Local news for Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, Johns Creek, Forsyth

Aliens discover electronic dispenser
ROSWELL -- They're back! Those pesky, potty-obsessed aliens from Kimberly-Clark Professional's otherworldly video contest are appearing once more on a computer screen near you....More

Alpharetta CVB puts heads in beds
Alpharetta has its own destination marketing organization - the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) - to promote tourism to the city....More

Alpharetta-based Colonial praises new state law
The president of Colonial Pipeline Co. praised the Tennessee Legislature and Gov. Phil Bredesen for adopting a new law that protects petroleum pipelines from underground blasting....More

Black Enterprises picks top performers
Black Enterprise has announced its fourth annual tally of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity as featured in the July issue....More

Brandon Beach promises to look out for 'economic engine'
ALPHARETTA -- Appen Newspapers caught up with Brandon Beach after he spent the day at the Capitol to hear what he had to say about his election to the State Transportation Board....More

Business owners, workers save at the pump
Live, work, and play has become a mantra of progressive thinking communities throughout the nation....More

GSU's Alpharetta Center
Georgia State University's 50,000-square-foot Alpharetta Center features 17 classrooms, a 40-seat computer lab, an electronic library, vending area and faculty office spaces....More

Gwinnett Tech trains the workforce
Gwinnett Technical College advisors will tour a company and quiz its management to help tailor a training program for its workers, said Anne Sechrist, director of Economic Development....More

North Fulton Center launches Criminal Justice degree
Reinhardt College's North Fulton Center Advisory Board received word of an updated associate degree program in criminal justice slated to begin this month....More

Project Playhouse raises funds for HomeAid Atlanta
HomeAid Atlanta announced the playhouse builders for Project Playhouse 2008, the organization's annual signature fundraiser, now in its fifth year....More

Radiant Systems buys European firm
Radiant Systems Inc. acquired Orderman GmbH, the world's leading manufacturer of wireless handheld ordering and payment devices for the hospitality industry, for approximately $30.85 million in cash....More

Reinhardt College expands programs
As Reinhardt College celebrates its 125th anniversary, the institution looks forward to meeting the changing needs of its adult learners and providing them with the degree programs they need to meet marketplace demands....More

Rep. Price's solution: Find more oil
With gasoline prices established at more than $4 a gallon, oilmen like T. Boone Pickens predicting crude oil to go $150 and even $200 a barrel and Congress and the president dithering over a comprehensive energy policy, the public wants to know what the economy is going to do and more importantly, what is the government going to do about the economy....More

Small, large businesses find most bailing in same boat
ALPHARETTA -- U.S. Congressman Tom Price, R-6th, heard what the energy crunch is doing to local businesses big and small at a July 2 panel discussion he led at the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce....More

Talent draws Kiz Toys to area
Local talent in the Ga. 400 corridor helped bring Kiz Toys to the south Forsyth-Alpharetta area....More

The reality of foreclosures: This, too, shall pass
Turn on the nightly news, turn to the public notice sections of some papers and you are blasted with the word foreclosure....More

University of Phoenix fills online, campus classrooms
University of Phoenix may have shut the doors on its Alpharetta-South Forsyth campus after a year-long experiment, but that hasn't slowed demand for classes....More

DUIs & Drugs

Police Blotter

Alpharetta police catch more teen suspects

Break-in suspect not the best criminal

Electrical fire damages home

Suspected DUI collides with ambulance

With friends like these . . .

Alpharetta's City Hall: The search goes on

The newly planted can get extended watering times

Vlad the Assailer: Putin the Soviet scourge

Emory Johns Creek Hospital starts blogging

Cumming woman reported missing in Florida

Alpharetta man indicted in escrow fraud scheme

FBI captures Top 10 fugitive from Georgia

Bid summer farewell at Roswell event

Young cyclist rides in nationals
Philip O'Donnell, age 12, a Grand Cascades resident and Riverwatch Middle School student, is proving his cycling prowess on a national scale....More

Raider fans asked to stock NFCC pantry

Roswell Rise 'n Run helps NFCC

East Roswell to get own youth sports program

Mere 6 percent of voters return both incumbents in Johns Creek
Despite the low voter turnout, Johns Creek residents returned incumbents Dan McCabe, Post 2, and Ivan Figueroa, Post 4, to their City Council seats....More

Dorvee misses bid to return to office in Roswell
Steve Dorvee was unsuccessful in his bid to return to Roswell City Council, falling nearly 1,000 votes short of his opponents total....More

Johns Creek incumbents keep seats
Unlike their North Fulton counterparts in Milton, Johns Creek's incumbent City Council members kept their seats handily....More

Two incumbents booted off council in Milton
The "Zahner Bailey" ticket won the three contested Milton City Council seats,, unseating two incumbents along the way....More

Oakes wins in Alpharetta race
Cheryl Oakes held a slim lead against incumbent Debbie Gibson in the Alpharetta City Council Post 4 election....More

Business Briefs

GNFCC picks top business people

Gwinnett’s Sanders Financial Management ‘Top Dog’

Local nursery fights to survive

Woodruff Arts Center CEO speaks to chamber

Victoria Walker ~ Jason Smith

Forsyth County credit card abuse shows lack of remorse

Nicholas McClure Hatmaker

Julie Greenert ~ Beau Armstrong

JP Sushi in the business of selling quality rolls for a decent price
August 16, 2007 | 01:38 PM
Whenever I move to a new town, finding good sushi is usually high on my dining priorities list....More

Roswell's Fratelli Di Napoli is all about atmosphere
August 02, 2007 | 01:40 PM
With the authentic Italian music playing in the background in a softly candlelit room, massive portions of food come steaming out of the kitchen at Fratelli Di Napoli Ristorante in Roswell....More

Peachtree Diner offers upscale renditions of diner classics
Roswell eatery dispels diner stereotype
July 26, 2007 | 01:20 PM
When you hear the word "diner" you usually think of a greasy spoon by the side of some highway where you sit at a bar sucking down a "cup of joe" served by a waitress named Flo....More

Alpharetta - Milton team up on safety

JC allows outside inspection

NetBank failure endangers uninsured deposits

Rash of break-ins continues in N. Fulton

School system protests bill

Council OKs Old Milton building

Johns Creek repairs damaged pipes

O'Connor named county manager

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