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Harvest Moon: Handcrafted beer event a success
The handcrafted beer movement, currently sweeping the nation with growing popularity, invaded Broad Street this past Wednesday at the Harvest Moon Café , according to a press release. The resta...
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Shopping center owner Randolph Oswalt says one of the changes proposed for the new Ozzie’s Plaza, formerly the Kroger west shopping center at 2448 Shorter Ave. in West Rome, involves relocating K Cleaners to the end parcel where a drive-through window will be constructed to enhance the business. (Doug Walker) Born to be a businessman
Randolph Oswalt was born with entrepreneurial blood coursing through his veins. Perhaps that helps explain how it came to pass that a longtime small businessman was able to purchase an entire shop...
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Gateway Environmental Services contractors work to remove debris from the demolition work at Hight Homes at Turner McCall Boulevard and North Fifth Avenue. The company has been given until the end of the month to complete the work or face daily fines. (Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune) Demolition still not complete at Hight site
Gateway Environmental Services Inc. is well into the fifth month of a three-month contract to demolish and clean up the Hight Homes property at Turner McCall Boulevard and North Fifth Avenue. “We...
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Rome’s Social Security Administration office, 480 Riverside Parkway, was relocated from the federal building downtown two years ago. (Doug Walker) Social Security turns 75
Baby boomers across the Coosa Valley and the rest of the nation are beginning to show their age, and the program many of them are depending on for financial support is becoming more financially ch...
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Jackie Pyles, Floyd County Tax Office, organizes musical instruments at the Music Room on Tuesday. (Ryan Smith, RN-T.com) Tax commissioner seizes Music Room inventory, says company owes more than half-million in back taxes
Floyd County Tax Commissioner Kevin Payne and members of his staff were busy Tuesday afternoon, stripping The Music Room of assets for eventual sale on the steps of the county courthouse. Payne s...
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Syntec Industries President Tom Watters talks with Rome Floyd Development Authority members about plans for a $7.5 million expansion at his plant at 19 Westside Industrial Blvd. in Rome (Doug Walker/rn-t.com) Syntec expands services, brings 30 jobs to Rome
Tom Watters, president and chairman of the board at Rome-based Syntec Industries , revealed plans for a $7.5 million expansion at Tuesday’s Rome Floyd County Development Authority meeting. The ...
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Ira Levy, owner of Paper Recovery of Georgia, 501 E. Sixth St., checks out a recycled bale of multi-colored cardboard spools ready for shipment to one of Levy’s many vendors. (Doug Walker, RN-T) Levy influence all over downtown
Rome businessman Ira Levy has been doing the same thing since he was 7 years old. “When I grew up, it was called the junk business, then it was the garbage man. Every couple of years they coin a ...
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Shaw installs one billion square feet of Ecoworx the world's first 'cradle to cradle' recyclable carpet
Georgia–One billion square feet of EcoWorx packed carpet tile, the world’s first Cradle to CradleCM certified carpet, has now been installed in more than 222,000 projects across 80 countries, Shaw...
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Smith leaves chamber to run wedding dress shop on Shorter
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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Allison Smith feels like destiny is being fulfilled when she takes over a business that is as old as she is. Smith, the membership di- rector at the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, will be leavi...
Rome incomes slide in 2009
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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There’s more troubling news for Rome and Floyd County —per capita personal income was down 1.6 percent in 2009. The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report that ...
Roman hopes to build electric cars
by Doug Walker
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If the Rome Little Theatre were to stage a production of “Back to the Future,” Rome businessman Jim Davis would surely be cast as Doc Brown — but he would have to wear a wig. In the showroom of J...
Hundreds of job seekers wait in line to turn in Steak ‘n Shake applications
by Kevin Myrick, staff writer
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Job seekers, take note: The competition at Steak ‘n Shake is fierce. Hundreds of people applied Thursday for positions at the new restaurant set to open Sept. 15 on Turner McCall Boulevard. Hundr...
Public Service Commission over proposed Ga. Power rate hike on Sept. 22
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A Sept. 22 session at the Rome Civic Center is one of four public hearings the Public Service Commission has set before ruling on a proposed Georgia Power Co. rate increase. Georgia Power filed fo...
CCH-Small Firm Services will retain 90 percent of employees after move
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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The move of CCH-Small Firm Services (CCH-SFS) from Rome to Kennesaw may not have the devastating impact on the Floyd County unemployment rate as government and business leaders had feared. The ...
Tuesday Morning, Tony’s Italian Restaurant prepare for opening in Dalton's Market Square
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The addition of ,b> Tuesday Morning was announced Tuesday as the anchor tenant to Dalton Outlet Shops located at Market Street, Dalton, GA. Tuesday Morning signed a long-term lease and is takin...
Hard work pays off
by Doug Walker
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Tony Mejia says he sees too many young people trying to get things done the easy way. “When you have a relationship or a business or a commitment in school, most people go the easy route because t...
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