North Hall Park has already officially opened, but with food, fun, speeches, exhibits, lots of games and a ribbon cutting, county commissioners invited everyone to a 'grand opening' Saturday.
Gainesville children came to see Santa arrive in downtown Gainesville while their thrifty parents came looking for bargains during the annual 'Jingle Mingle' on the Square Thursday afternoon.
Instead of no Hall County libraries open on Saturday in a tight economy,three of them would be open half a day beginning next month in a plan approved Tuesday night during a called meeting of the Hall Library System Board.
Gainesville's public safety personnel and city leaders gathered Tuesday morning for a solemn observance of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that killed more than 3,000 people, including 343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers.
Gainesville City Council got good news and not so good news with their decision Thursday to issue bonds to pay for purchase of the old county jail from Hall County.