Marc Eggers

Gainesville City Councilman George Wangemann says he plans to seek the job as Gainesville’s mayor when his current term ends in just over two years.

Unanimous approval was given Thursday evening by the Flowery Branch City Council to a resolution increasing water sewer rates by five percent beginning Friday, October 18th.

Gainesville City Manager Bryan Lackey announced at Thursday’s city council meeting the hiring of a new Public Relations Manager for the city.

Members of the Hall County Board of Education got their first real look at preliminary building plans for the proposed Cherokee Bluff Middle School at their work session Monday evening.

The economic gurus point in opposite directions, the social pundits can’t find common ground, and the politicos in Washington appear set against ever agreeing about anything, yet one subject touches everyone, and in the words of James Carvel, campaign strategist for Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential run, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

The site has been prepped and now the bidder has been chosen. Tennis is about to become a part of the Murrayville lifestyle.

The City of Gainesville is changing fees charged to customers for water that those customers hope never gets used.

Water and sewer rates could rise five-percent for customers of the Flowery Branch water system if the city council approves a resolution discussed at its work session Thursday evening.

It wasn’t smoke, it wasn’t vapor, but Tuesday evening’s decision by the Gainesville City Council establishing an immediate 120-day moratorium on vape shops did create a somewhat hazy environment with numerous unanswered questions.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp visited the Kubota Manufacturing of America plant Thursday morning as part of his statewide “Georgia Made Tour”.