The Rome-Floyd County Fire Department is inviting the public to the 9/11 Remembrance Service set for Monday, September 11th at the Rome/Floyd Firefighters Memorial Plaza located at the intersection of West 1st Street and West 6th Avenue (behind the Rome City Auditorium). The service will honor individuals who lost their lives in the September 11,…… read more »
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GNTC TO HOST FALL MUM SALE FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH TO 21ST
(Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College): The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold a Fall Mum Sale Monday, Sept. 18, through Thursday, Sept. 21, outside of Building L, located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome. The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through…… read more »
WORK AT ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD TEMPORARILY LIMITS HOSPITAL PARKING SPACES
(Media release from Atrium Health Floyd): Patients and visitors driving to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center should plan on arriving earlier than scheduled on Monday because of work that will limit the number of available parking spaces at the hospital. On Monday, work crews will begin removing the mobile medical units in front of the…… read more »
NEW LEADERS OF THE SALVATION ARMY OF ROME, GA GETTING ADJUSTED TO THEIR NEW COMMUNITY
The new leaders of The Salvation Army of Rome, GA are getting acclimated to their new community and serving the people of Floyd, Chattooga, and Polk Counties. Majors Hank and Eunice Harwell arrived here in late June as the successors to Captains Tim and Paula Blevins. Major Hank Harwell enthuses that he is already impressed…… read more »
ROME POLICE ASSIST WITH FLOYD COUNTY TEEN MAZE HOSTED BY THE ROME-FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH
The Rome Police Department was among many institutions that assisted with the Floyd County Teen Maze hosted this week by the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. According to a post on the RPD’s Facebook page – We spent Wednesday and Thursday mornings at Georgia Highlands College working with Teen Maze, an interactive “Game…… read more »
THREE FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOLS HONORED AS DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
(Media release from Floyd County Schools, GA): Garden Lakes Elementary, Johnson Elementary and Model Elementary all have been recognized as a “PBIS Distinguished School” for their implementation of PBIS throughout their schools. PBIS, or Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, is an evidence-based, three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems and practices…… read more »
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: 21 FATALITIES OVER THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Safety): Traffic crashes in Georgia over the Labor Day holiday travel period which began Friday, September 1, at 6:00 p.m., and ended Monday, September 4, at 11:59 p.m., resulted in 21 deaths. Statewide, Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated eight fatal crashes resulting in nine fatalities. Local agencies reporting traffic deaths…… read more »
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – COOSA VALLEY TO BENEFIT FROM 3RD ANNUAL DRIVE ONE FORE! HABITAT GOLF TOURNAMENT SET FOR WORLD HABITAT DAY ON OCTOBER 2ND
Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley is currently preparing for the 3rd annual Drive One FORE! Habitat Golf Tournament. The event will be held Monday, October 2nd – World Habitat Day – at Meadow Lakes Golf Club in Cedartown. Proceeds will go towards the organization’s latest home build, the 60th overall and the second in…… read more »
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS GEORGIA WITH $3M EQUITY GRANT TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Labor): The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced earlier this week that the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) recently awarded the state of Georgia a $3 million equity grant to promote equitable access to unemployment benefits across the state. “The grant awarded to the state of Georgia by…… read more »
OP-ED FROM GEORGIA DECAL – BETTER THAN A TOUCHDOWN: MALCOLM MITCHELL IS A FAN OF GEORGIA’S PRE-K WEEK
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning): Picture this: Me, Malcolm Mitchell, the Super Bowl Champion, sitting in a classroom with my heart pounding like a drum as my teacher announces the day’s reading activity—round-robin reading. My stomach still churns with unease. I shift nervously in my chair, my eyes darting…… read more »