Jerry Gunn![]() Recent Articles by Jerry GunnBy Sept. 1 Hall County will have a different Board of Tax Assessors; Hall commissioners made the changes Thursday night. Cumming, Georgia waited for the arrival of one of its own Wednesday, a fallen soldier whose life ended far away from his home in the northeast Georgia hills. Hall County Library Board trustees Tuesday night looked at employee pay figures and saw most employees are underpaid, but system director Adrian Mixson said right now there’s not much to do about it. The Gainesville school board heard from its new interim superintendent Monday night, and she said she needs board decisions on spending very soon. Hall County commissioners looked at a request to increase Health Department permit and inspection fees Monday morning. Gainesville School Board chairman David Syfan says board members do not want system layoffs to result from holding down 2009 budget expenditures despite heavy recommended staff cuts. Gainesville City Councilman Bob Hamrick says its time to replace some of the state and U.S. flags at city property, and as it turned out, some Gainesville firefighters were unknowingly taking his advice. The historic hotel in Gainesville owned and operated by an American Civil War Icon is now open to the public Saturday after a long and painstaking restoration. Campaign supporters for Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama worked on getting out the vote and getting people registered to vote Saturday. Brenau University moved toward cutting the shortage of available primary care in north Georgia Thursday with the signing of an agreement with a Philadelphia medical college to create a physician assistant program. The Gainesville school board is likely going to miss its July 29 deadline for passing a new budget, according to chairman David Syfan. Setting the boundaries for the Flowery Branch Historic District moved toward final approval Wednesday with a city council vote. The principal at Fair Street Elementary School has been named interim superintendent of the Gainesville City School System. The silt removal project to restore Longwood Cove on Lake Lanier as a recreation area is finished. There's only one problem. The Gainesville City Council Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that finalizes a land transfer that will lead to more jobs in the city’s Industrial Park West. It was slow going as the polls opened in Hall County for today's primary elections. The rowing competition for the 2008 Georgia Games began bright and early Saturday at the Lake Lanier Olympics Center. The portrait of a famous American Civil War general who became a Gainesville citizen now looks back at visitors at the site of the hotel he once owned and operated. Hall County commissioners decided 3-2 in favor of farming over homeowners Thursday night in a clash over locating new poultry houses in north Hall County close to the White County line. A motion from Hall County Commissioner Deborah Mack Thursday to discontinue health insurance for embattled part time tax assessors drew reaction from her political opponent Ashley Bell. Previous |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | Next |
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