Yearly Archives: 2023

(Media release from Toles, Temple & Wright, Inc.): Home builder Ivy Lowrey, licensed REALTOR at Toles, Temple & Wright, Inc., was recently named the president of the Rome Home Builders Association (RHBA). As such, she became the association’s first-ever female board president. Formed in 1956, the RHBA is a membership-based organization of professionals dedicated to promoting, educating…… read more »

(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Health): The Georgia Department of Public Health’s (DPH), Injury Prevention Program, Child Occupant Safety Project, is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grant. The Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grant program helps county health departments, and their community partners reduce the number of injuries…… read more »

The Junior Service League of Rome will present the 2023 Follies, themed “Come Sail Away”, this Friday and Saturday at the Rome City Auditorium. Showtime is 8 pm both nights. This is one of the League’s major fundraising events. Proceeds will go back into the community, asserts Megan Otwell, Co-Chair, who says that the funds…… read more »

(Media release from Open Door Home): Open Door Home would like to thank the Rome/Floyd County community for its generous support in 2022. Open Door Home’s youth received an outpouring of gifts this holiday season from local businesses and individuals. Wishlists were offered through Amazon and shared via social media. The home received $5,512 in…… read more »

(Media release from Atrium Health Floyd): Andy was doing what he loved – racing dirt bikes in a motocross event – when something went horribly wrong. One second Andy was navigating the Yorkville course with the skill that a lifetime of riding afforded him. The next, he inexplicably was veering towards the woods, striking a…… read more »