Credit – City of Alpharetta. Residents of Alpharetta needing to safely discard bank statements, medical history papers, and other documents containing confidential personal information are invited to take advantage of free document shredding on May 22nd. The event will be held at the Alpharetta Crossing Shopping Center located at 11770 Haynes Bridge Road between the [...]
– City of Alpharetta
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety is launching operation Zero Tolerance for the holiday period. The ADPS reminds motorist to obey all traffic laws and use patience during the holiday period due to expected heavy traffic volume. The ADPS will be aggressively enforcing all traffic laws and issuing citations.
ADPS Director Gary [...]
Help Protect the Environment and Bring One for the Chipper!
Bring One for the Chipper is Georgia’s annual Christmas tree recycling program. Each year, Keep Georgia Beautiful works with private sponsors to organize the recycling event. These statewide sponsors included The Home Depot, The Davey Tree Expert Company and WXIA-TV. Numerous local sponsors and volunteers also [...]
– Maryanne Morgan, Haynes Bridge Middle School, Public Relations Chairperson
The Jr. Beta Club of Haynes Bridge Middle School just completed their third year of ”Books and Bears”. The project collects children’s books and stuffed animals for North Fulton Charities. This year, the Jr. Beta Club collected over 200 books and 300 stuffed animals!
Jr. Beta [...]
These pictures were taken this morning of Big Creek at Kimball Bridge and Big Creek at Haynes Bridge. Recent heavy rainfall across the area has caused significant runoff into streams and rivers, causing the creek to rise.
In Alpharetta, 93 percent of voters supported giving themselves a break on city property taxes. Voters passed a measure to increase the homestead exemption from $30,000 to $40,000. The tax break won’t apply to school board or county taxes. The owner of a $200,000 house could see an average tax decrease of $42.15, city administrator [...]
On October 30th, 2009 the Alpharetta Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL), will host the first ever Haunted House at the PAL facility, located at 50 Jones Ave in the Eagle Village Gym Complex, right next to City Hall in downtown Alpharetta. This event is free to the public. The event will be appropriate for ages 8 [...]