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The former McCall Hospital (left) has been used as low-income apartments but will be demolished to make room for the proposed McCall Village development. (File, Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune)
Proposal for education partnership being developed in South Rome
A partnership between the South Rome Redevelopment Corp. and Rome Board of Education for the development of an early learning center in South Rome is expected to be pitched to the school board next...
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Roger Goss announces plan to retire
Roger Goss, senior vice president of trusts, is retiring from River City Bank on Aug. 31. Goss, who helped start the trust department in 2007, spent 27 years with SunTrust Bank before returning t...
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City cracks down on zoning laws
The Rome City Commission wants to set up a system of checks to stop businesses from opening in places where they’re not allowed and then asking permission when they’re caught. It won’t be as simp...
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Beach's Bathtub
Randy Beach, the owner of Beach’s Bathtub, is answering the questions for today’s Small Business Snapshot. What is the primary purpose of your business? We restore bathtubs to a new look with a...
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Last Stop Gift Shop
Charlene Mathis, manager of the Last Stop Gift Shop is answering the questions for today’s Small Business Snapshot. What is the primary purpose of your business? The main reason that our gift...
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Alex’s Froyo manager Jimmy Day is ready to provide a cool treat.
Alex’s Froyo
Pat Vick , co-owner of Alex’s Froyo , is answering the questions for today’s Small Business Snapshot. What is the primary purpose of your business? Alex’s Froyo is a refreshing stop in ...
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Old Rome Imaging Center sold
Rome Imaging LLC has sold the property at 309 West Tenth Street to Complete Properties LLC for $350,000. Rome Imaging, which occupied the property for two decades before moving into the Tony E. Wa...
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New computer shop in midtown
Kevin Jackson has opened Jackson Technology Services at 809 Keelway Drive, right behind the Floyd Medical Center parking deck. Jackson is a veteran of about 17 years in the technology industry. “W...
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Garden Envy offers landscape services
Heather Miller has opened a new specialty landscape company, Garden Envy, which specializes in seasonal flower beds, container design and installation, pruning services and flower bed maintenance, ...
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Sports Stop new at Mount Berry Square
Paul Limbaugh opened the Sports Stop in Mount Berry Square mall Friday, May 4. While Limbaugh is new to Mount Berry Square, his business has been at Arbor Place mall in Douglasville for about a doz...
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Dustin Sharp
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Physical therapist Dustin Sharp joins Floyd Dustin Sharp has joined the staff of Floyd Physical Therapy and Rehab as a physical therapist in the rehabilitation services department. Sharp wo...
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Kirsten Reggel
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Physical Therapist Kirsten Reggel joins Floyd Kirsten Reggel has joined Floyd Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Services Department. Reggel works as a physical therapist, providing therapy to...
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Alan Dean
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Polk’s Winthrop welcomes Alan Dean Winthrop at Polk welcomes Alan Dean as its new executive director. A resident of Bartow County, Dean graduated from Chattooga High School and later cont...
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US stock futures up, worries linger about Greece
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are edging higher on strong data from the housing sector, yet worries persist that Greek debt problems could fracture the European Union and roil global markets. ...
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Protestors hold signs outside the gate of JP Morgan Chase annual stockholders meeting held Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, facing shareholders five days after the bank disclosed a $2 billion trading loss, said Tuesday that the company s mistakes were "self-inflicted." (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)
Dimon survives votes on pay, chairmanship
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the ba...
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In this May 11, 2012, photo, trader Edward Curran, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street was headed for a higher opening Tuesday May 15, 2012, with Dow Jones industrial futures rising 0.4 percent while S&P 500 futures added 0.5 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Dow Jones average continues a 5 percent slide
Stocks are closing lower as the Dow Jones industrial average continues a two-week slide that has shaved off nearly five percent of its value. U.S. stock indexes wavered between modest gains and lo...
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