Santa to have breakfast at Sexton Hall
By: Newsroom Staff Forsyth County Senior Services invites families to welcome Santa Claus to the Sexton Hall Enrichment Center on Saturday.In celebration of the Christmas season, the department is...
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Dad finds help in quest to walk again
By: Alyssa LaRenzie After suffering a stroke that left him partially paralyzed, Brian Wiley considers himself a lucky man.“Not many people get a second chance in life,” he said. “There’s got to be a...
View ArticleOfficials: Time for flu vaccination
By: Jennifer Sami District 2 Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging those who haven’t done so to get a flu shot this season.As part of National Influenza...
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Work begins to remove abandoned houseboat
By: Jennifer Sami A bitter divorce, insurance settlement scam, drug dealers — there’s no end to the rumors of how a houseboat became abandoned between two coves on Lake Lanier.But after about eight...
View ArticleCommissioner files libel suit
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A Forsyth County commissioner is seeking damages in a libel suit against a resident of his district.Commissioner Patrick Bell filed a lawsuit in Forsyth County Superior Court...
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Realtors group reflects on active year
By: Crystal Ledford Area real estate agents celebrated the successes of 2012 during an event Friday.Members of the 400 North Board of Realtors, which includes Forsyth, Dawson and Lumpkin counties,...
View ArticleBrew pubs on tap after changes approved
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The latest change to Forsyth County’s alcohol ordinance welcomes brew pubs.County commissioners voted 5-0 on Thursday night to approve amendments to the code to allow and regulate...
View ArticleSchool system among tops in writing
By: Jennifer Sami Forsyth continues to be among the state’s top performing districts on the Georgia High School Writing Test, with 98.6 percent of its students passing the exam.“The school board and I...
View ArticleInvestigators mum in slaying case
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Authorities remain tight-lipped about the investigation into the death of a Cumming man a week ago at his deer processing business in middle Georgia.No arrests have been made in the...
View ArticleSounds of season to fill Playhouse
By: Crystal Ledford The Cumming Playhouse is offering many shows to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.From singers and dancers to classical instrumentalists, numerous performers will take...
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'Principals' recognized during luncheon
By: Jennifer Sami As part of the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Principal for a Day program, bankers, administrators, executives and leaders of the local business community...
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Rotarians share words with young friends
By: Jennifer Sami More than 3,200 students are receiving the gift of words. After Rotarians visit Kelly Mill Elementary School on Dec. 19, third-graders at all 20 of the Forsyth County school system’s...
View ArticleFree shredding offered this month
By: Newsroom Staff Keep Forsyth County Beautiful invites residents to shred documents and several other items for free throughout December.Personal paper documents, file boxes, compact discs, DVDs, VHS...
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Boxes of treats head to troops
By: Crystal Ledford Thanks to local volunteers, nearly 12,000 cookies will be distributed to soldiers and sailors working overseas.Treat the Troops Southern Style, which asks area residents to give...
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1 killed, 4 injured in wreck
By: Newsroom Staff One teenager was killed and four other people, including another teen and three children, were injured in a two-vehicle wreck Monday afternoon in north Forsyth. According to Forsyth...
View ArticleInvestigators mum in slaying case
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Authorities remain tight-lipped about the investigation into the death of a Cumming man a week ago at his deer processing business in middle Georgia.No arrests have been made in the...
View ArticleBusinessman sentenced for filing false tax returns
By: Newsroom Staff A 49-year-old Cumming businessman was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison for filing false tax return charges in 2006 and 2007 with the Internal Revenue Service....
View ArticleApparent murder-suicide investigated
By: Jennifer Sami The names of a couple found dead Monday night in what is being described as an apparent murder-suicide in a south Forsyth subdivision have not been released as authorities are still...
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Family finds home for holidays
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Christmas tree strapped to the roof of a sport utility vehicle will be one of the first fixtures to be moved into the Noeth family’s new home.The house was turned over to the...
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