Dawsonville News

Georgia's highest court has dismissed the appeals of a husband and wife who sued Dawsonville city officials over plans for a motorsports park near their horse training farm.

A major exhibit of folk art that captures the spirit of summertime tent revivals is on display at Piedmont College now through July 20.

For the 11th year, the Georgia Wine Country Festival will be at the Three Sisters Vineyards & Winery near Dahlonega every weekend in June.

A two-vehicle crash on GA 400 in north Forsyth County Monday morning sends one woman to the hospital where she remains as of Tuesday afternoon.

The Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville is open for business. Despite initial efforts to prevent its construction, Director Jeremy Porter announced that construction of the track is complete and the driving course is fully operational.

Camp Sunshine is on the lookout for volunteers. The North Druid Hills nonprofit, which is dedicated to enriching the lives of children with cancer and their families, needs people to help out with its Rides to Remember program in Dawsonville on Saturday, June 2. Volunteers will help out in various capacities including registration and serving food ... (more)

Dana Garner Chapman sent us a note on the Cumming Patch Facebook page about her missing dog, a Sheltie-mix named Rookie who was last seen on Saturday, May 12.

Cadillac claims to have engineered the ATS to be "the lightest compact luxury sports sedan", something it achieved through the use of what it calls "smart materials". These include the aluminum hood, magnesium engine mounts, specially engineered straight steel links with lightening holes for the rear suspension, and laminated windshield and side ... (more)

The Georgia Department of Revenue has seized the Dawsonville Pool Room due to unpaid taxes and fees.

The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville moved one step closer to being able to name the 2012 class of inductees this week, when it announced the "Fast 15" semifinalists.

Officials and school leaders celebrated Wednesday the opening of another core point of presence on the North Georgia Network, a 1,100-mile fiber-optic network bringing high-speed Internet to the North Georgia mountain region.