Jerry Gunn

Gainesville's Planning and Appeals Board Tuesday night turned down a request from the Hall County School System to erect a state-of-the-art, full-color digital message board sign in front of the Lanier Charter Career Academy on Atlanta Highway.

Agents with the Hall County Multi Agency Narcotics Squad searched for illegal drugs and arrested five people Tuesday afternoon during a raid at Brandon Place Apartments off Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville.

The Gainesville School Board discussed getting more parents involved, how to expand the school system and provide the best teachers during their downtown luncheon retreat Tuesday.

Hall County Commissioners agreed to move ahead with mediation on who controls the Cedar Creek Reservoir but with some changes at Monday's work session in Gainesville.

Judge William L. Norton, James Brooks and Lynda Hawkins were three of the original members of the Gainesville Historic Preservation Commission, enacted by city ordinance in 2001 with five member appointments the following year.

Flowery Branch City Council Thursday night agreed to help out a city subdivision with their street lighting cost and that help could lead to a new street light ordinance.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday at a Gainesville Civic Center investors celebration breakfast that its number one funding tool to support economic development, HALL Mark, went over its initial $2.1-million goal.

Gainesville City Council took a step toward resolving the thorny issue of who controls the Cedar Creek Reservoir by approving a request from Mayor Ruth Bruner Tuesday night during their regular session.

A rainy cold Monday did not stop the ground breaking ceremony for Northeast Georgia Medical Center's North Entrance garden which is being constructed in memory of the parents of Phillip and Mary Hart Wilheit of Gainesville.

Gainesville City Manager Kip Padgett said Monday morning City Council is approaching the New Year cautiously optimistic about finances and revenues in the face of a continuing recession and its impact during Council's annual retreat at the Fair Street Neighborhood Center.