A section of the North Oconee River Greenway, from Sandy Creek Nature Center to the bridge crossing Sandy Creek at the south end of the park, will be closing on Thursday. Workers will be drilling core samples in preparation for the upcoming sales tax-funded resurfacing project.
Firefighters say the blaze that has been burning at the Barrow County landfill since last Wednesday has been mostly contained. The say spontaneous combustion sparked the blaze at the landfill off Highway 11 in Barrow County.
Candidates in a December 5 runoff in Winder are spending their final week on the campaign trail: Taffy McCormick and John Burns were the top vote-getters in the election that was held last month. One of them will be the next at-large member of the City Council in Winder. Early voting ends Friday. Early voting is also underway in Hartwell, where two City Council contests will be decided in next week’s runoffs.
The Hall County Animal Shelter in Gainesville, looking to head off shelter overcrowding, says it is waiving all pet adoption fees for the month of December.
A burglary suspect is arrested in Gainesville: 22 year-old Miles Crutcher is accused of trying to break into a Hall County Library branch in downtown Gainesville.
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