Good morning, Gainesville.

Alene's Flower Cottage, a local landmark on Riverside Drive for 45 years, was demolished Tuesday, leaving residents to remember its long-standing charm.

A truck hauling a house hit overhead utility lines on Browns Bridge Road near Keith Bridge Tuesday — causing power poles to fall on six vehicles and delaying school bus routes before the road reopened at 5:30.

Gainesville’s Carroll Daniel Construction and UNG faculty celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Bob Lathem Complex and Abit Massey Poultry Instructional Center on the UNG Gainesville campus in Oakwood.

The center (designed for hands-on learning) will begin construction in December and be completed by mid next year.

Gainesville’s Riverside Military Academy announced a transformation to become the nation’s top military boarding school.

The plan, led by President Nizar Zakka (RMA Class of '85), will boost academics, faculty, and campus life while preserving the school’s 120-year legacy.

A March of Dimes report finds northeast Georgia counties including Banks, Fannin, Towns and Elbert face limited maternity care as nearly 60% of communities lost their only labor and delivery units, adding 25 minutes to travel for women and infants nationwide.

The Brook and The Bluff Concert

8-10 p.m. — Smithgall Arts Center — $35 individual, $40 table of eight — Experience the captivating sounds of The Brook & The Bluff as they promote their new album.