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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...
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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...
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Kitchen and Bath Depot opening soon
The new Kitchen and Bath Depot, 249 N. Fifth Avenue will be open on a daily basis around May 1. Marie Sledge said the new custom design shop would be affiliated with SledgePro. “We offer kitchen an...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rachel Lumpkin pours a sample of triple chocolate frozen yogurt for her son Asa Serapion, 4, at Jandy's Frozen Yogurt in Rome, December 28, 2012. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T)
Jandy’s opening up location in Cartersville
Jan and Andy Morris have agreed to sell one of their Jandy’s Frozen Yogurt franchises to Karen Forrister of Cedartown. Forrister has reached a lease arrangement for approximately 2,040 square feet ...
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Coffey is new Allstate Insurance owner
Cody Coffey is the new owner of an Allstate Insurance agency in Rome. The agency is situated at 1703 Turner McCall Blvd. “I’m excited about becoming a part of the Rome community,” Coffey said. “Th...
Apr 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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GNTC labor summit to address legal issues
A series of legal issues that frequently crop up in the workplace will be the focus of an April 25 summit at the Georgia Northwestern Technical College campus in Calhoun. Matters ranging from accu...
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In this file photo (from left) Pete McDonald and Lyons Heyman were nominated for Rotary awards. (Charlotte Atkins, RN-T)
Changing of the guard at Heyman Family Foundation
Longtime Rome philanthropist Lyons J. Heyman has turned over the reins of the Heyman Family Foundation to his son Lyons J. Heyman Jr. who will now serve as Managing Trustee. The foundation was star...
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Prosthetics clinic opens on Turner McCall
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Roger Greenway has opened a Rome location for the Hanger Clinic, previously known as the Hanger Orthopedic Group. The Hanger Clinic, a major fitter for prosthetics and orthotics, is headquartered i...
Unique Fashions on North Broad
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
After a number of shops in the consignment and resale genre, Stephanie Baker decided to open a shop that featured new clothing for both men and women. Baker’s Unique Fashions and More is located at...
Busy B’s Boothtique
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Amy Rainwater has opened Busy B’s Boothtique at 1930 Redmond Circle. “We used to rent booths and got to the point where we did so much business and people wouldn’t give us enough space so we deci...
New law firm on Broad Street
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Maria “Tini” Bournakis and Evelyn Mitchell have opened the Bournakis and Mitchell P.C. Attorney at Law office at 309 Broad Street. Bournakis staffs the Rome office while Mitchell runs the office at...
Salon to open in Walmart East
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Beauty is a business that’s never out of style, and the folks at one of the Walmart locations in Rome hope to cash in on the industry. Plans have been filed with the Rome-Floyd Building Inspection ...
Big burn at Little River Canyon
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Personnel at the Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne, Ala., are making plans for two huge prescribed burns, which could have smoky winds wafting over Floyd County during coming we...
Comcast to double Rome Internet speed
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Mar 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Comcast is making plans to double the Internet speeds for customers in the Rome area at no additional cost. A formal announcement of the service enhancement is expected to come on Tuesday. As was s...
Expansion planned at Stemco
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Stemco Rome, formerly known as Rome Tool and Die, 113 Hemlock Street, has submitted plans with local officials for an expansion at the plant in south Rome. The company, which makes brake shoes and...