Settlement reached for stormwater violations along Bald Ridge
By: Newsroom Staff CUMMING — A developer has reached a settlement that includes a $110,253 civil penalty over alleged stormwater violations at construction sites along Bald Ridge Marina Road, the U.S....
View ArticleCumming-Forsyth Chamber honors one of its own
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — The Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce is usually bringing in outside business, but on Friday night the organization honored one of its own. Randall Toussaint, the...
View ArticleNorth Forsyth High pauses to reflect on military service
By: Kelly Whitmire NORTH FORSYTH — The North Forsyth High School Junior ROTC marked Veterans Day, the 239thbirthday of the Marine Corps and the 50th anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam...
View ArticleVeterans honored at ceremony in Cumming
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING — It’s the American flag he never gets tired of seeing. And there were more of those red, white and blue flags than there were fall-colored leaves on the ground Tuesday at the...
View ArticleThree signees for Lambert baseball just the start
By: Foster Lander Two Lambert administrators guarded the door to the school’s media center, letting in only players, teammates, family, and, well, media. Inside, the scene was still chaotic—it was a...
View ArticleSouth Forsyth's Welch signs with Mercer women's basketball
By: Brian Paglia Two years ago, Ally Welch walked into a Mercer women’s basketball summer camp because the University of Maryland told her to. The Lady Terrapins had seen the 5-foot-11 forward at a...
View ArticleBreakfast celebrates magic of mentoring in Forsyth
By: Newsroom Staff SOUTH FORSYTH — Mentor Me North Georgia recently held its annual "Magic Moments" breakfast at the Lanier Technical College Forsyth Conference Center. During the event, which was...
View ArticleWest Forsyth chase ends in arrests of two theft suspects
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING — Authorities say a flat screen TV protruding from a stolen, open-backed Jeep Wrangler gave two theft suspects away Tuesday afternoon just west of Cumming. According to the...
View ArticleFleeing pickup driver injured in second wreck on Ga. 400 in south Forsyth
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH — A high-speed hit and run wreck that ended Wednesday night in a second crash closed both northbound lanes of Ga. 400 in south Forsyth and reportedly left the driver in...
View ArticlePoppy Day is Saturday in Cumming
By: Newsroom Staff CUMMING — Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt recently proclaimed Nov. 15 as Poppy Day. Joining in the ceremony at Cumming City Hall were members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 307 and...
View ArticleTennis management deal at Fowler Park revisited
By: Kelly Whitmire SOUTH FORSYTH — Forsyth County plans to review the tennis arrangement at Fowler Park during a public hearing Dec. 4 before deciding whether to alter or renew it. There was a bit of...
View ArticleSchool board nixes snow days in Forsyth County
By: Kayla Robins A little polar vortex snow or an apocalyptic ice storm will no longer bring Forsyth County students’ school work to a freezing halt, thanks to a new online learning system the district...
View ArticleLand in south Forsyth secured for county’s sixth high school
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING — Land for Forsyth County’s sixth public high school has been secured by the district, which projects the future school to open in 2018. Forsyth County Schools closed the $...
View ArticleRoswell ends Lambert's season in 36-13 loss
By: Foster Lander Lambert didn’t rattle off six straight wins and earn a home playoff game by playing it close to the vest every week. Every time the Longhorns needed to make a play over the two...
View ArticleSouth Forsyth comeback falls short against Etowah
By: Sports Staff WOODSTOCK— Forty-five seconds. Forty-five seconds is all it took to end any chance South Forsyth had at upsetting Etowah on Friday in an eventual 48-22 loss in the first round of the...
View ArticleForsyth school system poised to add fall break in 2015-16
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — Forsyth County students may have their first fall break next year to alleviate the lack of holidays in the first semester. And no, officials aren’t talking about...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: All eyes on Region 6-AAAAAA
By: Brian Paglia It’s possible that the perception in metro Atlanta of Forsyth County girls basketball changed over the course of two games in one week this past February. On Feb. 24, South Forsyth...
View ArticleBOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lambert looks to build off historic season
By: Foster Lander The faces and names have changed — gone are Trevor Shipes, Joe Bates and Logan Bush, the program’s all-time leading scorer — but Lambert expects more of the same from this year’s...
View ArticleBOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Team-by-team capsules
By: Sports Staff Forsyth Central Coach: Greg Dirst, third season Last season: 8-18. Key returners: PG Bradon Ragsdale, jr.; SG Eli Brown, jr.; PF Clint Fenton, sr.; SG Cale Jackson, jr.; Brody Hodges,...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Team-by-team capsules
By: Sports Staff Forsyth Central Coach: Angela Hurt, second season. Last season: 9-17. Key returners: PG Caroline Hearn, so.; PF/C Peyton Ledford, sr.; PF/C Julie Richards, jr. Key newcomers: PF Abbey...
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