ALDI arriving next month
By: Newsroom Staff EAST FORSYTH — ALDI is scheduled to open Sept. 4 at 1760 Buford Highway (Hwy. 20) near Trammel Road in eastern Forsyth County. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 8:45 a.m., after...
View ArticleSouth Forsyth falters late in 38-31 loss at Mountain View
By: Sports Staff LAWRENCEVILLE – South Forsyth began their season opener at Mountain View on Friday in convincing fashion, jumping out to a 14-0 lead in the first half. However, a second half surge...
View ArticleThird drug summit draws large crowd
By: Micah Green FORSYTH COUNTY — Standing in front of a crowd of more than 300, Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy Mills referenced some startling numbers to kick off a drug summit Tuesday night. Ninety...
View ArticleYears in the making, animal shelter opens
By: Crystal Ledford NORTH FORSYTH — Local leaders joined with animal rescue groups Friday to celebrate the opening of Forsyth County’s new animal shelter. During a ribbon cutting event at 3 p.m.,...
View ArticleThird part in FCN series on Payette Bibles
By: Adlen Robinson FORSYTH COUNTY — In this third installment of the Forsyth County News series on resident Charles Payette’s Bible collection, readers will remember back to our first week when the...
View ArticleEthics complaint against commissioner will get hearing
By: Crystal Ledford CUMMING — Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy J. Mills will face an ethics hearing in regards to two issues raised in a resident’s complaint earlier this summer, although the review...
View ArticleEx-sheriff’s deputy fights to regain job
By: Crystal Ledford CUMMING — The Forsyth County Civil Service Board is weighing the case of a former local sheriff’s deputy who was fired earlier this summer during investigation of a fraudulent legal...
View ArticleNew courthouse, jail to be furnished for $1.4M
By: Crystal Ledford CUMMING — The Forsyth County commission chose a local firm to provide most of the furnishings and office supplies for the new courthouse and detention center in downtown Cumming....
View ArticleRezoning of Mathis Airport site for subdivision OK’d
By: Crystal Ledford SOUTH FORSYTH — The fate of Forsyth’s only airport may have been sealed Thursday night when county commissioners approved the rezoning of that site to allow for construction of a...
View ArticleCROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP: West Forsyth girls win Stage Races
By: Sports Staff North Forsyth at Pickens Preview BOYS: finished 15th of 17 teams with an average time of 20:19. Freshman Anthony Verdirame finished 59th with a time of 19:37. Junior Kyle Murberger...
View ArticleJudge rules in favor of AG in open meetings suit
By: Crystal Ledford CUMMING — A judge has found in favor of Georgia’s Attorney General Sam Olens in an open meetings dispute involving Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt. Senior Superior Court Judge Robert...
View ArticleGeorgia Sports Writer Association Prep Football Poll: Aug. 26
By: Sports Staff Georgia Sports Writers Association Prep Football Poll for Aug. 26. School Points Last week Class AAAAAA 1. Colquitt County (11) (1-0) 137 2 2. North Gwinnett (3) (1-0) 129 4 3. Camden...
View ArticleTHE BUZZ: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge sweeps across Forsyth high schools
By: Newsroom Staff Our new weekly print and video series - presented by Lanier Technicial College - where local high school students share “The Buzz” about what’s going on at their school - and compete...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: Huey leads South Forsyth softball to region win
By: Sports Staff SOFTBALL Lambert 24, Centennial 0 ROSWELL – The Lady Longhorns bounced back from their first loss of the season with a dominating Region 6-AAAAAA victory Tuesday on the road. Lambert...
View ArticleBusiness Expo at conference center
By: Crystal Ledford FORSYTH COUNTY — The public is invited to check out the local business community from 1 to 6 p.m. today. The Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce and title sponsor the Forsyth...
View ArticleTHE GRIND: West's Ashcraft making most of big move
By: Brian Paglia Last October, Taylor Ashcraft suddenly had 500 miles between her friends and her new life in Cumming, Ga. She’d just moved from All Saints Academy, a small Episcopal private school in...
View ArticleOtwell Middle celebrates 40th anniversary
By: Micah Green CUMMING — Otwell Middle School celebrated its 40th anniversary Tuesday. In honor of the occasion, students at the school on Tribble Gap Road in Cumming were treated to cake for dessert...
View ArticleCostco opening on Friday
By: Crystal Ledford CUMMING — A long-awaited retailer will be opening its doors this week. Cumming Costco will hold a ribbon cutting at 7:30 a.m. Friday before officially opening up to the public....
View ArticleCarpenter leads West softball to 4-1 win over North
By: Foster Lander With junior pitcher Kelly Carpenter dealing Thursday night, West Forsyth didn’t need much help. North Forsyth, however, gave them plenty. The Lady Raiders committed five errors in a...
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