Ken Stanford

A Gainesville woman has been named to the State Board of Occupational Therapists.

The Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau came home with three top awards from a recent meeting of the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus, and the City of Flowery Branch picked up one award.

Dahlonega and Toccoa are among eight new Georgia Main Street Cities that will become part of the current Georgia's Exceptional Main Street Program.

The Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will hold its annual state meeting on Saturday, April 29, in Dahlonega at the University of North Georgia.

Elachee Nature Science Center will host its annual fundraiser, Flights of Fancy, in a couple of weeks.

Members of Lanier Technical College's Dental Hygiene Class of 2017 have all passed the National Board examination on their first attempt.

United Way of Hall County reports that its has topped the goal that was set for a special month-long campaign during March.

Gwinnett Medical Center has opened a new primary care and specialty center in Suwanee, at the intersection of McGinnis Ferry Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

Brenau University will host a celebration of the inaugural Golden Tigers softball season on Pacolet Milliken Field at Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park at 4:30 Tuesday.

The annual Toast of Braselton celebration is scheduled May 11.