Rockmart NewsLocal news for Rockmart, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.$2 million sewer project to begin in Rockmart's Goodyear Village area- July 21, 2008 A project, totaling $2,166,000, will soon begin in Rockmart's Goodyear Village. The scope of work will include sewerage system improvements and sewer rehabilitation and will be done in three phases.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/2-million-sewer-project-to-begin-in-rockmart... Rockmart gears up for Homespun Festival- July 19, 2008 Bill Wanke, with Ceramics by Cheryl of Temple, Ga., sets up some of the pottery and other crafts hand painted by his wife, Cheryl Wanke Friday afternoon at Seaborn Jones Park in downtown Rockmart.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/rockmart-gears-up-for-homespun-festival?from... ATV riding continues as popular pastime- July 18, 2008 Julian Welch enjoys riding his four-wheeler. slideshow Julian Welch, an upcoming seventh-grader, loves playing football and basketball.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/atv-riding-continues-as-popular-pastime?from... Thousands expected at Homespun Festival in downtown Rockmart- July 17, 2008 From The Polk Fish Wrap Thousands expected at Homespun Festival in downtown Rockmart Thousands are expected to arrive at Seaborn Jones Park in Rockmart Friday and Saturday, July 18-19, for an experience they ...http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/thousands-expected-at-homespun-festival-in-d... Croker loses in early balloting; McClendon, Sullivan in likely runoff- July 17, 2008 Preliminary results from Tuesday's General Primary election painted a portrait of disappointment for an incumbent, long-serving county commissioner.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/croker-loses-in-early-balloting-mcclendon-su... Voting light at Rockmart, Aragon precincts- July 15, 2008 Voters are trickling into precincts in Rockmart and Aragon with only a light turnout seen by 10 a.m. today.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/voting-light-at-rockmart-aragon-precincts?fr... Parachute Failed: 500-foot fall leaves man ... alive- July 14, 2008 Mark Mettler entered Grady Memorial Hospital on March 1, straight from the sky. He was flown in from Rockmart after a parachute jump that went horribly wrong.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/parachute-failed-500-foot-fall-leaves-man-al... Homespun Festival parade will feature Andersons as grand marshals- July 12, 2008 Roy and Elaine Anderson will be the grand marshal of the 2008 Homespun Festival Parade, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 in Seaborn Jones Park, downtown Rockmart.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/homespun-festival-parade-features-andersons-... AP: Police believe GA sex offender killed Florida teen- July 12, 2008 Police say a registered sex offender from Georgia confessed to killing a 13-year-old girl whose body was discovered by a maid in a hotel room.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/the-associated-press-police-georgia-sex-offe... Old home on Piedmont Avenue is taken down- July 9, 2008 An old home on South Piedmont Avenue, which at one time housed The Rockmart Journal, is no more.http://www.topix.net/city/rockmart-ga/2008/07/old-home-on-piedmont-avenue-is-taken-down?fr... |