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Rome McDonald's franchises fall somewhere in the middle on the 'Quarter Pounder Index'
Think all Quarter Pounders with cheese are the same? You’d be McWrong. The McDonald’s burger varies in price depending where you go. The “Quarter Pounder Index,” a creation of NerdWallet.com , ran...
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Vanessa Stansell (from left), Kim Prater and Diane Hudgins look through an album full of old photos and news clippings featuring Fosters Mill Store on Sunday during the grand opening. (Jeremy Stewart / Rome News-Tribune)
Fosters Mill Store celebrates rebirth with community
A window of sunshine and no rain allowed the celebration of a Floyd County landmark to go on as planned. Ken and Jody Jones, owners of the Fosters Mill Store , located at the corner of Black’s B...
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The Rome Exchange Club donated a new rocking chair to the Neo-Natal Intensive Care unit at Floyd Medical Center on Friday. Chip Nimmons (from left), made the presentation to Bridgette Dingle, Konda Dizons, Dr. Jack Owens along with Meredith Brown. (Doug Walker, RN-T.com)
Tourist chief proposes SPLOST projects to Exchange Club
The tourism industry brought more than $117.2 million dollars into Floyd County in 2011, according to Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lisa Smith. And her wish li...
May 18, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flowers of Rome owner Denise Mansfield works on an arrangement of beautiful red roses. (Photo contributed)
Small Business Snapshot: Flowers of Rome
Who is answering the questions? Denise Mansfield, owner What is the primary purpose of your business? To provide our customers/clients with high quality flowers and plants for all occasions- we...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Small Business Snapshot: Magnolia Restaurant
Who is answering the questions? Anthony Hooper, owner What is the primary purpose of your business? To serve great food and offer customers an overall great dining experience. We want to support o...
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Frank G. Pratt, Jr. M.D. and Frank G. Pratt III (Doug Walker, RN-T.com)
Small business snapshot: Gordon Behavioral Sciences
Who is answering the questions? Frank G. Pratt, Jr. M.D. and Frank G. Pratt III, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) What is the primary purpose of your business? Dr. Pratt is a physician pro...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Word on the Street
Magnuson moves into Adairsville
The former Best Western Hotel in Adairsville, 100 Georgia North Circle, is now carrying the Magnuson Hotels flag. Called the Magnuson Countryside Inn, the hotel is located about a quarter of a mil...
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Troy’s tweaks ownership group
Marie Wesson along with her daughter Gina Holliday and son-in-law Jason Holliday are now sole operators of one of Rome’s oldest restaurants, Troy’s Bar-B-Q, 1024 North Broad Street. Misty Cook, on...
May 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oak Ridge Place Apartments officially open
The Oak Ridge Place Apartments, 451 Chateau Drive, Rome’s newest residential community designed specifically for the disabled and low-income have officially opened. Developed by Charles Williams Re...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ted Corwin
Longtime Rome attorney Ted Corwin goes solo
Longtime Rome attorney Ted Corwin has opened a sole practitioner office at 414 East First Avenue, right next to Caldwell Printing. For many years Corwin has been a partner with the Cox, Corwin, Byi...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Promotions announced at Coosa Valley Credit Union
Employee promotions at Coosa Valley Credit Union. Rhonda Padgett has been promoted to Manager of Indirect Lending for Coosa Valley Credit Union. Padgett will be focusing primarily on working with ...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bethany W. Jackson
Dr. Bethany W. Jackson joins Floyd Primary Care network
Bethany W. Jackson, M.D., has joined the Floyd Primary Care Network as a pediatrician. Dr. Jackson is joining the practice of Dr. Rogena D. Cordle and Dr. Karen Timberlake at 330 Turner McCall Blvd...
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Front Row: Lisa Williams, Kathy Mathis and Amanda Carter. Back Row: Daniel Jackson, Academy Board Member and President/CEO of the Carroll County Chamber, Niki Knox of Georgia EMC, Noah Simon, Bill Irmscher, Ken Wright and Chuck Scragg of Georgia Power. (contributed photo)
Floyd County leaders graduate from the Georgia Academy for Economic Development
The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development announces Floyd County graduates from the 2013 Region 1 Multi-Day Training Program. Class participants represented a number of professional...
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - This Nov. 14, 2011, file photo shows a Home Depot store in Edmond, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street expect...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stock indexes flip between gains and losses
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes fluctuated in midday trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32 points to 15,366 shortly before 12 Ea...
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Small company stocks take the limelight
NEW YORK (AP) — Small companies are taking the limelight on a choppy start to the week. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, rose above 1,000 for the first time Monday. The index is ...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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