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City offices closing in observance of Thanksgiving Day holiday Nov. 26-27

City Hall and most other city offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. St. Clair Street Senior Center will also be closed Thursday and Friday.  Rover, the City’s...

'Small Business Saturday' Shop Local Saturday, Nov. 28

Main Street is asking our community to "Take the Pledge" and commit to shop in, eat at, or visit a small business each week! A weekly downtown gift basket will be given away each Monday in November as a thank you to everyone who shops downtown a...

Extended hours bookend Tennessee's Thanksgiving holiday to encourage COVID-19 Testing

Governor Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group is making more COVID-19 testing options available for Tennesseans statewide leading up to and just after Thanksgiving. 

The Tennessee Department of Health and Tennessee National Guard w...

Barfield Park Greenway Trailhead, Siegel Park artificial turf and more ‘In the City’ this month

The latest edition of “In the City” is available for viewing via YouTube and other platforms this month. The November episode of ‘In the City’ with Michael Linn White features new artificial turf at Richard Siegel S...

City Property Taxes due Dec. 31, 2020, without interest

Finance Director and City Recorder/Treasurer Melissa Wright reminds property owners to pay property taxes on time.  City property taxes are due by Dec. 31, without incurring interest charges for being late. 

Property tax billing...

Rutherford County to reinstate face covering Order effective Wednesday, October 28 at 11:59 p.m. CDT

Mayor Bill Ketron announced Monday afternoon that the Rutherford County Face Covering Order will be reinstated effective Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

“This is not a decision that I make lightly,” said Ketron....

Cathy Smith named City Purchasing Director

City Manager Craig Tindall has named Cathy Smith as Director of Purchasing for the City of Murfreesboro.  As the principal procurement official, Smith reports directly to Assistant City Manager Gary Whitaker and the City Manager. Smith, who was a...

Quicker alarm response time expected with implementation of Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)

Murfreesboro becomes the 7th Emergency Communications Center in Tennessee to decrease processing and response times for home and business alarm-related calls by implementing The Monitoring Association’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol program or...

Murfreesboro City Schools announces new Finance Director

Ralph Ringstaff, Interim Director of Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS), is pleased to announce Michael Smith has been named Finance Director. Smith will be responsible for supervising the budget and financial operations for MCS.  

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City Street and Fleet Department employees receive STARS Award

Murfreesboro Street Department employee Anthony Wolfe and Fleet Department employee Jeremy Vassar have been named STARS (Succeeding Through Attitudes Reflecting Service Excellence) award recipients. Mayor Shane McFarland recognized Wolfe and Vass...

New Airport Terminal featured on “The Insider”: City of Murfreesboro Podcast

Murfreesboro’s new Municipal Airport Terminal is featured in the latest edition of “The Insider,” the City’s monthly podcast. Listen to “Insider” at The Insider Podcast

If you prefer to watch the podcast on YouTube, including video and ph...

CityTV earns 19 NATOA Awards in 2020 for Programming Excellence

Murfreesboro’s CityTV was again recognized nationally for quality government television programming from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).  Murfreesboro’s government-oriented televis...

City’s annual Fall Leaf Collection set to get underway Oct. 12

Fall Leaf Collection season begins October 12 and continues through December 31, 2020.   Residents can start making plans for the second weekend in October for raking leaves and sprucing up the yard ahead of winter. 

The Murfree...

Gov. Lee Announces $50 Million in New Business Relief Funding

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) today announced an initial $50 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds for the new Supplemental Employer Recovery Grant (SERG) program to provide addi...

City Council approves contract for replacement of Airport Hangar

The Murfreesboro City Council Thursday (Oct. 1) approved a Design-Build contract with Morgan Construction for replacement of Hangar 1. Construction on the 19,000 square-foot modern facility is scheduled to begin in early November with anticipated completi...

City Water Resources begins N. Highland Ave. water and sewer upgrades

Water Resources Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is scheduled to begin work on water and/or sewer replacements in the N. Highland neighborhood, beginning Monday, Aug. 24.  No through traffic will be allowed on streets where sewer and water li...

2020 Solid Waste Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule

Solid Waste collection changes during holidays. Please refer to the Murfreesboro Solid Waste Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule for changes in garbage pickup.

 New Year’s Day, Wednesday Jan 1, 2020 NO CHANGES

 Martin Luther King, Jr Day, ...