(Media release from the Office of Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger): Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a web portal to allow voters to cancel their voter registration online. While leveraging the same technical process and security protocols as Georgia’s wildly popular and secure OnLine Voter Registration tool, OLVR, this new secure site, allows voters…… read more »
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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY’S SILENT AUCTION FOCUSES ON PARIS AND FRANCE IN HONOR OF 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
(Announcement from the Rome-Floyd Friends of the Library): In honor of the Olympics in Paris this summer, the Friends of the Library’s current Silent Auction features items associated with Paris and France. Along with books and other items associated with French history, culture and travel, there are two showcases devoted to French art (especially Impressionism)…… read more »
AAA: GEORGIA’S GAS PRICE AVERAGE DECLINES AT A SNAIL’S PACE
(Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group): The Georgia gas price average has slowed at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians are paying an average price of $3.33 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average is 1 cent less than a week ago,1 cent more than a month ago, and 21 cents less than this…… read more »
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ALERT FOR FLOYD COUNTY: ROAD AND LANE CLOSURES ON 2ND AVENUE BEGIN TUESDAY
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Transportation): Weather permitting, crews will close 2nd Avenue between Shorter Avenue and State Route 101. The right northbound lane on 2nd Avenue will be closed from West 3rd Street to just before the freight receiving entrance of Floyd Medical Center. Along with those closures, a temporary traffic signal…… read more »
AMERICAN RED CROSS OFFERS SAFETY TIPS AS STUDENTS GET READY TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL
(Media release from the American Red Cross, Georgia Region): The American Red Cross offers this checklist which you can follow to help make sure your student is safe as they return to the classroom. If your student is younger or going to school for the first time, teach them: If your child walks to school,…… read more »
ROME CITY SCHOOLS SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN SEVERAL AREAS OF MILESTONE TESTING
(Media release from the Rome, GA City Schools): Literacy For Life Before Life is one of Rome City Schools district initiatives, and the work in literacy is showing promising results in Georgia Milestone Assessment test scores released by the Georgia Department of Education for the school year 2023-24 last week. Through this initiative, the school…… read more »
GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY TO OFFER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSOR PROGRAM
(Media release from the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency): The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) is pleased to announce the Critical Infrastructure Assessor Program (CIAP) certificate will be available through GEMA/HS’s Training Department starting January 2025. Critical infrastructure encompasses a wide range of sectors including energy, transportation, water supply, and…… read more »
SUMMER HAS BEEN A TIME OF PREPARATION FOR KEEP ROME FLOYD BEAUTIFUL
Summer ’24 has been a time of preparation for Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful. Hannah Bagley, Director, says that several clean-up and beautification events are currently being planned for the community. She invites the public to join these efforts. Interested parties may get additional information by calling (706) 236-4456, visiting www.keepromefloydbeautiful.org, or reaching out to the organization…… read more »
BEN CARPENTER NAMED COO FOR ADVENT HEALTH REDMOND
(Media release from AdventHealth Redmond): AdventHealth Redmond announces Ben Carpenter as the new Chief Operating Officer. Carpenter is a health care executive with more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning, financial growth, hospital operations, service line development and physician care pathways. Carpenter previously worked for Kettering Health in Dayton, Ohio. There, he served…… read more »
STATE REPRESENTATIVE KATIE DEMPSEY OF ROME ATTENDS NCSL’S 2024 HEALTH POLICY SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
(Media release from the Georgia House of Representatives): State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, recently attended the National Conference of State Legislature’s (NCSL) 2024 Health Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. Rep. Dempsey was nominated by House leadership to attend this seminar, which is designed for state legislators…… read more »