Braselton News

Voters in northeast Georgia this morning were keeping election workers busy in some places while elsewhere it had been slow.

This is an off-year for elections in Georgia... meaning there are no federal or state races on the ballots, except for special elections in some areas.

In a landslide victory, Bill Orr has clinched the Braselton mayoral spot over town councilman Ralph Richardson Jr.

Here are the latest returns from Hall County in the contested city elections that were held today: GAINESVILLE ____ of 3 precincts reporting *School Board: Ward 1... David Syfan ______ 279 Kellie Weeks _____ 134 Ward 4... Delores Diaz _____ 75 Richard Lacey _____ 64 *Nonbinding referendums: Should the mayor of Gainesville be elected by the people ...

The Jackson County Republican Party has endorsed candidates in the Hoschton, Braselton and Nicholson mayoral races, according to party President Ron Johnson.

Madison County commission Chairman Anthony Dove always is weary when rain wakes him up at night.

In less than 20 years, the population of Braselton has more than quadrupled, and the town's influence on the surrounding towns and counties has grown almost as much.

The Danielsville Gospel Barn on Rogers Mill Road will host a slew of gospel music groups and singers over the next four weekends, according to Carolyn Wills, who owns the Barn with her husband, Wayne.

The Hoschton City Council on Monday appointed Assistant City Clerk Karen Butler as an emergency elections superintendent to replace Kristen Mahan, who stepped down from her post overseeing municipal elections and resigned as city clerk just days before citizens finish casting ballots to choose a new mayor.

Here are tips for making Halloween a little healthier this year: Feed them first: Make sure your kids are fueled up with a healthy snack or meal before they go trick-or-treating, so they don't fill up on sweets.

Road Atlanta would have been a most appropriate place to test out the freshly redesigned Volkswagen GTI.

YearOne and Chip Foose teamed up to throw another successful Braselton Bash and raised more than 100k for charity.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced Friday that a number of north Georgia cities, counties and community groups will receive grant money from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

From a press release issued by Vesrah Racing: John Jacobi wheelies the Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R1000 across the finish line at the end of the four-hour WERA National Endurance race at Road Atlanta.

Mayor Pat Graham along with members of the Braselton city council denied the conditional use permit requested by Daniel Moore to operate Braselton Kart Club.

Gainesville-based soldiers and their families were preparing for battle on two fronts Saturday.

A Braselton woman was killed early Friday when the motorcycle she was riding collided with another vehicle.

Here is a list of events for this year's Heritage Holidays celebration, which runs throughout the month of October.

From a press release issued by WERA: Over the October 8/9/10/11 weekend WERA Motorcycle Roadracing invades Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA with the WERA Grand National Finals including the Pirelli/Sportsman Championships, the Bridgestone/WERA National Endurance Season Finale and the Michelin/WERA National Challenge Sprint Finals.

So much for harmony on the home front. On Friday morning, representatives from Barrow's cities - Auburn, Braselton, Statham and Winder - walked out of Friday's meeting with County Commission Chairman Danny Yearwood.