Ken Stanford

The children in the Boys and Girls Club at Melrose Apartments have a green thumb – and blue, pink and purple thumbs.

Publix Supermarkets recently delivered the proceeds from its Easter food drive to the Georgia Mountain Food Bank.

Jacob Wilmont, a longtime school crossing guard for the Gainesville City School System, will be recognized next week at two events.

Early voting begins Monday in Hall County and the rest of the state for the May 24 General Election primaries.

The two men running for chairman of the Hall County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to appear at a special meeting next week of the South Hall Republican Club.

Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland has been approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges for a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, which will be offered beginning this fall.

The Blue Sky Concerts are back, returning to downtown Gainesville each Wednesday next month.

Lanier Technical College will celebrate its 50th anniversary June 9.

A section of Bradford Street in Gainesville will be closed for three weeks starting Monday.