Abba House Installs New Paper Recycling Bin

By providing a recycling bin to the Dawson and Forsyth County communities, Abba House, a local women's ministry, hopes to draw support from the community and raise revenue for the organization...
Aug 14, 2008

Titanic Aquatic to Debut at Georgia Aquarium in August

Through this exhibition, which opens on August 22, the Aquarium will be able to tell the story of the RMS Titanic through authentic artifacts and interactive experiences...
Aug 14, 2008

Veteran's Day 2008: The Unwavering Line

We are asking for volunteers to once again step forward and be a part of “The Unwavering Line”...
Aug 13, 2008

Rosanne Short to Head Brenau Evening and Weekend College in Gainesville

Brenau University appointed Rosanne Short of Cornelia as the director of the Gainesville division of its Evening and Weekend College...
Aug 13, 2008

ACT scores on rise as Georgia leaps three spots in national rankings

Georgia's composite ACT score rose to 20.6 in 2008, up from 20.3 in 2007. The national average dropped to 21.1, down .1 from 2007. Georgia’s scores also increased in every subject area tested by the ACT – English, Reading, Mathematics and Science...
Aug 13, 2008

Special Pre-Harvest Winemaker Dinner With Stefano Salvini

Salvini is the lead winemaker for Montaluce and will arrive at the Estate from his home in Italy in early August to begin preparations for the winery's first premier crush...
Aug 13, 2008

First Annual 'Dahlonega Celebrates Photography' Festival Set for October

A core group of motivated photographers, curators, consultants, gallery owners and scholars have envisioned and brought to fruition a festival that will showcase the area’s vibrant photographic art scene...
Aug 13, 2008

WILD Facts: Mosquito control with fins

These live-bearing fish resemble guppies, with males and females only reaching 1½ and 2½ inches long, respectively. To protect themselves from larger fish, mosquitofish hide in vegetation along pond edges... 
Aug 12, 2008

Former NFL Great Danny Abramowicz To Host New EWTN Television Show

“Crossing the Goal” uses a sports show format to encourage men to get into spiritual shape. On the show, Abramowicz and fellow hosts talk to men about  things that are happening in their lives right now and they challenge them to do something about it...
Aug 12, 2008

Back-to-School F.A.I.R. (Families Accessing Information and Resources) Set for Late August

The purpose of the fair is to increase community awareness of the many services available to county residents and strengthen the network of area service providers...
Aug 12, 2008

Laura on Life: Photographic Memories

Like a good mom, I have dutifully filled the pages of a scrapbook for each of my children since the day they were born...
Aug 12, 2008

Brenau Dean Starich Named to Prestigious Leader Fellowship

Gale Hansen Starich is one of 76 U.S. educators named to the first class of academic fellows cited for their roles in engaging science and math students with courses and curriculum rooted in real-world problems...
Aug 11, 2008

Kristian Stanfill Concert Slated for Early September

This event will be set to a theme called the Soundtrack of Life, which will be happen every Thursday in September at Free Chapel in Gainesville...
Aug 11, 2008

Oliver Asberger Joins Montaluce as Vineyard Manager

Prior to his post at Montaluce, Asberger worked most recently at Atlantic Gardens Vineyard in Cape May, New Jersey and before that in Charlottesville, Virginia at the prestigious Keswick Vineyard and the Acorn Hill Vineyard...
Aug 11, 2008

Brenau University Cited for Technology Use in Teaching Languages

Brenau University is one of only 10 universities in the nation selected this year for participation in the Network for Effective Language Learning, created to help stimulate innovative technology-based approaches to teaching foreign languages in U.S. higher education institutions...
Aug 8, 2008