Toby Sells reports on a public hearing being held by TVA in Memphis to get input on its long-range power-production agenda.
Month: November 2013
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West Side Story at The Orpheum
The classic Broadway musical, West Side Story, opens at The Orpheum November 5.
A link to this commercial was included in a press release from Stax Museum. It’s too wonderful not to share.
They don’t make ’em like this anymore, folks.
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Purple Prose
Ari LeVaux waxes on about plums, prunes, and prune plums, and even offers a tarte recipe.
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Trolley Fire; Hudson Retires
In unrelated MATA news, there was a trolley fire on Madison Monday, and MATA director Will Hudson announced his retirement.
This looks awesome. Never miss a cello.
Here’s the clue for this week’s Guess Where I’m Eating contest:
The first person who correctly identifies where I’m eating wins a prize.
Submit your guess to me via email at ellis@memphisflyer.com.
The winner receives his/her choice of a $50 gift certificate to Folk’s Folly or Gould’s Spa.
Good luck!
Winner will be announced in next week’s Guess Where I’m Eating post.
The answer to last week’s contest was the Santa Fe Trolley Car Crisp at Blue Monkey. And our winner is … John Scruggs!
This morning around 10:30 a.m., Trolley #452 on the Madison Line caught on fire near the Bellevue intersection. Nine people and the driver were on board at the time the trolley caught on fire. Passengers reported hearing “a loud pop” near the trolley driver’s area, and the trolley immediately began filling with smoke, according to MATA spokesperson Allison Burton.
All passengers were able to safely exit the trolley. Seven people were transported to hospitals after suffering from smoke inhalation, but none are in critical condition. There’s no word yet on what caused the fire.
The Madison rail line has been temporarily suspended, and MATA will be provided bus service along that route instead. Trolley #452 was built in 1927 and was purchased from New Orleans Regional Transit Authority in 1997. It had been refurbished in 2004.
In other news, MATA president and general manager Will Hudson has announced that he’ll be retiring in January after serving in that role for 20 years. Hudson got his start at MATA as a bus driver 49 years ago. Hudson is the first African-American president of MATA. Under his leadership, MATA reconstructed Central Station downtown and constructed the trolley’s Riverfront Loop and Madison Line, among other projects.
