Tanglewood Circle to close
By: Newsroom Staff FORSYTH COUNTY -- A portion of Tanglewood Circle in northeast Forsyth will be closed beginning Monday. According to information from Forsyth County, the closure on the neighborhood...
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South culinary program wraps up productive year
By: Crystal Ledford SOUTH FORSYTH — With national rankings, help from a master chef and an additional instructor, it’s been a good year for the South Forsyth High School culinary arts program. Five of...
View ArticleSchool board approves tentative budget
By: Jennifer Sami FORSYTH COUNTY -- The Forsyth County school system’s budget was tentatively approved Thursday. The $309.2 million budget for fiscal year 2015 reflects an increase of more than $20...
View ArticlePrimary election is Tuesday
By: Jennifer Sami More than 6,000 voters in Forsyth County cast a ballot ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Elections Supervisor Barbara Luth said with the number of early and advance voting ballots,...
View ArticleFun ride to state for West Forsyth boys' golf
By: Andrew Hirsh Golf can be one of the more pressure-packed sports out there, as competitors are regularly thrust into the spotlight with the knowledge that one bad shot could permanently spoil his or...
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Lambert girls' golf look to defend state title
By: Brian Paglia For the better part of three months this season, the Lambert Lady Longhorns golf team was a mystery to its coach. Good? Of course. Lambert was coming off its first state championship...
View ArticleOn historic run, Lambert baseball focuses on the process
By: Andrew Hirsh Lambert’s baseball team is four wins away from a state championship, but in a sense, the Longhorns only feel two-thirds of the way there. Before the 2014 season began, head coach Jamie...
View ArticleSystem continues school chief search
By: Jennifer Sami FORSYTH COUNTY — School is out, but the Forsyth County Board of Education likely will spend much of its summer searching for a new superintendent. Buster Evans, who has held the post...
View ArticleSheriff’s office rolls out fitness initiative
By: Jennifer Sami FORSYTH COUNTY — Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies were running in circles all week as part of a new agency initiative. Sheriff Duane Piper has started a physical fitness assessment...
View ArticleJudge hears arguments in dam case
By: Jennifer Sami CUMMING — Four parties await a decision in the coming weeks from visiting Judge Martha Christian on whether to dismiss the first of what will presumably be many lawsuits related to...
View ArticleBlaze chars home in west Forsyth
By: Jim Dean WEST FORSYTH — A fast moving fire destroyed a large home Friday afternoon in far western Forsyth County, though authorities hope many of the family’s possessions may be salvageable. The...
View ArticleUPDATE II: Identity of teen killed in overnight wreck released
By: Jim Dean The driver of pickup truck involved in an accident that claimed the life of a 17-year-old has been identified as Adam Robert Joseph Di Millo, 17, of Dawsonville. The rear seat passenger...
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Young Harris honors student from Cumming
By: Newsroom Staff YOUNG HARRIS — Emily Espy of Cumming received the Zell B. Miller Leadership Award for significant contributions to campus life at Young Harris College during the school’s...
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South student wins Optimist State Oratorical Contest
By: Newsroom Staff SOUTH FORSYTH — Sarah Kale, a student at South Forsyth High School, was the Georgia winner of the 2014 Optimist International Oratorical Contest held recently in Columbus. Kale...
View ArticleReminder: Forms needed for summer driver tests
By: Newsroom Staff ATLANTA — The Department of Driver Services is reminding students who want to test for an instructional permit or driver's license over summer break to get a certificate of...
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Forsyth BOE names interim school chief
By: Jennifer Sami FORSYTH COUNTY — The Forsyth County Board of Education announced Monday afternoon that Keith Porter will serve as interim superintendent of the school system until the position is...
View ArticleAshway: Mets add to their extra-inning history
By: Denton Ashway The New York Mets have a healthy respect for history. Maybe too healthy. They spent last weekend turning a four-game series in Philadelphia into a siege. The clubs battled for 14...
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North Forsyth's Shaw helps AUM win NAIA national title
By: Brian Paglia Usually, when the Auburn University of Montgomery softball team rides the bus back home from an away game, there’s nothing but the silence of 19 players and four coaches sleeping. Not...
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Woodard looks back on tenure as Forsyth Central athletic director
By: Brian Paglia When Mike Woodard became Forsyth Central athletic director three years ago, he was something of a transplant. He’d been a coach and athletic director in parts of south Georgia for 23...
View ArticleLambert baseball ranked No. 1 in final Collegiate Baseball poll
By: Sports Staff The postseason accolades have started to roll in for Lambert baseball. The Longhorns finished the season No. 1 in the final Collegiate Baseball National High School poll after winning...
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