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Business

-New Rite Aid on Maple Avenue already for sale: Scheduled to open Sept. 13, the replacement shop across from rival CVS is on the market for $4.57 million. Included is the 2.2-acre site and the 14,673-square-foot building. Rite Aid

-Boyd Group, also known as Gerber Collision & Glass, grows again in Northwest Georgia: Just months after the Rome store on Redmond Circle comes the new Gerber at 850 Joe Frank Harris Parkway Southeast in Cartersville. Boyd

-More breakfast options; this time, Cartersville: As Partridge adds breakfast this week in downtown Rome, there's a new breakfast stop in Cartersville: drink. The smoothie shop has " fresh, grilled-to-order" breakfast sandwiches. Website

Across Northwest Georgia

-Tellus tracking big quakes: The increased frequency of earthquakes around he world has kept the seismograph busy at Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum. Buzz

-Library's 'Make a Splash, Read' summer program June 1-July 23: Opening week is June 1-6, following Memorial Day. Free goody bags are available for the first 1,000 participants in Rome Also, get your free fish tattoo while they last. Magician and puppeteer Tommy Johns will perform at 10 a.m. June 1 in Coosa Room  Plus: Children's used book sale, June 1-6. For more: Summer reading

Politics

-With nine weeks to go before the primary, Rome's Dr. John Barge gets a boost: With Kathy Cox leaving for a post in Washington, D.C., Dr. John Barge is now one of two Republicans in the GOP primary. His opponent July 20 is Richard Woods, who is scheduled to address Bartow Republicans this Saturday. The victor faces the winner of a three-way race on the Democratic ballot. Both Barge and Woods now have the two-term incumbent out of their race. Plus Gov. Sonny Perdue could appoint one or the other as Cox's replacement through the rest of this calendar year. Primary ballot

-Loudermilk launches new campaign, legislative sites.

-Gingrey makes 'final four' of congressional new media challenge. Click

-Local Tea Party group meets again Thursday.

-Floyd, Bartow Republicans meet Saturday morning. Politics

Your latest forecast:

-Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Low of 54.

-Wednesday: 82 degrees, sunny skies; low of 55.

-Extended forecast> Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey 

-What's wrong with LeBron? Best I can tell, absolutely nothing.

Rome Braves> Sports 

-Game 1 vs. Riverdogs: Braves take opener, 14-6.

-Game 2 vs. Riverdogs:  Rome on top, 7-4.

-Today's game begins at 10:30 a.m. at State Mutual Stadium.

-Mills Fitzner's recent game photos> Click

AdLines: Huge, multifamily yard sale, this Saturday, in Armuchee. Click