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Yesterday | Rome News

Showing signs of job improvement

Former Rome restaurateur Andre Rodriguez has worked a couple of short term jobs since giving up The Partridge in Rome over a year ago.

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Related Topix: Rome, GA, Georgia, Floyd County, GA, Commerce, GA, Summerville, GA

Thu May 24, 2012

Rome News

Mohawk to expand Summerville manufacturing operations - adding 500 jobs

The Mohawk plant in Summerville will get nearly 500 new employees during the next five years as part of a $180 million expansion project unveiled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Summerville, GA, Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Lyerly, GA

Wed May 23, 2012

CBS Atlanta

Mohawk Industries to expand in Chattooga County

A company that turns plastic bottles and containers into carpet fiber plans to expand in northwest Georgia, adding about 500 jobs in Summerville over five years.

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Related Topix: Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Summerville, GA, US Governors

Rome News

Reece qualifies for Georgia House seat

Note: This is essentially the 11th District seat Reece now holds. It was shifted slightly and renumbered during the redistricting process.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Floyd County, GA, Cave Spring, GA

Rome News

Balloon Festival set for June 22-24 in Chattooga

Balloons will fill the sky for the fifth annual Northwest Georgia Hot Air Balloon Festival on June 22-24 in Chattooga County.

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Fri May 18, 2012

Rome News

Bear sighted near Summerville

This image posted on the Summerville News website shows a black bear seen in Chattooga County around 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Related Topix: Summerville, GA

Wed May 09, 2012

Cedartown Standard Plus

School board approves more budget cuts

Over 130 members of the community showed up the school board meeting Tuesday night to learn the fate of various programs and staff positions or speak out regarding cuts Around 130 members of the community showed up to the regular session school board meeting Tuesday night anxious to learn the fate of various school programs and jobs as the district ... (more)

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Related Topix: Polk County, GA, Education Etc.

Sat May 05, 2012

Rome News

Finster Fest celebration to continue Sunday in Summerville

Francis B. Wells said she was only 13 years old the first time she met folk art legend Howard Finster, yet 71 years later she still holds on to the newspaper clipping he gave her that day - and article telling some of his own story.

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Related Topix: Summerville, GA

Wed May 02, 2012

Nooga.com

This weekend's Finster Fest expands to Dowdy Park in Summerville

American folk artist Howard Finster, 1916-2001. The annual Finster Folk Art and Music Festival moves back to its original location at Dowdy Park in Summerville, Ga., this weekend.

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Related Topix: Summerville, GA, Home Gardening, Home

Mon Apr 30, 2012

The Chattanooga Times Free Press

Four-day week a hit

"Best thing in the world," Lenderman said. "There's a lot of positives that have come out of it we weren't expecting." Those unexpected benefits include reduced teacher and student absenteeism, fewer disciplinary "write-ups," improved test scores and a savings of almost $800,000 annually, he said.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Catoosa County, GA, Education Etc., Ringgold, GA

Sun Apr 29, 2012

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Resurrection of Finster's Paradise Garden

The Rev. Howard Finster is still helping call the roll up yonder, but in a development virtually no one expected, his Paradise Garden is springing back to life.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Georgia, Atlanta, GA, Cobb County, GA

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