Support for small business encouraged
By: Crystal Ledford While big box retailers are enjoying revenue from Black Friday sales, smaller businesses are hoping customers will visit their establishments Saturday. Small Business Saturday was...
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YMCA fitness program keeps kids moving
By: Crystal Ledford Kids ran from station to station.At one, they hopped from foot to foot on brightly-colored plastic risers, while at others they did push-ups and sit-ups. While it might have looked...
View ArticleAssessors board studying conservation use changes
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Forsyth County Board of Tax Assessors is grappling with how to locally manage changes to state law on the conservation use tax exemption.The tax credit is intended to provide a...
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Outgoing leader hailed for youth program
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Four-foot tall football players in miniature pads celebrated with smiles or shed tears of disappointment as the season ended Saturday in an 18-15 game.The players may be small, but...
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Church helps provide early holiday supper
By: Jennifer Sami With the efforts of Forsyth County churches, civic groups and nonprofits, many families in need were able to enjoy a traditional turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Some families got an...
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Black Friday -- In a word, ‘Crazy’
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The word “crazy” was a popular choice to describe the shopping activities in Forsyth County on Black Friday. Alecia York had visited several stores, starting at 10 p.m. on...
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Prep football: West falls in OT
By: Newsroom Staff The eighth-ranked West Forsyth Wolverines have returned to the second round of the state high school football playoffs for a second consecutive year. But tonight’s contest against...
View ArticleMan killed in wreck
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A 21-year-old Forsyth County man died after his car struck a tree early Thanksgiving morning. Alex Owen Pagel of Bullock Lane lost control of a 1985 Nissan 300ZX on Browns Bridge...
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Call out for Giving Tree sponsors
By: Crystal Ledford Santa is looking for helpers to support local children in need this holiday season with the Forsyth County Family YMCA. Through the annual Holiday Giving Tree for Kids program,...
View ArticleAgenda 21 may resurface at state legislature
By: Jennifer Sami The 2013 Georgia General Assembly doesn’t convene until January, but lawmakers have begun meeting with ideas for the upcoming session.Among them was a gathering last month, attended...
View ArticleSchool district switching i3 partnership
By: Jennifer Sami Forsyth County school system officials expect to be successful with a new i3 partnership after the district’s initial arrangement fell short. Dubbed “itslearning,” the personalized...
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Two in hunt for judicial opening
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Two local elected officials are in the running to fill Forsyth County’s third Superior Court judgeship. Gov. Nathan Deal will appoint Solicitor General Leslie Abernathy or State...
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Program gets parents involved at CES
By: Jennifer Sami Looking back at her own education, Jessica Torres didn’t remember learning how to read until the first or second grade. “And now I have a kindergartener who is reading and he’s so...
View ArticleHeist suspects will be tried together
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The 10 remaining defendants in one of the state’s largest jewelry heists will be tried together in Forsyth County Superior Court. Eleven suspects were charged in connection with the...
View ArticleMini-grants awarded to five schools
By: Jennifer Sami RBM North Atlanta has given $10,000 in mini grants to five Forsyth County schools. Liberty and Little Mill middle schools and Brookwood, Johns Creek and Matt elementary schools each...
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Body found near vehicle fire
By: Jim Dean The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a person whose body was found Monday afternoon behind a burning vehicle northeast of Cumming. The fire was reported about...
View ArticleStream restoration project awarded
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Forsyth County’s first stream restoration project was recently awarded the 2012 Outstanding New Initiative Grand Award by the Georgia Urban Forest Council.The stream restoration...
View ArticleCounty weighs dispute over buffer
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Residents of a south Forsyth subdivision have pleaded their case that a 15-foot difference in stream buffers for eight lots would negatively affect dozens of nearby and Keystone...
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Christmas parade coming Saturday
By: Crystal Ledford Santa will make an early stop in Cumming this weekend. On Saturday, the jolly man in red will be among the numerous participants in the annual Cumming Christmas Parade &...
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