Revised May home sales report; Stella Blu reopens; 97 new jobs downtown since Jan. 1. No record heat Monday -- but no relief, either. Rome Braves win. Arey on Sports.

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Business Buzz:

-Revised look at May home sales in Greater Rome:  48 homes sold 'in the neighborhood' of 2009 totals; 38% drop from 2010.

-Stella Blu opens at Broad & Second today after jump from RiverWalk.

-Downtown's net job gains through May: 97.

-Connect in the mail box; new magazine from Redmond Regional 

 

Big summer planned at Dwarf House/Chick-Fil-A:

-Concerts, giveaways, patio parties planned.

-Cartersville Fuddruckers closes; new ventures planned?

 

Vacation Bible School packs 'em in at Pleasant Valley South

-Links to VBS, summer camps now under way in Rome/Floyd.

 

Weather: No record -- and no relief.

-Our cycle of record highs is over for now but not our daily trip into the 90s.
-Tuesday: High of 96, low of 64. Record: 102 in 1976.

-Wednesday: High of 95, low of 65. Record:103 in 1933.

 

Today's Buzz:

-Rock Fest, river battle, high school test scores.

 

Today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. on WRGA 1470 AM:

-7:10: The Buzz of Northwest Georgia.

-7:40: A different look on the impact of our record heat wave.

-8:10: Smog alerts/Code Orange Days: Georgia's EPD meteorologists joins us to talk about the alerts, the pollution and this year's fast start.

-8:40 a.m. Curt Hersey of Berry College on summer films, pop culture. 

-Listen online: http://wrga.streamon.fm/   

 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

-You've got to be kidding. Beer sales in West Virginia's stadium?

Rome Braves: Sports

-Rome rebounds, wins 2-1 in early game vs. Kannapolis.

-Tuesday in Kannapolis; off Wednesday; home vs. Greenville Thursday-Saturday.

-Rome to honor Bobby Cox at June 18 game.