Jerry Gunn

Lanier Technical College

Flowery Branch High School students drew Hall School Board recognition Monday night for their National recognition as finalists in the National Engineering Design Challenge recently in Washington D.C.

Educators from East Hall High School Monday night got the go-ahead from school board members to get cost estimates for a "creativity center and studio class room."

Hall County School Board members expect to vote next week on a move toward eliminating school districts with the new World Languages Academy setting up at Chestnut Mountain Elementary School.

It was a black tie and evening gown event Saturday night at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center on Green Street in Gainesville for the 30th Annual Gala Art Auction.

Nell Wiegand was honored Thursday night for her lifetime of service to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center and upon her retirement as chairwoman of the Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.

Hall County Commissioners Thursday night approved the City of Lula's request for a new veterans park.

Gainesville City Council Thursday expressed support for an easing of water restrictions from Gov. Sonny Perdue - two weeks after the city's public utilities director gave the green light for outdoor water use under the state's revised guidelines.

A Gainesville food processing equipment manufacturer is in an expansion mode. That means new jobs, and that means a Quick Start training program at Lanier Technical College for the new workers.

United Way of Hall County celebrated its 60th anniversary Wednesday and announced that the 2007 campaign goal was met.