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The old year ended and the new year began with very little fanfare fifty years ago. Kids were out of school, the weather was seasonably cold...

On December 21st, the school system announced that Jean Jackson (clarinet), Sue Pilgrim (French horn), and Matt Oldham (baritone horn) were ...

The Rome Boys Club Choir—which included a number of Chieftains—held a concert at the Boys Club on the evening of December 13th to raise mone...

Before we go on to our coverage, I must remedy a major omission: Somehow, I failed to report on a a big Rome event that occurred back on Nov...

Interest was so high in the Georgia Class AA football championship game slated for Saturday night in Atlanta that West Rome officials announ...

Preface “Why do you spend so much time writing this every week?” The young woman asking me the question wasn’t being rude—just curious. It d...

The final equipment for West Rome’s new state-of-the-art industrial arts shop arrived and the program shifted into high gear this week in 19...

Back in 1965, almost all phone calls between Rome and Atlanta were carried on a single phone cable—so when a construction company cut that c...

I wasn't a close friend to Mark. Still, he was my friend, and he was a good man with a kind heart and a generous spirit, and he shouldn...

The annual East Rome-West Rome football game generated more than the usual excitement in 1965, because this game would determine not merely ...