Newton Citizen

Newton leaders graduate from economic development academy

May 17, 2013

A group of Newton County leaders recently graduated from the Georgia Academy for Economic Development's 2013 Region 5 Multi-Day Training Program.

Hospice holds cancer, Alzheimer's fundraiser

Providence Hospice, located at 100 Corporate Center Drive in Stockbridge, is having a yard sale on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit the Alzheimer's Association and the Breast Cancer Association.

Conyers resident opens art gallery and frame shop in Olde Town

For almost a decade, Aaron Reed has been selling his artwork at festivals up and down the East Coast and across the South.

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Special Photo Neita Jones, right, is awarded Top Individual Sales Associate for the Rockdale/Newton office by Metro Brokers Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Levent at the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers Awards Celebration. Other members of the Rockdale/Newton office receiving awards for their performance included: Carol Moore and John Reich with the Silver Award; and Johnny Lanford, Kerry Gibson and Vicki Vandiegriff with the Distinction Award.

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Special Photo Project Open Hand/Atlanta Coordinator Felicia Martin receives a check from BJ’s Community Affairs Assistant Manager Susie Meacham and BJ’s Operations Manager Uveimar Sandovar as part of the BJ’s Charitable Foundation grant program. BJ’s Charitable Foundation recently donated $110,000 to 16 charitable organizations in Georgia. The Foundation disperses funds to organizations focused on hunger prevention, self sufficiency, health care and education. The grants in Georgia are part of the Foundation’s quarterly cycle to provide donations to charitable organizations in the 15 states where BJ’s Wholesale Clubs are located. Locally, Newton County Reads of Oxford was awarded $2,500 in support of programs that address the needs of undereducated adults/teens by providing adult literacy, GED preparation and English as a Second Language programs.

Bank of North Georgia expands

Synovus Bank, the Georgia-chartered, FDIC-insured bank, has completed the previously announced consolidation of two of its bank divisions -- Bank of North Georgia, based in Alpharetta and Bank of Coweta in Newnan. The combined division will operate as Bank of North Georgia.

Newton County resident opens local Jazzercise business

A Jazzercise devotee since childhood, Lindsey Moore is ready to make the exercise program her full time job.

Give every job interview your all

Do you worry about decisions that you don't have to make yet?. I call them the decisions after the decision. Worrying about them will totally derail you.. A client of mine was interviewing for a big promotion.

Rockdale Medical Center IT department honored

Rockdale Medical Center was recently awarded the LifePoint Hospitals 2012 Information Technology Leadership Award for technological improvements made to enhance patient safety and physician satisfaction.

Conner Smith Realty moves to downtown

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Chick-fil-A hosts fire safety clinic

The Chick-fil-A at 1610 Ga. Highway 138 in Conyers invites families to a Home Fire Safety Clinic on Monday, March 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. A portion of the evening's proceeds willbenefit the Rockdale County Fire and Rescue's Fire Safety Education initiatives.

ABWA hosts local women's workshop

The Rockdale-Newton local chapter of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA), a Kansas City, Mo. based association, is hosting the first of a three-series workshop at the Wall Street Conyers Conference and Event Center, located at 2375 Wall Street, Suite 140 in Conyers on April 13.