Car show marks milestone by adding second day
By: Crystal Ledford A popular local car show will celebrate its 20thanniversary this weekend. The Mount Pisgah Church Car Show is set for noon to 11 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the...
View ArticleCollege enrollment surge could lead to expansion
By: Crystal Ledford Cumming’s mayor and city council heard a presentation Tuesday night on the University of North Georgia’s Cumming campus. Mac McConnell, a university official, said the site, which...
View ArticleReminder: New library debuts on Saturday
By: Newsroom Staff The grand opening of the Post Road Library is set for 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday. The 23,500-square-foot facility sits on 4 acres at Post and Kelly Mill roads in west Forsyth. It is...
View ArticlePlant adding service center
By: Alyssa LaRenzie An international business recently expanded its south Forsyth location with a customer support center. The Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce announced the expansion of...
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Sisters travel to New Zealand for BMX event
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Anna and Stephanie Beynon agreed the best part of racing BMX at the world championships in New Zealand was the starting hill. Stephanie Beynon, 9, estimated the track’s downward...
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Lanier Tech GED graduates honored
By: Newsroom Staff The Adult Learning Center of Lanier Technical College honored GED graduates on Thursday night by recognizing honor students and awarding scholarships. Carolyn Mixon, president of the...
View ArticleSome citations now payable online
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Forsyth County Clerk of Courts office has recently added a new feature on its Web site for online payment of certain traffic citations. Clerk of Court Greg Allen said the...
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Unprecedented rainfall slows construction work
By: Crystal Ledford While historically the old refrain “rain, rain go away” has been commonly sung by children, many adults in north Georgia have likely turned to the chant in recent months. And for...
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Lighted markers to aid lake navigation
By: Jennifer Sami For years, hazardous areas of Lake Lanier have been identified by markers warning boaters to steer clear. At night, however, those unlit posts can be difficult to see. Through a...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: South boys cross country wins Pickens Preview
By: Sports Staff South Forsyth boys cross country had four runners in the top 25 out of over 180 to capture the Pickens Preview on Saturday. The War Eagles captured the meet with 67 points, ahead of...
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South softball gets walk-off win against Lambert
By: John McWilliams Stephanie Harris knew Lambert would rather face her than teammate Meghan Rud, so she was determined to make them pay. With South trailing 4-3 with two outs in the bottom of the...
View ArticleNew run, family festival takes on childhood cancer
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A first-time family festival and run on Labor Day will give the community an opportunity to show support for children with cancer and their families. The Kicking Childhood Cancer...
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Crowds flock to new library
By: Crystal Ledford Ann Decherd said she had tears of joy in her eyes Saturday morning. The branch manager of the new Post Road library, Decherd was thrilled with the turnout for the grand opening of...
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Years later, fate of subdivision unresolved
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Behind the overgrown brush on Anderson Lake Road lies 40 acres of roads to nothing and shells of homes that never had a chance. The empty cul-de-sacs are littered with waste, weeds...
View ArticleCentral softball takes care of Chattahoochee
By: Sports Staff Forsyth Central got strong hitting and pitching in a convincing 7-1 victory over Chattahoochee in a non-region game on the road on Monday. Marisa Hull led the Lady Bulldogs (3-4) going...
View ArticleMan sentenced for home burglaries
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A Forsyth County man has pleaded guilty to committing four residential burglaries that took place in late 2012. Austin Schwartzenberger, 22, received a 12-year sentence, of which...
View ArticleState reopens probe of shuttered school
By: Jennifer Sami Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning has reopened an investigation into One World Academy. The now defunct foreign language immersion private school in south Forsyth has...
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Collins laments lack of dialogue
By: Jennifer Sami There are many problems in Washington, D.C., and there’s no such thing as a quick-fix for them, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins told local Rotarians on Tuesday morning. Any solution will take...
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Sides get 60 days for cove solution
By: Jennifer Sami Upset with what it perceives to be a lack of progress toward a long-term solution, the state has given the city of Cumming and a local family 60 days to resolve the Lake Alice Dam...
View ArticleState loan could fund groundwater well tests
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Forsyth County was awarded an $800,000 low-interest loan from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority on Tuesday. The Georgia Reservoir and Water Supply Fund loan will finance...
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