Canine assistants from Milton set off to help “Pomp and Circumstance” played as graduates received long-awaited certificates Thursday, but instead of caps and gowns, half the program participants wore green dog harnesses.
Canine Assistants’ Ju...
Milton turns to YouTube for Citizens Government Academy Milton residents wanting to learn more about the workings of their local government can tune into a new monthly video series on YouTube, created by the city’s communication department.
Jason Wright...
Neighborhood watch: Fight party Recent police reports of note. All reports were supplied by local police departments.
NO PARTIER LEFT BEHIND: After his friends left him at a club and went to a woman’s apartment, Nasser Ram...
Bell Memorial Park in Milton could get new fields Preliminary designs for the Bell Memorial Park expansion project in Milton include adding a fifth baseball diamond and two rectangular fields for lacrosse, soccer, football or other activities.
Mil...
North Fulton teens train toward equestrian goals Addy Howe, a 13-year-old student at King’s Ridge Christian School, fell in love with horses when she was about 2 or 3 years old.
“I had a babysitter who took me and put me on a horse,” she said of ...
The Drake House in Roswell banking on Casino Night When rain washed out the annual Drake Walk in early May, it also took a big chunk out of the sponsoring nonprofit’s funding.
“Because so much of the financial support for the walk is realized the d...
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Fulton school district recognizes two as top professionals The Fulton County school system has selected Ron Willhite of Milton High School and Patricia Caffrey of the Professional Leaning Center South as the district’s 2013-14 School Professional of the Ye...
More tax money coming in; Cascade salon a go More money will be in the budget this year and next, Chief Appraiser David Fitzgibbon told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners last week.
“It does appear that the overall [maintenance and oper...
Fulton tax appraiser: more money coming in More money will be in the budget next year, Chief Appraiser David Fitzgibbon told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners Wednesday.
"We have some preliminary reports on the digest. It does appear...
Fundraiser aims to send Milton team to Cooperstown Dreams Park Hopewell Youth Association coaches Russell Patmore and Nick Krznarich are raising money to send a team of 12-year-old all-star baseball players to the Cooperstown Dreams Park in Cooperstown, N.Y., ...
NFCC taking its aid program to the streets For the first time in its history, North Fulton Community Charities is taking its mission on the road.
With a grant from The Bank of America Foundation’s Neighborhood Builder program, the nonprofit...
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Joan Durbin jdurbin@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
MUST Ministries reaches children of north Fulton MUST Ministries is teaming up with Roswell United Methodist Church, as well as North Springs United Methodist, this summer to once again rescue hungry children by providing and delivering sack lunc...
North Fulton students named National Merit Scholars The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named 28 recent Fulton County graduates as National Merit Scholars last week, according to the Fulton County School System.
Twenty-six of the 28 attended ...
Alpharetta's Brew Moon festival moves to June Fans of the Brew Moon Fest in downtown Alpharetta will not have to wait until fall to take part in the festivities as organizers decided to plan a Brew Moon SummerFest, which will be held Saturday ...
Churches in north Fulton assist with tornado relief Local churches in North Fulton are engaged in efforts to assist those affected by the tornados that ripped through Oklahoma and the central United States last week.
Mount Pisgah United Methodist Ch...
Milton residents can give input on Arnold Mill Road plans The city of Milton is reaching out to citizens for input on plans for the Arnold Mill Road (Ga. 140) corridor.
City officials will hold three community meetings June 4 to 6 to get insight from the...
Graduation rates increased in Fulton County The graduation rate of high school seniors across Fulton County rose from 2011 to 2012 with many North Fulton schools experiencing graduation rate increases, according to the Fulton County School S...
Memorial Day celebration in Roswell remembers fallen soldiers Thousands gathered on the grounds of Roswell City Hall this morning for the 16th annual Roswell Remembers Memorial Day Celebration.
The program, sponsored by the city and the Roswell Rotary Club, h...
Nature center’s Possum Trot in its 35th year Spring and summer usher in a plethora of road races all over the country.
“Many races will be run on June 1 in the U.S. In fact, I counted over 60,” said DeAnn Fordham, development director of the...
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Joan Durbin jdurbin@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Fulton County pays debt in 2003 murder case The Fulton County board of commissioners at its meeting Wednesday agreed to pay a long-standing debt to an informant who helped solve the 2003 murder of county police officer Aaron Blount.
The comm...
North Fulton cities celebrate Memorial Day Organizers expect about 4,000 to 6,000 attendees to come out to Roswell’s Memorial Day celebration May 27 to honor men and women who have died during military service.
World War II veteran Charles ...
Avossa touts success of North Fulton’s schools Closing out the 2012-13 school year, Fulton County School Superintendent Robert Avossa counts the academic performance of North Fulton schools as one of the high points of the year.
“Our first focu...
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