Three people die in plane crash near Gainesville airport, Three adults killed in plane crash from Ohio, Gainesville
Three people were killed in a single-engine plane crash Friday night moments after taking off from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.
The plane had just taken off from the Gainesville airport en route to Daytona Beach, Florida around 6 p.m. when it crashed into a ravine near the intersection of Memorial Park Drive at Atlanta Highway. One home on the ground was damaged by falling fuel, displacing five residents. No one on the ground was injured. READ MORE
The three adults killed in the crash were identified by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office as Dan Delnoce, 44, and Courtney Flanders, 45, of Gainesville and Matthew Delnoce, 39, of Ohio. The Sheriff’s Office is handling the death investigation while the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are working other aspects of the crash. READ MORE
Artist rendering revealed for first Hall County replacement elementary school
Part of the Hall County School District’s 10-year facilities plan, which was approved in August 2019, is the replacement of seven aging elementary schools with four brand new buildings. Members of the Hall County Board of Education got a first look at a design and layout for the first building at a work session last week.
The first replacement school will be located on the district’s Ramsey Road property along Georgia 365 and will replace the current Riverbend Elementary and White Sulphur Elementary schools, according to Hall County School District Superintendent Will Schofield. The new school is expected to open in time for the 2023 school year.
The other elementary schools that will be replaced and consolidated onto three new campuses are McEver, Myers, Oakwood, Tadmore and World Language Academy Primary. READ MORE
Gainesville Theatre Alliance holding two virtual performances this spring
The Gainesville Theatre Alliance, a nationally recognized collaboration between Brenau University and the University of North Georgia, will release two digital performances online this spring through a collaboration with the University of North Georgia’s Film Department.
The two performances will include productions of “Songs for a New World” by Jason Robert Brown and “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. Both productions are rated PG and will stream online for free around the end of April or early May. READ MORE
Ivey Furniture closing, new furniture store follows
Ed Ivey, owner of Ivey Furniture on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville, recently made the decision to retire from selling furniture after over 40 years in the business.
Ivey said that he looks forward to spending time with his family upon retiring and that he will not be too far away from his former store, as he owns the building and is leasing it to the next occupants, Great American Furniture and Mattress. Ivey said that the owner of the new business is “really a super nice guy” who he has known for over 40 years. READ MORE
YMCA Learning Center celebrates one year anniversary
The YMCA Learning Center of Gainesville, a daycare partnership with the Georgia Mountains YMCA and Evangel Church, celebrated its first anniversary on Feb. 24.
According to Program Director Cassandra Whisnant, the center had been open and licensed for only three weeks before COVID-19 affected school systems. The center only had around six children enrolled by this time, so they decided to switch gears and offer crisis care. The crisis care was geared toward school-aged children of first responders, medical personnel, truck drivers, grocery store workers and others.
The program now serves over 40 children, a little under half capacity, and offers a “drop-in” format in which parents can choose three days a week as “drop-in days” for their children. READ MORE
