rise In Depressed Teens + Franklin House Fire

Hey, everybody. It's Wednesday in Franklin and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening locally.

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Here are the top three stories in Franklin today:

1. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced startling statistics from its 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, noting that nearly three out of five teenage girls said "they feel persistently sad or hopeless" – the highest rate in 10 years. Emily Rate has been a therapist in the Green Hills area for five years and said she isn't surprised by these findings; they are consistent with what she sees in her counseling caseload. "There's a lot more opportunity for them to be bullied behind closed doors or the kind of exclusion that comes with knowing where your friends are, and you're not there," Rate said. "So I think that emotional safety has kind of been taken and stripped from them." (WSMV 4)
2. According to Nashville police, a 17-year-old girl from Father Ryan High School was arrested for pepper spraying six Brentwood High School students during a hockey game. The incident occurred at the Ford Ice Center in Bellevue on Monday. None of the victims, aged 16-18, were critical enough to be taken to the hospital. (WKRN News 2)
3. A Franklin home was severely damaged after residents left a stove unattended. The Franklin Fire Department was dispatched to the two-story house on Glastonbury Drive on Monday, where firefighters noticed heavy smoke and a fire in the kitchen, which extended from the stove to the cabinets. No injuries were reported; however, the damages amount to $75,000. (WKRN News 2)

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Today in Franklin:

• Law Enforcement/Public Safety Committee Meeting At 1320 West Main St. (5:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• New homes have been listed for sale in the Franklin area! Get all the property details at the link. (Franklin Patch)
• Red Bicycle Coffee is an independently-owned, specialty coffee shop is opening in Nolensville this summer! The shop will provide a new gathering place for the Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, and Nolensville communities to enjoy. (Williamson Source)
• The City of Franklin Parks team is seeking public input to select several films for its popular "Movies in the Park" summer series. You can vote for the movie you want to see in the series here. (Press Release Desk)

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— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O'Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.