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The Nest shift manager Matthew Gibbons (left) makes a latte as volunteer Kara McLucas rings up Andreas Dopheide Thursday night at the Nest. (Lindy D. Cordell, RN-T.com) More than meets the eye: Coffee shop gives back to the community
There are three little-known local charities that are getting some help from coffee shop patrons who may not even know their money is going to a good cause. Since moving from Broad Street to its n...
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The current Camellia Garden Club members: Shirley Smith (from left, bottom row on ground), Avis Ivey, Tish Redwine, Mary Ann Mew, Karen Moore. (From left, second row on step), Linda Kane, Jackie Fulmer, Bonnie Lieberman. (From left, third row), Libby Levy, Dedee Sanderson, Meredith Norris. (From left, fourth row), Ida Llorenete, Ginger Noble, Carolyn Roberts. From left, top row), Maryann Redding and Laurie Mercer.  Not pictured are Michelle Baggenstoss, Veronica Carden, Barbara Cordle, Maxine Fincher, Frances Hobdy, Anne Rigas, Scarlet Roberts, Rita Smith and Joan Gittings. Camellia Garden Club celebrates 60 years
As Camellia Garden club celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, its members take a look back at its history. In March, 1950, the club was organized with 15 charter members and was admitted to...
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RITA SMITH Rita says: Plan your escape
A fire in your home can bring tremendous loss, but it does not have to mean loss of life. A carefully thought-out escape plan ensures that your family will know what to do if fire strikes. Fire de...
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Martin s Five Generations Five Generations
Above are members of Ava and Eli Martin’s family tree. Seated, from left, are: 97 year-old Mae Booth (great-great-grandmother) holding Eli Martin, and LaRae Martin (grandmother) holding Ava Martin...
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Ruth Brewer is a volunteer at Heyman Hospice Care. (Ryan Smith, RN-T.com) Hospice: Giving comfort to the living while caring for the dying
“I don’t look at it as caring for the dying. Death is just one moment. I care for the living. There’s hope and comfort in that. And when the moment comes for someone to leave, then we also try to ...
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100 Years Ago
As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Monday, March 7, 1960 edition of the Rome News-Tribune March 1910 came in like a lamb, and the most lamb-like thing in Rome at the time was the ...
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50 Years Ago In Rome News-Tribune
24 persons seek refuge in home at Cedar Bluff CEDAR BLUFF – As many as 24 persons found refuge in the Russell Early home as Northeast Alabama’s most vicious ice storm hit Cedar Bluff. Accord...
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LAVENDER VIEW GARDEN CLUB NEWS
Lavender View Garden Club members met at the Anthony Recreation Center for their February meeting. This was the Club’s 52nd birthday and members celebrated with a salad lunch served from a table ...
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ROME DUPLICATE CLUB BRIDGE SCORES
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Rome Duplicate Bridge Club announces its bridge scores for February. FEB. 1. Districts 7 and 8 Sectional Tournament Silver Point Game No. 1: North/South, Strata A: First — Betsy Rowston and Barbar...
Restore and Remember: Committees need help restoring and preserving historic Fairview and E.S. Brown schools in Cave Spring
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
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Some things should never be forgotten. There’s a very old wooden building in Cave Spring that has fallen into disrepair. It is overgrown with weeds and vines and its wooden planks are decaying. ...
Handling 911 Emergencies
by Rita Smith, Fire Prevention Safety Specialist
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Old or young, any of us can have an emergency. When we are upset, it is easy to make mistakes or forget what to do. If you practice what to do in advance, chances are you’ll be safe in an emergency...
50 Years Ago in Rome News-Tribune
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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1960 Bevels reports today for spring training Wilburn Bevels, Lindale’s contribution to the Los Angeles Dodgers, left early this morning from Atlanta by plane for spring train...
100 Years Ago as presented in the 50 Years Ago column in the Sunday, Feb. 28, 1960 edition of the Rome News-Tribune
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J.W. Hancock’s “Greater Rome” ticket for City Council was a clean sweep in the municipal primary held last Wednesday in 1910. In addition to Mr. Hancock’s nomination to the mayorship, councilmen-at...
RN-T Runners update: Fear the Deer
by Severo Avila / Features Editor
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We’re one week away from the big race, folks. And I’m getting pretty nervous. My right knee is still hurting from a 12-mile run last weekend. There was a point on the course where I didn’t think ...
Hall of Fame: Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame celebrates community, sports and the human spirit
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When the Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame convenes on March 8 at Berry College’s Krannert Center, four new honorees will be inducted into the prestigious organization. But the evening will not just ...
White - Dean Engagement
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Mr. and Mrs. David Bert White of Rockmart announce the engagement of their daughter Kristen Rebecca White to William Clark Dean, both of Rockmart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Felton Dean. Miss Whi...

Woods has reportedly been eyeing a comeback to golf in the coming weeks, perhaps at the Masters tournament in April.

Tue Mar 16 08:18:57 -0500 2010

The record-breaking contract through 2017 could be worth up to $250 million if certain conditions are met. One of the albums will be of never-before-released Jackson recordings that will come out in November,

Mon Mar 15 22:20:46 -0500 2010

Insurance executive Michael Barrett was sentenced to 30 months in prison for secretly shooting nude videos of the ESPN reporter.

Mon Mar 15 16:48:29 -0500 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey arrives at the  premiere of the film 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles. Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted at the school, a U.S. judge ruled. The case is now set for trial on March 29, 2010 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.


Tue Mar 16 12:35:58 -0500 2010

A convention visitor walks past posters for upcoming films during the first day of ShoWest 2010, the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry, in Las Vegas on Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Disney's plan to quickly release the blockbuster "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD is sparking new heat in a debate between Hollywood studios and movie theaters over how quickly films move from the big screen to people's living rooms.


Tue Mar 16 12:31:48 -0500 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, investigators look over the debris left by the Learjet that was carrying former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, and Adam Goldstein, also know as DJ-AM, and killing Barker's bodyguard Chris Baker on the outskirts of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, S.C.  (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)AP - A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.


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