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Each year North Georgia Technical College recognizes Alumni who have excelled in their professions. This year, four outstanding alumni have been selected to receive awards including Hall of Fame, Career Achievement, and the first-ever Bridge Builder Award.

Brenau University and the University of North George are co-hosting a film festival in Gainesville this weekend.

Hall-Dawson CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) will host the Mitch Farmer June Jam fundraiser this year.

The City of Suwanee will host two events the first weekend of June: Food Truck Friday on June 5 and a double-feature Movies Under the Stars on Saturday, June 6.

LifeSouth says it is facing a critical shortage of of negative blood types and is holding a numbr of blood drives in north Georgia in hopes of putting a dent in it.

Throughout the summer, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville is offering families a number of children’s programs.

The John Jarrard Foundation will host a concert at the Lake Lanier Olympic Center on Saturday.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the unemployment rate for Northeast Georgia dropped for the month of April, and once again, the Gainesville Metro posted the lowest jobless rate of any metro in the state of Georgia.

Jackson EMC President/CEO Chip Jakins announced Wednesday that its renewable energy supplier, Green Power EMC, has reached an agreement to purchase the full output of a new 52-Megawatt solar array planned for construction in Jeff Davis County near Hazlehurst.