Jerry Gunn

It was another packed house Saturday night in the historic Flowery Branch depot and the show once more was the proposed 2012 budget with its possible massive cuts and a possible tax increase to stop those cuts.

Hall citizens and county employees turned out in force to support the proposed 2012 budget tax increase at a First Community meeting at Fair Street Community Center Saturday morning in Gainesville.

Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell confirmed Friday that a possible tax increase is still on the table.

Hall County Commissioners Thursday narrowly passed an amendment to the county's impact fee ordinance over objections from Commissioner Craig Lutz

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center Foundation dedicated the Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden Monday at the regional hospital's north entrance.

Gainesville officials decided Saturday to wait for a nice warm day in June instead of a cold rainy day last November to hold the public grand opening of their new Public Safety Complex; with the grand opening came a new song for the city.

It was standing room only Thursday night in Clermont as Hall Commissioner Scott Gibbs hosted a town hall meeting in Clermont to discuss the 2012 budget with its possible tax hike in the face of a shrinking property tax digest, plunging county revenues and an $11.5-million deficit.

Gainesville City Council is looking at a balanced budget with no tax increase again this year even in tough revenue times, but Thursday they split on sharing the city's budget surplus with the property tax payers.

The Gainesville City Council Tuesday night approved plans for a Sunday alcohol sales referendum during the November city elections and signed off on the public consumption of alcohol downtown for certain events.

Gainesville School Board members said Monday night they wanted more time to study a proposal for random student drug testing, so they tabled it until the next regular meeting.