Gainesville Rotarians heard at their noon Monday meeting that their local school systems would be much better off with less state and federal education bureaucracy.
Rain and cloudy skies did not stop the Halloween on the Square fun in Clarkesville Saturday evening from 5 until 7:00 p.m.; little ghosts and goblins and their parents just broke out umbrellas.
Friends and family gathered Friday at Gainesville State College to celebrate the life and legacy of James Mathis Senior, the man GSC president Dr. Martha Nesbitt called the father of Gainesville State College.
Seven candidates vying for two newly created Banks County Commission posts fielded questions in a political forum in Homer hosted by the Banks County Chamber of Commerce Thursday night.
Thursday morning it was time to celebrate the poultry industry's contribition to Gainesville, but the chairman of the National Chicken Council told his audience there are challenges.
Lake Lanier land owners Wednesday morning waited to see if their names would be drawn in a lottery for the few remaining boat dock permits allotted by the Corps of Engineers.
Former state Environmental Protection Division Director Harold Reheis told 1071 Coalition members Tuesday night at their annual meeting Georgia must have a contingency plan ready in case Lake Lanier is lost as a drinking water resource.
The South Hall Business Coalition said goodbye Tuesday morning to Russell McMurry, the head of the state Department of Transportation office in Gainesville, who is now in charge of highway design statewide.
Oakwood officials said they did not get the answers they wanted concerning SPLOST (5) road improvement funding during the Joint Local Government Association meeting they hosted at Oakwood City Hall.
The senior economist for Wells Fargo Securities told Gainesville business people Thursday the recession is over, but the recovery from it hasn't really started yet.
