Bryan Pirkle

The City of Gainesville is on track for another record-setting year for new single-family homes, according to data from the city Developmental Services Department. And, a report issued a few days ago notes that homebuilder sentiment across the country is at its highest level since 2005.

After a year of work, the Braselton Visitors Bureau has launched a new web site, hoping the site will generate additional interest in the town.

EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Chapter 611 will host the 46th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 11th at Gainesville's Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport. It will begin at 7:00 and continue until 3:00.

The Hall County Fire Department is investigating an early Sunday morning fire that swept through a building on the south side of Gainesville.

The search for a new director of the Hall County Library System apparently is nearing an end.

Beginning Monday, the state Department of Education will open 14 Learning Resources Evaluation Sites around Georgia, including one in Cornelia.

We're right in the thick of "budget season" as governments across the region work to prepare and approve their FY 2016 budgets ahead of the July 1 deadline, required by state law. Suwanee is no different, and officials are holding their final budget hearing Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Suwanee City Hall

A detour will close Clarks Bridge north of Gainesville for a maximum of 10 days beginning Monday as crews finish building the new roadway tying it into the new bridge and shift traffic onto the new bridge.

The Hall County Tax Assessors Office hopes to finish with formal responses to the appeals of this year's property assessments by August 1.

Lula and Flowery Branch are not the only places in northeast Georgia where special elections will be held June 16 - two will be held in Forsyth County.