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The North Georgia Community Foundation has opened the application period for scholarships it administers, and is offering some new scholarships this year.

Milton Martin Toyota has been awarded a J.D. Power 2018 Dealer of Excellence Program,SM which recognizes a select number of vehicle dealerships throughout the United States that provide exceptional customer service.

Christian Johnson, an Industrial Systems and Technology student at Lanier Technical College, has been named as the College’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership.

A prominent Athens businessman with strong ties to Gainesville, Claude Williams, Junior, has died.

Stewart Teaver has been elected chairman of the board of directors for Peach State Bank & Trust, according to an announcement by William House, chairman of Peach State Bancshares, the bank’s holding company.

Inspired by a number of area children and their families battling a childhood cancer diagnosis, BGW Dental Group joined with its patients to make a difference, donating $4,135 to CURE Childhood Cancer.

The federal government is awarding grants for broadband projects to increase access to job training, educational and health care services in rural Georgia, including Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens counties.

Daniel Hill of Rabun Gap has been named North Georgia Technical College’s 2018 Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership. Hill is an accounting student at the Clarkesville campus.

An entertainment venue is proposed for Chestatee Road and a dog daycare and grooming business is in the works for Friendship Road, with both applications headed to the Hall County Planning Commission next month.

Brenau University’s online graduate education and MBA programs rank among the top online higher education programs in the United States, according to the 2018 listings compiled by U.S. News & World Report.