Hardy Realty’s Open House Gallery for today: Your first look at three homes in Rome, priced from $268,500 to $729,900. Open houses, 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday. Address: 112 Fieldwood Road, Rome Description: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bath Price: $729,900. What to know: Amazing house on four acres in an amazing subdivision. Seclusion and privacy at this estate… Read more
More than 3,100 people were fed at The Love Feast at the Rome Civic Center last Thanksgiving Day. The event is continuing this year but with pandemic precautions including a decision to go take-out only. Deliveries also are planned. The hours are 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. or the food runs out. Donations are… Read more
Media release: The historic Ford Auditorium at Berry College has earned global recognition in the Architecture MasterPrize 2020 Architectural Design competition in the category of restoration and renovation. The renovation was selected out of an international pool for Architecture MasterPrize recognition. Other winners in the category include the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in China, the Diamond Exchange in the Netherlands and the Riverfront… Read more
Hardy Realty’s Open House Gallery for today: Get the first look at this Sunday’s open house for a 3-bedroom, 2-baths home in for $155,900. Open houses, 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday Address: 10 Hedgewood Circle, Rome. Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bath. Price: $155,900. What to know: Beautiful four-sided brick home. The kitchen features new stainless… Read more
THE LATEST Afternoon election update: -In Georgia, Trump holds a roughly 67,000-vote lead over Biden. -U.S. Senate, the thing to watch now is a Perdue-Ossoff runoff. Perdue has the lead but his edge is 50.6% to Ossoff’s 47.1% and Hazel’s 2.3%. If no one gets 50%, a January runoff will be called (Loeffler/Warnock already on… Read more
Deputies on duty at Rome/Floyd precincts today: As we made our rounds to local polling spots Tuesday morning, one common sight was the presence of a Floyd County sheriff’s deputy in or near a patrol car. Discreet but nearby, the deputies were watching the crowded parking lots around the community. We checked with Sheriff… Read more
Hardy Realty’s Open House Gallery for today: Take an early look at a four-bedroom, two-bath home in Battle Farm. Open houses, 1 until 3 p.m. Address: 2 Buggy Ride Court, Rome. Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Price: $315,000. What to know: Beautiful home in Battle Farm. Master on main. Total of 3 bedrooms on main… Read more
From CTC: The 20,001-square-foot Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies will house the college’s Precision Machining and Manufacturing program as well as the Industrial Maintenance and Electrical Technology program. This facility also will feature high-tech labs in emerging technologies and robotics. Non-credit skilled workforce training in industrial maintenance will be available for local… Read more
MEETINGS The Development Authority of Floyd County will holds its quarterly meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Rome-Floyd Development Authority Office at 800 Turner McCall Blvd. The Rome Floyd Development Authority meets on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 a.m. in the boardroom at 800 Broad St., Suite 102. MEDIA ProPublica announces it is… Read more
Hardy Realty’s Open House Gallery for today: Visit between 2 and 4 p.m. this Sunday at 10 Westridge Circle in West Rome off Burnett Ferry. Open houses, 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday Address: 10 Westridge Circle, Rome. Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bath. Price: $125,000. What to know: New interior and deck! Flooring, fixtures windows hot water… Read more
Media release: Harbin Clinic is partnering with the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth for the Get Pump’d for Kids initiative. Get Pump’d for Kids was created as a way to celebrate Halloween safely while supporting local children in Rome-Floyd County. “A key part of Harbin Clinic’s mission is to work collaboratively in support of building healthier,… Read more
Hardy Realty open house gallery for today including a home in Maplewood. Open house, 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday Address: 100 Hood Drive, Rome. Description: 5 bedrooms, 3 bath. Price: $299,900. What to know: This beautifully remodeled home in Maplewood sits on a corner lot and offers tons of yard space. A growing family could… Read more
President Trump has announced Amy Coney Barrett is his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump made the official announcement Saturday afternoon. Barrett currently serves as a judge on the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump nominated Barrett to the 7th Circuit on May 8,… Read more