Jerry Gunn

Northeast Georgia and Gainesville are primed for a continuing economic recovery in 2012. That was the message from realtor and economic forecaster Frank Norton Thursday at the 'Womensource' brown bag lunch at the Frances Meadows Center.

Gainesville City Council had no problem approving the Atlanta Botanical Garden's amendment requests for its expansion of Smithgall Woodland Garden on Cleveland Highway at Lake Hill Drive.

Gainesville has a new mayor. City Councilman Danny Dunagan took his seat Tuesday night promising progress, change, and questions answered.

The first baby born in Gainesville at Northeast Georgia Medical Center is Elisha Tamas, who arrived at 12:25 a.m. New Year

The sky was clear and the water was chilly, but not freezing, at the 15th annual Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Polar Bear Swim at the Olympic Venue on Clarks Bridge Road on Lake Lanier.

Gainesville is moving into 2012 with a major part of its greenway project ready for walking, bicycling, or roller blading by April, according to Special Projects Manager Jessica Tullar with Gainesville Community Development.

A Gainesville bank president got a surprise Friday morning as the bank celebrated a successful capital campaign for 2011.

Experts predicted one of the biggest shopping days of the year Monday but predawn early bird shoppers were not waiting at the door in Gainesville.

The night before Christmas at First Baptist Church on Green Street in Gainesville brought a capacity crowd that filled the sanctuary.

The final sunset, the final twilight, is approaching for an icon in downtown Winder. With demolition scheduled early next year for the Granite Hotel, there are memories of how the old building, now lifeless, was once full of warmth and life and shaped the lives of people who stayed there.