(Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group): Although the summer travel season just came to an end, Georgians are already beginning to lock in their travel plans for the holidays. In fact, according to a new AAA survey, 69% of residents are already planning to take a holiday vacation. More than half of them…… read more »
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AAA: GEORGIA’S GAS PRICE AVERAGE CONTINUES TO DROP
(Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group): Georgia gas price average has seen a steady decline for the past 2 weeks. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.56 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average is 4 cents less than a week ago, 8 cents less than a month ago, and 30…… read more »
ROME CITY COMMISSION TO MEET MONDAY, FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSION TO MEET TUESDAY
The Rome City Commission will meet in regular session tonight at 6:30 pm at City Hall (or the City Auditorium) on Broad Street. Their caucus will begin at 5 pm in the Sam King Room. The agenda is posted online at www.romega.us; the link to access a live stream of the meeting is also available…… read more »
ROME-FLOYD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOST 9/11 REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON MONDAY MORNING
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 »
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 »