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- Friday, May 24, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Jeff Gill
One year after Va. Tech massacre, local campuses have improved security
With the shock not completely worn off, colleges nationwide are operating or putting in place security measures to help prevent a repeat of the Virginia Tech massacre, which happened a year ago today.
Hall County may drug test students who drive to school
The Hall County Board of Education is looking at expanding mandatory, random drug testing to include students who drive to school as early as the fall.
Businesses, road reopen after smoke detector in trash can triggers bomb scare
A bomb scare at the Dawsonville branch of the U.S. post office Monday afternoon ended when authorities discovered that a smoke detector was the source of a suspicious beeping from a trash can. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's bomb disposal unit had responded to the scene, along with the Gainesville police and fire departments. Authorities arrived at about 1:30 p.m. after the manager ...
Georgia budget leaves Gainesville State College pleased, Lanier Tech 'cautiously optimistic'
Pardon Michael Moye for not getting overly excited about the state legislature's approval of funding for two needed construction projects.
Hall schools try to revive Special Olympics
Hall County school officials began working Friday to restore this spring's Special Olympic games for schools in Northeast Georgia.
No Child change could ease rules
Relief could be on the way for Georgia schools that narrowly miss making "adequate yearly progress."
Students will get a breather during CRCT tests
Hall County and Gainesville students will get a one-day break between the high-stakes parts of the state's basic-skills tests they'll take later this month.
New superintendent named for Habersham schools
CLARKESVILLE - A Hart County school administrator has been named superintendent of the Habersham County school system.
Gainesville, Hall County high school graduation rates are solid
With a 2007 graduation rate of 81 percent, or 10 points above the state average, Gainesville High School has become a destination for some 40 school districts statewide "to learn more about our success," said campus principal Mike Kemp.
Parents, students, educators worry that new HOPE rules can leave behind ‘best and the brightest’
Students, parents and educators complained Tuesday night about last year's eligibility changes in the much-coveted HOPE Scholarship and its effects on students taking challenging courses.
The power of young minds
LULA - East Hall High School psychology students are trying to have a positive effect on a Lula Elementary School third-grade class and maybe enrich their lives in the process.
Sardis Elementary examines whether charter school status could help close academic achievement gap
Principal Jan Hughes sees a wide academic achievement gap between "children of poverty and children of wealth" at Sardis Elementary School.
School boards to talk money on Monday
With an eye toward the Gold Dome and growth in their backyards, the Gainesville and Hall County school systems are gearing up for budget season.
Schoolhouse rock
GAINESVILLE - McEver Elementary School students are putting down the pens and pencils after school and picking up the bow and violin.
Articles By Author - Jeff Gill
Sheriff's office searching for shooting suspect
Gary Wilson said he never dreamed he would pull up to his father's Lula business "and find crime scene tape."
Flood damage costs start to emerge
Flowery Branch officials are estimating $1.4 million in expenses related to Sunday's historic rainfall, and so far it appears that most of the financial burden is falling on the beleaguered South Hall city.
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.
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