Tear down those 45 signs for downtown parking; they’re out of date: The Rome City Commission, by a 7-1 vote, approved the second reading allowing three hours of free parking in downtown and enforcement from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. They also want to study data on parking being collected now by the license… Continue Reading
Colonial Pipeline is doing construction on Morrison Campground Road between Fred Kelly and Sam Harris roads. The road in this area will be closed now until late Thursday. Detours are in place. Chariot adds Friday lunch hours: The tourism office is adding Friday lunch time hours to the Roman Chariot free shuttle service in downtown… Continue Reading
Saturday mornings are changing in Northwest Georgia. With two farmers markets now in Rome as well as another in downtown Cartersville, there’s a different buzz this summer especially as shoppers sample both the traditional farmers market at Ridge Ferry Park (also open on Wednesday mornings) as well as the month-old Between the Rivers Farmers… Continue Reading
Lisa Landry’s “incubator” adjoining Living & Giving, also known as the PopUp Shop, is courting food customers this Tuesday. From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., “We are having a pie Pop Up in our PopUp Shop … We’re hosting Amanda Wilbanks and The Southern Baked Pie Co. from Gainesville. Her award-winning carmel pecan pie caught… Continue Reading
With a potential vote just hours away, a downtown Rome business owner has shared her email to city commissioners about streetside parking, kiosks and meters, and the long-term impact on customers. Lisa Smith of the Rabbit’s Nest of Rome in the 200 block shared the following note. Also, three more people have asked to… Continue Reading
Monday update: We’re awaiting word on whether the early Monday morning work was successful. The Georgia Power outage map does not show any issues in Cave Spring this morning. At this point, we’re assuming round two is on for tonight as scheduled (outage from 12:01- 3 a.m. Tuesday). From the City of Cave Spring:… Continue Reading
By Natalie Simms nsimmshh@att.net It’s not often you find a group of teenagers willing to give up a week of their summer break, along with their cell phones, to help those in need. But that is exactly what 44 students from Unity Christian School will be doing this week as the group, along with nine… Continue Reading
About 30 member of Floyd County Police Department, Floyd E-911 and their families came together to help an older couple in need on Saturday. The group worked on the couple’s home in Garden Lakes to help with a major clean-up and needed repairs, including painting. Sgt. Chris Fincher says a number of local merchants donated… Continue Reading
Habitat for Humanity-Coosa Valley is under new leadership as Betsy Allgood has been named the new Executive Director taking the helm from Bruce Day who retired May 31 after 15 years of service with the organization. Allgood comes to Habitat from a long-tenure with Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation where she served as Recreation Director for… Continue Reading
Rome’s City commissioners will consider a second reading of Commissioner Craig McDaniel’s proposal to grant three hours of free parking daily and rolling back enforcement to 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday during Monday’s meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. The amendment to the parking ordinance appears above. Three people have asked for time to… Continue Reading
The Exchange Club of Rome has been elected Club Of The Year For Large Clubs at the Georgia District Convention held in Macon. Other honors for the Rome club include: Largest Membership Increase Best Club Bulletin (Large Club) – Greg Gaston-Editor Best Club Secretary (Large Club) – Robert Smyth Exchangite of the Year (Large Club)… Continue Reading
The Rome Board of Education will have a called meeting on Monday, June 10, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Superintendent’s Office at the Board of Education Administrative Offices at 508 E. Second St. The purpose of the meeting is to approve the final Intergovernmental contract and other documents associated… Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, this week led a bipartisan Senate delegation to Normandy, France, for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied forces during World War II. The 17-senator delegation joined President Donald J. Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at an official ceremony… Continue Reading
Two small group meetings of One Community United this week: The first is today at 5:30 p.m. at Las Palmas on Shorter Avenue. Up next: Saturday at 9 a.m. at Troy’s Barbecue (facilitator is Rick Stevenson). Second Annual Rome Shrine Car show is June 15; open to cars, trucks and tractors. Get ready for a… Continue Reading
The Third Annual Heroes Unified community blood drive is Tuesday, June 25, from 6 a.m.-1 p.m. A bloodmobile will be stationed at the Law Enforcement Center as well as the Floyd County Jail, and an inside set up team will also be taking donations on the bottom floor classroom at the Law Enforcement Center. Donors… Continue Reading
Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the spring 2019 President’s List and Dean’s List. To achieve President’s List status, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and attain a minimum of nine semester hours of credit. To make Dean’s List students must complete a minimum of nine semester hours and achieve at… Continue Reading
TODAY’S PARKING DEBATE We received a few phone calls and emails on Monday that were private and we’ll respect that privacy. We all have a different definition of “secret parking meeting” we guess so we’ll leave it at that. Today’s question relates to The Druck Report from Monday and that is the business/property owners who… Continue Reading
The Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors announces that the Grant for a Bartow Public Art Researcher has been awarded to Hannah Cook, Rome. The director of the Rome Little Theatre since 2016, she holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies Degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va., and has… Continue Reading
“Roar! Life is Wild; God is Good,” a Vacation Bible School event at Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church at 702 Pleasant Valley Road in Silver Creek is under way night through Thursday. It is free for the community and runs from 6-8:30 p.m. Each night, there’s supper at the Hungry Herd Café, games at the Stampeded Sports as… Continue Reading