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To mark the opening of its new store in Gainesville, Academy Sports + Outdoors donated a private shopping spree to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County Thursday afternoon.

Residents statewide will be giving back during the fourth annual Georgia Gives Day.

Featherbone Communiversity held the annual "Entrepreneurs...Masters of Innovation" ceremony Wednesday. Sponsored by BB&T, it was held in recognition of ten individuals, representing seven Gainesville area businesses.

Gainesville-Hall ‘96 the governing body of the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue will host a ground breaking ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the launch of a major revitalization project at the lakeside park.

Cancer care is now available at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton with the opening Monday of the hospital's new radiation therapy suite.

A town hall meeting on Nov. 13 will discuss the implementation of the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Strategic Plan, specifically the first of the plan's four goals, which is focused on academic excellence.

Albany State University, a historically black university in southwest Georgia, will merge with Darton State College.

The Hall County Board of Education has approved the hiring of Thomas Harp to become Finance Officer for the county school district.

The Oakwood City Council has approved the new city budget and sewer service for the site for a re-located Wendy's restaurant.

The price of oil moved higher last week and pulled gasoline prices up with it, according to this week's fuel price report from AAA.