Berkeley Lake News

Berkeley Lake is looking to crack down on folks who feed and trap wild animals. City leaders on Thursday night weighed an ordinance that would impose fines up to $1,000 for willfully feeding or baiting wildlife.

FEMA has informed Berkeley Lake that the agency will pony up more money to repair the city's deteriorating dam.

Gwinnett County and 15 cities are now on a list that prevents them from receiving any state funding, loans or permits as they continue to try to hammer out a new service delivery agreement.

More than 100 Berkeley Lake residents packed a town hall meeting Saturday morning for an update on the city's deteriorating dam and the ongoing feud with FEMA over a city-estimated $4 million repair bill.

March 10, 2010 District III Meetings: Important Tools for Communication To support continuous improvement in communications between Gwinnett County Public Schools and key constituent groups and stakeholders, the Gwinnett County Board of Education has two upcoming meetings scheduled to provide opportunities for significant input.

A battle may be brewing among homeowners in Peachtree Corners over whether to form their southeastern Gwinnett enclave into a city.

Berkeley Lake might be on the hook for more than $3.5 million in flood-related repairs to its dam - that's if FEMA remains firm on chipping in what the mayor calls a "minimal amount of money." The Federal Emergency Management Agency maintains that damage to the dam related to the storm was much less than what the city claims.

A community group is hoping to turn Peachtree Corners into the northside's next new city.

The Gwinnett Municipal Association's new executive board consists of the following members, shown above: front row, from left: Aburn Mayor Linda Blechinger; Snellville Council member Barbara Bender; Berkeley Lake Mayor Lois Salter; Grayson Council member Tammy Shumate; back row, from left: Suwanee Mayor Dave Williams; Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson; ...

A property owner along the Chattahoochee River had his determination pay off big and could affect many more on the river when the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed Dec.

In the next five years, Gwinnett County Public schools will need to employ more than 100 principals and 500 assistant principals for its growing student population.

Gwinnett County police arrested Oct. 16 a 32-year-old Lawrenceville man who allegedly lied to police after driving into a sinkhole on West Liddell Road in Berkeley Lake created by the Sept.

In Berkeley Lake, near Norcross, one homeowner is battling a big pile of dirt and says even the slightest amount of rain makes a big dirty mess on his property.

On the surface, 325 Lakeshore Drive looks like a homeowner's dream: a spacious house on a hill, a one-acre pond teeming with catfish and bass, a quiet oasis in the heart of Berkeley Lake.