Jerry Gunn

Gainesville held its own version of the

The Gainesville School Board elected a chairman and a vice chairman for the rest of the year Thursday, ending a practice, in place since January, of rotating the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship among board members each month.

Flowery Branch City Council Wednesday set its garbage collection fee schedule over one councilman

Gainesville City Council Tuesday night agreed to buy land in the city for the new public safety building.

With one major deletion, Gainesville school board members approved a continuing resolution Monday night instead of a Fiscal Year 2009 budget to operate the school system.

The biggest "elephant in the room," the Gainesville school board agreed Saturday, was School Superintendent Dr. Steve Ballowe

At least one Gainesville school board member said Thursday night that a balanced 2009 budget by next Monday

Hall County commissioners Thursday approved a 2009 budget with less millage and no tax increase, but some citizens were not happy.

Gainesville City Manager Bryan Shuler Thursday recommended that the city council approve a right of way maintenance agreement with the state Department of Transportation at the Exit 20 Interchange on I-985.

Gainesville City Council learned Thursday morning that the historic Ridgewood neighborhood and First Baptist Church on Green Street are included in the next proposed Neighborhood Planning Unit, set up for areas in transition.