Marc Eggers

The senior member of the Hall County Board of Commissioners announced Thursday evening that he will seek a fifth term.

Imagine trying to replace an employee who never is late for work, specializes in handling the most challenging of jobs, doesn’t ask for benefits and refuses to take a vacation.

One of the most vivid memories many high school athletes take with them into adulthood may soon be a thing of the past in Hall County. The experience of playing ball (football, soccer, baseball, etc.) on a muddy field will be no more if voters approve the sale of general obligation bonds by the district in the March 24th primary election.

The next decade will be a busy one for the Gainesville Parks and Recreation Department.

Exactly four weeks after an amended ordinance governing extended stay hotels was approved by the Gainesville City Council, the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board unanimously recommended denial of an annexation application that would allow for the construction of an extended stay hotel.

As Craig Herrington enters his twentieth year on the Hall County Board of Education, he will do so as chairman.

A pair of new business ventures serving opposite ends of the age-spectrum were green-lighted by the Hall County Commission Thursday evening.

Enterprising businessman Patrick J. Murray saw opportunity nearly 200 years ago as he watched miners make the 20-plus mile journey between the gold fields near Dahlonega and the assay offices, and first private mint, in Gainesville.

All parties involved can now rest in peace, including members of the Hall County Commission, following their approval of an agreement Thursday evening between homeowners Timothy and Susan Carey with ancestors of an historic Gainesville family.

The lone obstacle preventing the sale of two downtown, city owned vacant lots to Atlanta developer Terwilliger Pappas was final approval of a rezoning request.