Old organ parts become an art installation at Cumming church

The heavens, earth and sea have come together in one large community art project at a local church.

Seed spheres used to offset blight

Homemade "seed bombs" are a favorite tool of guerrilla gardeners.

Cumming pastry chef flexes culinary muscles in national competition

For chef Alex Hwang, competition is a piece of cake - literally.

Zedonk still popular at wildlife preserve as its 1st birthday approaches

Pippi Z. Donk is a heartbreaker and showstopper all rolled up into one.

Fashionable future

With local students heading back to class in less than a month, many families are officially in back-to-school shopping mode.

Gainesville doctor’s iPhone apps making waves with expectant moms

Scheduling conflicts or distance keeping your loved ones from sharing in all of the exciting moments of your prenatal appointments? No worries, there's an app for that.

Camp meetings a summertime tradition

In the early 1800s, the priorities of most settlers could be described with three F's: faith, farm and family.

Maximize your space with vertical gardening

Even if you have limited space, you shouldn't let that stop you from exercising your green thumb.

Gainesville resident raises her own goat herd for dairy; benefits are endless

They may be smaller in stature, but dairy goats are muscling in on cow territory.

Group says strange tree formations may mark Native American trails

While working to build trails in Northeast Georgia, a group of area hikers stumbled down a path that would lead them on a historical scavenger hunt across the country.

Local band enters finals on ‘America’s Got Talent!’

Fiddleheads in finals for "America's Got Talent!" competition

Longtime Gainesville theater family remembers their father

Although he was a lawyer by trade, Michael "Mickey" Neidenbach was born to be a performer. "Mickey loved the process of acting, of studying the character and becoming the character," Beth Neidenbach said about her husband. "When he had any part, he would read and study the script and figure out what motivated that character to say those certain lines and ...

Cornelia residents create community garden

If you travel down Level Grove Road in Habersham County, it's hard to miss the Cornelia Home Grown Harvest community garden.

Summer’s favorite fruit becomes a favorite soup

Ed Levine’s postcard collection really delivers

Name a card. Any card. And chances are Ed Levine has it.

Gainesville minister pens book

When David Glover's grandson Zachariah Kyle Emerson was born in 1998, the Gainesville man felt blessed.

Banking fresh food

The recent rain has been very good for the Georgia Mountain Food Bank as the seeds from its first community garden begin to grow and flourish.

Winners of Brenau barbecue contests will advance to world finals

Two teams competing in this year's Brenau Barbecue Championship will also be selling their pork to hungry visitors at the event. But it's almost by accident that either team exists.

Student council collects books for community library

Fifth-grader Heartley Twiggs loves to read fiction books and thinks kids are better off when they read books they enjoy.

Wedding bells, blues and venues

Brittany Evans wanted a storybook wedding but what she got was something more like a movie.

Couple conquers 70 years together

In 1940, C.W. Davis hitched a ride from a driver in a red Ford, ultimately securing a movie date with the woman behind the wheel.

Jehovah’s Witness experiences an influx of hope

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith.

Better-for-you BBQ chicken

Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it - the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones.

Properly preparing a picnic

The school year is winding down and Memorial Day is just around the corner. Activities such as boating, camping and picnicking are fun ways to experience the great outdoors.

Ask cook: Correct way to cut lettuce

Question: It used to be forbidden to cut lettuce with a knife. Only tearing by hand or cutting with a plastic knife was acceptable. But now I see TV chefs regularly chopping lettuce with a regular knife. What is responsible for this change in thinking?

Singles meet and mingle

For 52-year-old Gina Sweet, it had been awhile since she hit the dating scene. Luckily for her, family members gave her the Cinderella treatment before she ventured out to Cocktails & Conversations, a brand-new speed-dating venture in Gainesville.

Racing to the front

JEFFERSON - It was anything but a regular school day for the 15 local middle schools students who participated in the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Junior Solar Sprint competition May 3. Using one of the Earth's brightest resources, the sun, students put their hand-built solar sprinters to the test in a fast-paced race competition at Road Atlanta in Braselton.

Perfect pink present for mom

Editor's note: North Hall High School junior Catherine Sartain, 16, wrote this column for her journalism class about Mother's Day.

Her husband is her 'hero'

"It will be a blessed Mother's Day for my kids, my granddaughter, my wife," Grady Nolan said, his voice cracking slightly. "And for me."

Lay leaders lend a loving ear

BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The Stephen Ministry is looking for compassionate men and women who want to help people who are hurting.