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	Shoe factory closing left many jobless Hall County’s economy has had its ups and downs through its history, with disasters striking and industries opening or closing. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	Warnings over Ga. 365 date back to ’70s Concern over the safety of Ga. 365, the four-laner from Gainesville to the South Carolina line via Toccoa, can be traced well back into the 1970s before it was even built. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	1959 critical year for rails in N. Georgia North Georgia is rich in railroad history, what with efforts in the 1800s to get a main line through Gainesville, trials and tribulations of the Gainesville and Northwestern Railroad into the mountains, the Gainesville Midland, one of the last steam trains in the country, as well as the colorful but troubled Tallulah Falls Railroad from Cornelia to Franklin, N.C. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 1 Comment
	Early travel costly, rough on area roads Toll roads have been in the news in Georgia lately. State officials reneged on a promise to end the toll on Ga. 400 when it was paid for. They also turned a lane of Interstate 85 that tax money had built into a High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lane that you have to pay to use now. And there are plans and discussions about other toll roads in the Atlanta area. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	Hall County library had to struggle from get-go While in recent years, Hall County Library has expanded its reach with branches in most sections of the county, the road has been bumpy for the public library movement. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	Pea Ridge put suspense in bond vote Before increasing sales taxes became the popular method to finance improvements, local governments often used bond issues to finance capital items, especially schools and government buildings. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	Gainesville's changes in council structure come rarely With state legislation to add an elected mayor to Gainesville City Council getting final approval, it would be the first substantive change since the city went from a three-person commission to five in 1958. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
	Wire walker over Tallulah excited crowd Summer of 1970 was hot in more ways than one in Georgia. Read More by Johnny Vardeman \| 0 Comments
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