Dawson Art Council Announces Summer Classes

The Art Council is offering some amazing summer classes in June for all ages at the Bowen Center for the Arts, including writing and drawing camps, mixed media art camps, basket-making classes and more...
May 19, 2008

Local Student, Zack Arceneaux, to Walk in Footsteps of U S Leaders

Zack Arceneaux, a Dawsonville resident, attends Westminster Christian Academy.  Zack was nominated to represent his school this summer in Washington DC conference...

May 15, 2008

Sales Tax Holidays Set by Governor

During the annual “back to school” sales tax holiday, Georgia shoppers will have the opportunity to purchase certain clothing items, computers and computer accessories tax-free. The “back to school” sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 31...
May 14, 2008

Lanier Technical College Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony in Forsyth County

A new 60,000-square-foot building will nearly double the size of Lanier Tech’s campus, located on Majors Road in southern Forsyth County. The expansion is in response to the school’s growing enrollment, which reached record levels in 2008...
May 13, 2008

In Wake Of Myanmar Disaster, World Vision´s Dean Hirsch Tells Brenau Grads to be ´Agents Of Hope´

The international president of the global relief organization that has been in the forefront of efforts to aid people in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar challenged Brenau University graduates to be "agents of hope" in the global community...
May 12, 2008

Black's Mill Elementary School Insights -- May 2008

The last month of school is a busy one for Black's Mill Elementary students, teachers and staff...
May 9, 2008

Brenau University to Award 753 Degrees at Weekend Commencement Exercises

The 753 receiving undergraduate diplomas and graduate degrees from Brenau is the largest number of total Brenau degree conferees since 1988-89...
May 7, 2008

Cherokee High School Class of 1958 Prepares for 50th Reunion

There's nothing like getting ready for a Class Reunion. There's nothing better than attending one, whether it's the first, tenth, twenty-fifth. But getting ready for the 50th High School Reunion is a "high" that keeps on flying...
May 7, 2008

Lanier Tech Students Do Well at SkillsUSA Conference

SkillsUSA held its State Conference in Dublin, Georgia last weekend at Heart of Georgia Technical College, and several Lanier Tech students came home winners...
May 2, 2008

Environmental Sustainability Demonstrated by NGCSU Students

A group of NGCSU students recently sifted through more than 100 lbs. of trash for an hour, retrieving aluminum cans, plastic containers, paper and cardboard.  The group weighed the trash bags before and after the recyclables were taken out, calculating that approximately 20 percent of the total trash was salvaged for recycling...
Apr 29, 2008

Robinson Elementary School May Events

Field Day, field trips, awards ceremonies and the fifth grade graduation celebration are some of the activities on May's busy agenda...
Apr 29, 2008

Riverview Middle Student Places 3rd in State Science Fair Competition

Amanda Cater advanced to the State Science Fair at The University of Georgia with her 'Optical Illusions' project...
Apr 24, 2008

Lanier Technical College Students Successful at State Competitions

Three Lanier Tech students from the Oakwood Campus qualified for the national competition: Shelia Carter won second place in Cyber Security and first place in Telecommunications.  Randall Pruitt won first place in Project Management, and Faye Humphries received third place in Management Analysis and Decision Making...
Apr 24, 2008

Black's Mill Elementary Students Compete in Young Georgia Authors' Competition

Students Maggie Wright and Bim Peacock will be competing in the Dawson County Young Georgia Authors’ Writing Competition... 
Apr 22, 2008

Governor Designates a Week for Air Quality Awareness

Recognizing the detrimental effect smog has on citizens and the state’s economy, Governor Sonny Perdue has proclaimed the week of April 28 through May 2, 2008 as Air Quality Awareness Week in Georgia...
Apr 14, 2008