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Motorists found the lowest gas prices on Memorial Day in 11 years, according to this week's fuel price report from AAA-The Auto Club Group.

The proposed Flowery Branch budget and tax rate will be up for discussion when the city council meets Thursday night.

The South's oldest balloon event and the country's only long distance hot air balloon race will begin (weather permitting) with a mass ascension of 30 hot air balloons Thursday in Helen.

Four places in North Hall are included on the 5th Annual Georgia Mountains Farm Tour which is coming up in late June.

A Hall County school is one of six schools in the area named recipients of a TangerKIDS Grant.

Hundreds of chamber members from the Cumming-Forsyth County, Gwinnett and Greater Hall chambers will unite for a unique after hours networking experience on Tuesday from 5:00-7:00 at Lake Lanier Islands.

The Urgent Care Centers operated by Northeast Georgia Health System recently received recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that Metro Gainesville’s unemployment rate for April was 4.2 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 4.5 percent in March.

The Georgia Ports Authority approved $7.5 million on Monday for the first big steps toward building a new seaport terminal on the Savannah River, to be operated jointly with South Carolina.

Gas prices rose throughout the week, but stabilized during the weekend as 33.9 million Americans plan a road trip for Memorial Day