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New life breathed into historic track In its 42 years of existence, the half-mile oval track outside Jefferson has seen its share of racing legends going door-to-door. 
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Schools hold Veterans Day celebrations Theodore Golab couldn’t help but tear up as he climbed the hill to Martin Elementary School’s baseball field.
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Retailers welcome holiday shoppers This year, holiday shoppers are starting early.
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Small-business center plans several workshops The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center in Gainesville has scheduled several upcoming workshops at its offices at 999 Chestnut St. |
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Group launches gift drive for seniors Halloween just passed and Thanksgiving has yet to arrive, but many people have already turned their attention toward Christmas.
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Forest service’s ‘green’ building gets gold award U.S. Forest officials in Georgia have gone gold — er, green. |
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Monday seminar offers college scholarship information Parents and students alike will have the opportunity Monday to learn more about scholarships and grants that are available for future college students. |
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Shoe drive helps others’ soles Let somebody take a walk in your shoes for once.
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West Hall honored for student achievement State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox announced Friday that West Hall High School is being honored as a 2009 Georgia School of Excellence in Student Achievement. |
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Zoller leaving WDUN for new FM station Local radio show host Martha Zoller will begin broadcasting on FM radio Monday. |
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Soldiers march to honor WWII’s 101st Airborne A group of soldiers, armed and marching in uniform down the streets of Gainesville, likely raised a few eyebrows Thursday.
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Gaineville to furlough city employees, cut expenses Employees of Gainesville will now have to take one unpaid day off each month to keep the city’s expenses in line with declining sales tax revenues. |
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Hooper to retire as Gainesville police chief Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the year.
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Residents want to put stop to rash of burglaries Residents of the Crestview Terrace neighborhood aren’t gonna take it anymore. About 40 residents of the Gainesville neighborhood met Thursday evening at Brenau University to form a neighborhood watch group in response to a rash of area burglaries over the past month. Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper said at the meeting there have been 10 burglaries in the area in recent weeks. He said the burglars were apprehended and much of the stolen goods were ...
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Jefferson motorsports park grand opening benefits charities A free community festival from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Gresham Motorsports Park Grand Opening will benefit local charities and community agencies. |
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Students use math skills to create tribute to veterans Tadmore Elementary students are putting their American pride on display in a big way.
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Animal Shelter grand opening is Saturday The Hall County Animal Shelter has a celebration full of family fun planned for Saturday to mark the grand opening of the new facility. |
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Electronics recycling event is set for Saturday Wives, are you tired of your husband using his old college television as a bedside table? Then take it to the Hall County Farmer’s Market on Saturday. |
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Woman charged in fatal North Hall wreck A Dahlonega woman was charged with vehicular homicide early Thursday following a single-car crash in North Hall in which her passenger was killed.
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Court ruling on planned Braselton hospital expected soon BRASELTON — The Northeast Georgia Health System expects to hear the court’s decision on its certificate of need for a 100-bed hospital at Medical Plaza 1 in Braselton by the end of this month or the beginning of next month, according to health system officials. |
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Hoschton man pleads guilty to mortgage fraud, investment scam A Hoschton man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Atlanta to bank fraud and conspiracy charges for "committing a mortgage fraud, a real estate investment Ponzi scam involving more than 150 victims, a check-kiting scheme and a bankruptcy fraud," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Northern District of Georgia office. |
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Local Islamic leader condemns Fort Hood shootings News that an Army officer that is a Muslim was responsible for the fatal shooting of 12 people at Fort Hood, Texas, brought strong condemnation from a local Islamic leader.
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12 dead, 31 wounded in attacks at Fort Hood Army base |
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Flowery Branch revisits commercial sewer surcharge FLOWERY BRANCH — Flowery Branch City Manager Bill Andrew plans to review the fairness of charging all businesses a $15-per-month sewer surcharge added earlier this year to monitor grease traps. |
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GHS earns $15,000 in Title I funds State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox announced Wednesday that Gainesville High School has been named a National Title I school and will receive $15,000 in federal funding. The National Title I Distinguished Schools program recognizes two schools in the state that receive $15,000 in federal funding to reward their gains in student achievement. Gainesville High School was recognized for exceeding the benchmarks required to make Adequate Yearly Progress under ... |
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Local fitness centers feel threatened by proposal To Michael Graham, deputy director of Gainesville’s Parks and Recreation Department, converting an unused meeting room into a fitness center at the Frances Meadows Aquatics Center makes sense.
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Guardsmen marching to commemorate historic ‘Band of Brothers’ One National Guard unit is honoring the soldiers of the past with a 101-mile march from Toccoa to Atlanta. |
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Lawyers scarce outside metro Atlanta When it comes to dealing with legal issues, having quality representation can be just as important as proper evidence. |
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IRS aims to answer tax questions at Saturday event If you have some tax issues that you’ve been meaning to get around to but haven’t found the time, Saturday may be your day to get things straightened out. |
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Options lacking for young offenders Late last month, three children, ages 11, 12 and 14, were charged along with a 17-year-old adult with burglarizing a Laura Drive home and stealing jewelry. |
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New Mulberry Creek center opens next weekend At 9 a.m. Wednesday, the South Hall Community Center closed its doors for good. Only county employees will enter over the next few days, moving supplies and equipment to make the transition into the new Mulberry Creek Community Center, which will open Nov. 14. The Mulberry Creek center will replace the South Hall center, which was sold to Blackshear Place Baptist Church. The county leased the center from the church during the construction of the ...
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Tuesday night stabbing was self-defense A man who was detained in the stabbing of a Flowery Branch man acted in self-defense, authorities said Wednesday. |
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Take a trip down Georgia’s historic trail If you’ve driven along U.S. 129 in the past few months, you might have noticed a few brown road signs along it, marking it Georgia’s Antebellum Trail. |
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Council opts to convert unused meeting rooms into fitness center Owners of area fitness centers and Gainesville’s mayor opposed a measure Tuesday to fill the meeting rooms at the Frances Meadows Aquatic and Community Center with fitness equipment. |
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Gainesville gives initial approval to rezone Fair St. area Gainesville City Council members on Tuesday sided with residential property owners who organized to keep business interests from infringing on their neighborhood.
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Hall County: Community center to close this morning The South Hall Community Center will close at 9 a.m. to allow the Hall County Parks and Leisure Services staff to transition into the new Mulberry Creek Community Center. |
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DOT to hold final hearing on HOV lane The Georgia Department of Transportation has set a final round of public hearings on plans to allow solo commuters to ride — for a fee — in Interstate 85 car-pool lanes in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties. |
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Teen indicted in deadly shooting Two children are among the 30 potential witnesses listed in an indictment of a Gainesville teen charged in an Oct. 5 fatal shooting.
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Good News Clinics honors Westfall for volunteer work More than 15 years ago, Good News Clinics grew out of the need local doctors were seeing in their own practices.
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Schools report enrollment up this year Enrollment in the Gainesville and Hall County school systems grew slightly this school year, which superintendents say is a good thing following lower than expected enrollment growth last year.
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Man hospitalized after stabbing The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing in North Hall that left a Flowery Branch man hospitalized, according to Sheriff’s Col. Jeff Strickland. |
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Surveillance image leads to arrests Two Dawsonville teens were charged with burglarizing North Hall High School after the father of one of the suspects recognized her from a surveillance photo.
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Gainesville school board OKs funds for first roof repairs The Gainesville school board allocated $205,000 to reroof and clean the old gym at Gainesville High School and soon will decide whether it will build a new Fair Street IB World School. |
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Send in your Veterans Day events The Times is interested in hearing about area celebrations and activities planned next week marking Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11. |
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Hall's proposed scheduling change may cut teachers The Hall County school board may adopt a hybrid schedule for its high schools that would allow the system to operate with about 35 fewer teachers next school year. |
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Local school superintendents tout flexibility in education Leaders of the Gainesville and Hall County school systems fielded questions from Rotary Club members Monday as part of the civic group’s State of the Schools presentation.
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Buford school reopens after widespread illness Health officials are still investigating the cause of an outbreak of symptoms that led to the closure of an elementary school in Buford on Friday. |
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Skies to remain sunny all week If you’re feeling a bit water-logged after last month’s rains, you should get a chance to dry out this week. |
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Deputies investigate attempted abduction A strange man cruising through an upscale North Hall subdivision ordered a 10-year-old to get into his truck in what authorities are calling an attempted child abduction.
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Hospital commended for providing care for uninsured Northeast Georgia Medical Center was recently named “Large Hospital of the Year” by The Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals. |
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