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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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Ye Old Sawmill Grill to open in familiar location
Danny and Sandra Graham have opened the Ye Old Sawmill Grill at 15 Everett Springs Road in the Rosedale community north of Rome. The location was formerly known as the Smokehouse and Sawmillers Gr...
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Super Hibachi Buffet to open Wednesday in Calhoun
The new Super Hibachi Buffet will open in Calhoun Wednesday, May 9 at 11:00 a.m. The restaurant is located in the former Ryan’s Restaurant on 422 West Belmont Drive. Vicky Chin, restaurant manage...
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Dollar Tree sprouting again in Rome
Looks like the former Circuit City building in front of Mount Berry Square mall will be fully occupied soon. Party City recently revealed plans to occupy some 12,853 square feet of the former elec...
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Popeyes coming to Rome
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen will be coming to Rome by the end of summer. Ali Kassam, a Popeyes franchisee out of Winder, Ga., said that the partners have come to a general agreement on terms of the ...
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Adairsville poultry grower recognized
Brian Adcock, owner of Bar A Farm, in Adairsville has been chosen as Pilgrim's Grower of the Month for April 2012. Adcock typically produces more than half a million-broiler chickens each year, t...
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Berry to host chef competition
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It’s not “Iron Chef” or “Chopped” but the competition will be no less fierce as collegiate chefs from four states in the Southeast will compete Friday April 27 in the ARAMARK Culinary Excellence (A...
Long awaited re-opening of El Zarape
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Six months after he had originally planned to re-open, Car-los Naranjo expects to be able to re-open El Zarape, Broad Street in Rome. Naranjo said the main thing that his customers will notice is ...
Gold dealer opens in mall
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Gold Buyers of America, a national chain with 70 locations across the country has opened a storefront in the Mount Berry Square mall. Director of Marketing Sharon Burman said the company likes to ...
Investment office to open in Summerville
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Edward Jones will celebrate the opening of a new office in Summerville Friday April 27, from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Jay Henry will provide financial planning consultations the office at 9988 Commerce St...
Equine therapy program coming to Adairsville
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Jessica Nguyen, and Keri Davidson of KTR Farms, 50 Old Highway 41, Adairsville, are opening Greener Ways, Inc. The equestrian enthusiasts in Adairsville have created a non-profit organization tha...
A truly small business association
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Ralph Casey, owner of Casey and Son Horseshoeing School in Villanow, is leading an effort to increase the focus on truly small businesses. Casey has organized a meeting in Gordon County later this...
Impacted by a sour economy
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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Impact Furniture, 2507 Redmond Circle, a fixture in the home and office furnishings industry in Rome since 1975 is closing its doors. From its inception through 2004, Impact operated from as many ...
Another choice for pizza in Summerville
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Grand opening ceremonies for the new Little Caesars Pizza, U.S. 27 north in Summerville today from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The restaurant is located in a building that used to house a Kentucky...