Gainesville school children got a leg up on going back to school Saturday at the 4th Annual Back to School Rally held at the historic Beulah Rucker Museum and Education Center on Athens Highway.
A $1-million plus plan to further develop Gainesville's Midtown Greenway was reviewed by City Council Thursday, but part of the project funding is cut for cost savings.
Gainesville City Council got two surprises during its continuing series of redistricting hearings Thursday morning. On the agenda was the Home Rule Ordinance,enabling local approval of redistricting.
An hour and a half meeting with the former state legislative redistricting director Thursday morning got the Gainesville Board of Education no closer to resolving issues about proposed district lines.
Another step toward getting a regional transportation sales tax proposal to the voters next year was taken Tuesday during a lengthy meeting at the Georgia Regional Commission office in Gainesville.
Gainesville School Board members Monday night accepted a recommendation to approve the facilities transfer and maintenance agreement that gives the school system ownership of Bobby Gruhn Field.
