Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 19th of September.
Good morning, Gainesville.
The Georgia Grown Fall Agritourism Map is now online to help visitors find farms offering pumpkin picking, corn mazes and seasonal produce.
It connects families with agritourism destinations in northeast Georgia & throughout the state.
Volunteers will clean up Lake Lanier during the 38th annual Shore Sweep event from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today, while Elizabeth Lane in Flowery Branch closes to thru traffic at 7:00 a.m. for storm drain repairs (affecting the road between Squirrel Nest Court and Mulberry Preserve Drive).
Gainesville declared Sept.
14-20 Diaper Need Awareness Week when Mayor Zack Thompson presented a proclamation to the Diaper Bank of North Georgia during a City Council meeting on Tuesday; the initiative highlights local diaper need issues.
An industrial development is planned near I-985's Exit 14 at H.F.
Reed Industrial Parkway & Thurmon Tanner Parkway in South Hall, and the project is expected to boost local industry in the coming months.
Heather Ross, chair of the Physical Therapy Department, will be dean of Ivester College of Health Sciences at Brenau University starting Jan.
4 (she has led the department since 2018 and remains program director until next July); Ashley McCall will serve as the new chair.
Northeast Georgia Physicians Group has introduced Virtual Primary Care to help patients handle annual physicals, sick visits & ongoing care at home with a board-certified doctor.
The service, led by Dr. Asma Siddiqi, is available immediately and covered by insurance.
Gainesville high school football won over Oceanside Prep (S.C.) on Sept.
18 at City Park Stadium after building a 24-0 lead that featured a key interception run back for a touchdown by Jamarcus Sims.
Flowery Branch's football team won against North Hall on Sept.
18 at Falcons Field as running back Ryland Garrison rushed for 136 yards and scored three touchdowns.
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