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- Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Jeff Gill
Free enterprise rocks for Gainesville State students on way to Chicago competition
Gainesville State College has no intercollegiate athletic teams to cheer for, but it has a business division club that has become quite a powerhouse.
State gives OK to Habersham Career Academy
The Georgia Board of Education has approved the Habersham County school system's request to start the Habersham Career Academy in the fall.
Gainesville presents balanced budget for 2008-09
A slowing economy and rising health insurance costs have pounded Gainesville's budget, but residents may not feel the hurt in their tax bills.
Hall schools outperform state on grad tests
Hall County school system juniors have outperformed the state on the 2008 Georgia High School Graduation Tests.
City schools at least $1.7 million short for next fiscal year
Though still early in the Gainesville school system budgeting process, the projected spending for fiscal year 2008-09 exceeds the income by $3.3 million. Janet Allison, finance chief for the district, told the City Board of Education Monday night that expenses are estimated at $52.9 million and revenues at $49.6 million.
Getting schooled on traffic jams
GAINESVILLE - Seventy-five minutes before the final bell rings, the first cars start showing up in the student pick-up lane at the entrance to Davis Middle School in South Hall.
GHS 9th-graders get new principal
Gainesville High School's Freshman Academy has a new principal.
Hall sets public hearing on school drug tests
A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. May 19 on a proposal plans to expand the Hall County school system's random drug-testing program.
Overseas adventure: Two Hall County middle school students will experience European cultures
Two Hall County eighth-graders have another reason to be excited about the school year winding to a close.
Schools reach out to drug offenders
The Hall County school system has a program in place, educators hope, that stops student drug use in its tracks.
Hall teachers may get retirement boost
The Hall County school system is proposing a payroll change that, officials say, will boost employees' retirement income.
Work set to start soon on Gainesville State's new building
Relief may be on the way for Gainesville State College's bustling Watkinsville campus.
Black Hawk helicopter pays a visit to West Hall
OAKWOOD - All eyes were on the skies Friday morning at West Hall High School, as a Georgia Army National Guard unit arrived in a Black Hawk helicopter.
Gainesville High plans all-night activities after Saturday’s prom
Gainesville High School is sponsoring its fifth "Shift Culture" event this year after Saturday's prom.
Student hit by car at bus stop released from hospital
A Johnson High School student suffered a broken ankle when she was hit by a pickup truck while boarding a school bus Monday morning.
Articles By Author - Jeff Gill
Flood causes sewer spill into Flowery Branch Creek
Sunday's historic flood in Flowery Branch has produced another problem for the beleaguered South Hall city - a 200,000-gallon sewer spill into Flowery Branch Creek.
Hall County sheriff proposes buying 12-14 patrol cars
To update its aging fleet, the Hall County Sheriff's Office is looking at spending $550,000 to buy 12-14 new patrol cars and refurbish another four or five.
Crews busy fixing roads after floods
Under sunny skies and no trace of rain, area governments worked Monday to fix roads that had been damaged, some seriously, by fierce storms overnight Sunday.
Fair Street students may use tablet computers next fall
Gainesville's technology director gave City Board of Education members a Kuno tablet computer to play with briefly Monday night.
McEver still closed, fire official reports
Under sunny skies and no trace of rain, area governments worked Monday to fix roads that had been damaged, some seriously, by fierce storms overnight Sunday.
Eyes on the Road: More feet added to Ga. 53 fix in Dawson County
An additional 500 feet of Thompson Road will be closed as part of a Georgia Department of Transportation project to rebuild the road's intersection at Ga. 53 in Dawson County.
South Hall flooding causes county to declare emergency
Early Sunday storms rocked Hall County, leaving heavy flooding, collapsed roads and other damage in its wake.
Proposed left-turn ban on Green raises a stir
The potential for no left turns on Green Street has raised hackles along the busy, four-lane road, according to one of its most vocal business leaders.
2013-14 tax rate likely to remain the same in Flowery Branch
Flowery Branch is moving toward a fiscal 2013-14 budget with the tax rate remaining the same, but with local option sales taxes remaining an unknown factor because of an ongoing dispute between Hall County and the cities.
Senate passes water bill that doesn’t limit Lanier use
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to OK a water reauthorization bill that will not limit Georgia's water use from Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona, a restriction that had been sought by lawmakers in Alabama and Florida.
11-year-old injured in four-wheeler accident identified
The Georgia State Patrol on Tuesday identified the 11-year-old boy who was injured Sunday afternoon in a four-wheeler accident in West Hall as Lanny Charles Dunagan.
City schools present budget figures at hearings
The few people who showed at the hearings got to see the thinking behind the math in the Gainesville school system's crafting a budget for fiscal 2013-14.
Corps hopes to keep dock permit process going
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to forge ahead this spring and summer with issuing dock permits, and not resort to moving employees assigned to that task to covering parks, as it had to do last year.
Oakwood looking at sewer project at apartments
Oakwood City Council voted Monday night to apply for a grant to help pay for a sewer system that would serve an apartment complex where a septic drain field has been failing for years.
Hall native studying oyster population
A Hall County native is at the forefront of research into oyster populations, a touchy subject for some Lake Lanier advocates who fret over water releases to protect endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico.
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