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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, talks to Carla Pilla, of Seaside Heights, N.J., while Robert Hilton, left, executive director of the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitor's Bureau, holds a sign, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Several beach communities have annual beach ribbon cuttings, announcing they are back in business. But this year's ceremonies are more poignant seven months after a storm that did an estimated $37 billion of damage in the state. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.
Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World re...
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The Christmas in Rome committee presents a check for $9,000 to the Downtown Development Authority on Thursday to help the Light Up Rome campaign. Pictured from left are: Dennis Newby, Larry Atwell, Dixie Sorrow, Parade Committee Chairman Jerry Rucker, DDA Director Ann Arnold, Leamon Scott, Phillip Burkhalter and Ann Pullen. (Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune)
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Proceeds generated by entry fees for the Rome Christmas Parade, along with funds from special donors, will help downtown Rome shine year-round.
The Christmas in Rome Committee presented Downtown ...
Ben Masters said he is planning to pursue a career in engineering. (Lauren Jones / RN-T.com)
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When Ben Masters pushes his wheelchair across the stage of The Forum today and accepts his high school diploma, it’s not a stretch to guess the 18-year-old Coosa High graduate’s accomplishment ...
A SPLOST proposal requests money for a new recycling center to replace the current facility in North Rome. (Jeremy Stewart / Rome News-Tribune)
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The task of narrowing down more than 40 project requests estimated at almost $180 million belongs now to the SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee.
Meeting at the Emergency Operations Center, the 12-...
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Calhoun senior Aaliyah Harris (seated, center) signs a cheerleading scholarship with Young Harris College (Young Harris, Ga.) on Monday. Harris will be a basketball and competition cheerleader there.
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Rockmart High School senior Devon Goings signed a letter of intent on Wednesday, May 22 inside the media center to wrestle in college for the University of the Cumberlands.
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The Cedartown Bulldogs are used to scoring a lot of points, thanks to standout running back Nick Chubb.
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Sonoraville senior Madison Fowler (seated, second from left) signed a scholarship on Monday to be a manager for the track and field program at Brenau University (Gainesville, Ga.).
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Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
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Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday.
Reports from the Rome Police Department indicate that officers working detail at the...
City asks that Tennis Center of Georgia be part of SPLOST
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The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week. Members of the Rome-Floyd SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee will ...
Poll: Georgians oppose campus guns; Isakson popularity at 50 percent
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ATLANTA — A majority of Georgians oppose allowing students who have concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on college campuses, according to a survey released Tuesday. The poll also shows half th...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
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ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles the...
Bittersweet reunion: Floyd County Education Center to permanently shut its doors Friday
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Jade Wells stood at the front of the lunch line Wednesday, serving food to students and alumni of the Floyd County Education Center at its farewell luncheon. Wells, 16, graduated last week from th...
Armuchee High, Rome High see graduation rates soar; all area high schools top state rate in a graduation report released Tuesday
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Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department o...
Police believe robbers live near their target; Big H on Main Street has been robbed for second time in two months
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Police believe two men who have held up the same convenience store twice in two months live in the neighborhood and someone knows who they are.
“If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...
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