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Families have blast at Kids Fishing Day
The squishy sound of baiting hooks, the whir of casting lines and the grunts of effort coming from reeling in a plump trout were the noises that dominated Rolater Park in Cave Spring on Saturday. ...
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May 2013 Young Artists
Every day, a different young artist's artwork is featured on the front page of the Rome News-Tribune. Here is a gallery of young artist images from May's front pages. To submit your own local youn...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Unity Christian School's Shannon McKenna excited about unknown
Graduating from high school is an exciting time, but leaving Unity Christian School will be bittersweet for Shannon McKenna. Shannon moved to Rome from Kennesaw in 2007 with her family and st...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Pepperell High School's Thomas Osborne is heading toward a career in music
When Thomas Osborne accepts his diploma and turns his tassel, becoming an alumnus of Pepperell High School on Saturday, it will be just another turning point in the long, harrowing road tha...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Coosa High School's Ben Masters graduates with honors
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 ...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Model High School's Morgan Hughes to pursue cosmetology
After infusing her career as a Model High School student with volunteer work such as painting houses and sprucing up river banks, Morgan Hughes has a different kind of makeover in mind for the ...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Armuchee High's Bennett Garland plans to attend Ga. Tech to pursue business career
When Bennett Garland approaches the podium on The Forum’s stage Saturday and looks out at the hundreds of eyes staring back at him, the Armuchee High School grad-to-be has one goal: to make the...
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Words of the West
Armuchee High School students were finalists in the Booth Western Art Museum's Cowboy poetry and short story contest. Their entries are featured below. An excerpt from the Short Story “When You...
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GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Rome High valedictorian Juhi Varshney plans to serve others in life
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
After using her hands to serve others throughout her four years at Rome High School , Juhi Varshney has decided to let service dictate her years to come. Varshney will graduate at the top of her...
Miss Armuchee Middle School named
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Bryson Osteen, daughter of Leah Holder, poses with her “Jr. Miss Armuchee” crown and trophy. The pageant took place at Armuchee High School.
April 2013 Young Artists
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Every day, a different young artist's artwork is featured on the front page of the Rome News-Tribune. Here is a gallery of young artist images from April's front pages. To submit your own local yo...
Students focus on historic Avenue A ; middle schoolers learn about caring for elderly and the environment
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome Middle School students took advantage of a break in the rain Tuesday to get out of the classroom and into their community. The Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful Neighborhood Focus program int...
West End has Kindergarten Circus
by Lauren Jones, Young Romans Editor
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
The ring leader’s voice boomed throughout the dark, crowded auditorium and the audience cheered, engrossed in the gypsies, the pirates and mermaids, the jaw-dropping magician and his lovely assista...
St. Mary's School students inducted into Junior Beta Club
by St. Mary's School reports
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Twenty-fifth fifth grade students and two sixth grade students were inducted into the Saint Mary’s School Junior Beta Club this week. The National Beta Club is an organization for 5th through 12th ...
Student essay: Freedom is not free
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
Apr 09, 2013 | 26 26 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
It was a sign advertising free government cell phones that started turning the wheels of Hunter Hay’s mind. With an enormous amount of logic at a young age, Hunter began pondering hot political iss...
Local girl turns 8th birthday into fundraiser
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Unity Christian School second-grader Taeleigh Jenkins accepted donations for Pet Connection instead of presents for herself on her 8th birthday. Taeleigh donated $300.58. She is the daughter of Sar...

Actor Edward Furlong, who appeared in “Terminator 2,” “Judgment Day” and “American History X,” was charged Tuesday with assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called police, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office reported.

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Sofia Vergara has mastered the art of the social media self portrait also known as the selfie.

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Check out what the cast of this Brat Pack classic is up to now.

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In this image provided by NBC Blake Shelton, Danielle Bradbery and Cher, right, pose after Bradbery won season-four of "The Voice" Tuesday June 18, 2013. Bradbery never had a big singing gig or a vocal lesson. It's also the third win for her coach Blake Shelton. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.


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It's Official: Anger Management's Selma Blair Abruptly Exits in Midst of Show's 90-Episode RunLOS ANGELES (AP) — Selma Blair is making a sudden exit from the Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management."


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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Los Angeles police say Justin Bieber struck a pedestrian with his car in Hollywood, but there was no crime and the injuries aren’t life-threatening. Lt. Craig Valenzuela says Bieber’s car collided with someone at 11:45 p.m., Monday, June 17, 2013, in the 8800 block of Sunset Boulevard. Valenzuela says nobody was cited or arrested and officers determined no crime was committed. He says investigators are trying to determine whether the pedestrian was in the roadway. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.


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