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Health
-Floyd building Urgent Care facility in Cartersville on Joe Harris Parkway. Look for the 12,263-square-foot office to be completed by May. The project's estimated value is $2.2 million and that includes construction, architectural and engineering fees, furnishings and equipment. The new office will be equipped with digital x-ray capabilities as well.
Real estate
-Extension, expansion of homebuyer tax credit brewing: The Wall Street Journal reports that "Senate negotiators reached a tentative deal to extend a tax credit for first-time home buyers but its passage remains uncertain." The specifics: The current $8,000 federal tax credit would be extended through April 30 for first-time buyers--and existing owners earning up to $125,000 as individuals or $250,000 as a couple would be eligible for a $6,500 break> Details
>Why the extension is key: Greater Rome real estate sales have been sustained by the current tax credit program, which expires Dec. 1. Still, local home sales have been below 2008 levels for much of this year.
Media:
-Nov. 10/Rome's first Tweet Up:
-Bartow chamber, Flammer Relations present next Social Media Lab> Click
Thursday's Buzz:
-Newby invited to speak at Perdue economic summit: David Newby, general manager of Profile Extrusion Co. and chairman of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, is among the speakers and panelists invited by Gov. Sonny Perdue to take part in a business summit on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Click Details
-Maybe they should call them iDiamonds ... or eye diamonds? Greene's Jewelers on Broad Street has joined Red Box Diamond retailers registered on the first free Apple iPhone application of its kind, Live Diamond Try On. "iPhone users can browse for the perfect diamond ..., design a beautiful yellow gold or white metal ring around it, and then try the ring on 'virtually' using a photo of their own hand taken with the iPhone camera," says Joyce Greene Manning. 'They can explore how different diamond shapes, styles and of course sizes ... look on their hand."
-Halloween, Fall Festival events; safety tips. Click Rome Kids
-New reason to visit downtown Chattanooga: Already a playground for Northwest Georgians, downtown Chattanooga has added another perk: Carmike's Majestic 12 opens at 311 Broad St. as a 100 percent digital movie theater with digital pictures and sound, wall-to-wall screens, three auditoriums with 3D capabilities and a VIP screening room for adults serving beer and gourmet food. Carmike also owns the Carmike 12 in Cartersville and Martin's 3 in Calhoun> Details
2009 elections
-Two days left to vote early in city, SPLOST elections at two sites. You can vote at the elections office at Fourth Avenue and First Street or at the Rome City Center now through Friday> Details
-City of Rome ballot, click here / To view the county ballot, click here.
-Thursday/Forum at Willingham Village Housing Authority Complex.
State football site predicts who plays where in first round of AA playoffs: Georgia High School Football Daily's
-Cook at Putnam County
-Chattooga at Buford
-Avondale at Calhoun
-Pepperell at Lovett
-For more, click Football Daily
>See what local expert John McClellan has to say about this week's games and the regional play-in showdowns> Football Report
Your latest weather:
-Thursday: Some clouds, high of 73, low of 58.
-Friday: 20% to 60% chance of rain, high of 73, low of 63.
-Halloween: 60%, then 40% chance of rain, high of 68, low of 45.
-Latest weather: Extended forecast / Local radar / Regional radar
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable>Arey
-Tech gets a rush out of season; Gators can't seem to pull the trigger in red zone.
John McClellan's high school football picks> Football Report
-Big Ws for Pepperell, Darlington, Coosa, Armuchee, Calhoun, Cartersville.
-Rough night for Cedartown, Model.
-Close calls for Cass, Sonoraville.
-Plus: John sets up the playoff picture.
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