Ken Stanford

They've come from as far away as California and Connecticut as prospective residents of a 1,300 home "active adult" community near Chestnut Mountain.

The 600-mile, six-leg Tour de Georgia begins Tuesday in Augusta and, once again, the difficult northeast Georgia mountains legs will come late in the game.

Gainesville's proposed Impact Fee Program will be in the spotlight at two meetings this week - starting with Tuesday's city council meeting.

A mixed-use residential development that would include more than 500 new houses and town homes is planned in the Chestnut Moutain area, according to a posting on a state agency Web site.

Residential home construction soared in Gainesville in March, compared to February, while in the county, there was a noticeable decline in such activity.

A head-on crash closed part of Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville Friday afternoon for over an hour.

Funeral services are pending for Ben Carter, a former member of the Gainesville School Board and a retired U.S. District Court Clerk.

Nearly 300 letters are going out to businesses in Gainesville to detail state and local laws that deal with illegal runoff and other matter that often end up in creeks.

A few weeks ago in this space I tried to have some fun with curling after having watched a few hours of the little-known sport during the Winter Olympics. But, in all seriousness, I enjoyed most of what I watched during the two weeks of the games fro

Metro Gainesville's first-time unemployment insurance claims in March were down more than 20 percent compared to February.