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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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Greek turmoil leads to losses on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — More turmoil in Greece caused fallout across the financial markets. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the fourth day in a row. Oil closed at its lowest level since November...
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This undated handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows and advertisement for Skechers fitness shoes. Skechers USA will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their rear-end, leg and stomach muscles. The settlement also involves the company s Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone-ups shoes. The agency says Skechers made deceptive claims about those shoes, too. (AP Photo/FTC)
FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush. Skechers USA...
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FILE - This Feb. 8, 2012 file photo shows a Facebook worker smiling inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook says 25 percent more shares will be sold as investors clamor for a piece of the year s hottest stock offering. Facebook said in a regulatory filing Wednesday, May 16, 2012 that about 421 million shares will be sold, up from 337 million under its earlier plans. The news comes a day after Facebook raised the expected price range for the stock to a range of $34 to $38 per share, up from $28 to $35. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Facebook boosts size of IPO by 25 percent
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says 25 percent more shares will be sold as investors clamor for shares in the year's hottest stock offering. Facebook said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that about 421...
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