Cigar store burglar nabbed
Suspect broke into nearly 30 stores in Fulton, Forsyth ►►PAGE 6
Loghorns trample Johns Creek
Flying around town Commuter Craft puts new spin on the flying car ►►PAGE 22
Lambert beats Gladiators 41 - 7 ►►PAGE 8
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Day of Caring shows county’s heart and soul CUMMING, Ga. — For the 13th consecutive year, more than 700 volunteers, including local businesses, schools, civic organizations and churches, helped package meals for eight food pantries during the annual Day of Caring. The Sept. 5 event, held at Lanier Conference Center, was hosted by United Way of Forsyth County in partnership with Outreach Inc., a nonprofit organiza-
tion that works to end hunger across the world. Day of Caring is an event that matches teams of volunteers with nonprofit agencies that serve Forsyth County citizens. The United Way of Forsyth County helps fund about 60 different programs in the community. The volunteers did yard work and painted at different locations throughout
the county. This year also marked the second year of the United Way Food Friday — where 60,000 dried, non-perishable meals were prepared by volunteer teams for distribution to the hungry in Forsyth County. Another 5,000 meals were packed for the hungry in Tanzania. For volunteer opportunities, visit www.UnitedWayForsyth.com.
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Main image: Local school teams brought snack items to share with children’s programs in the community, including juice boxes, fruit cups and breakfast bars. Inset: Volunteers packaged thousands of nonperishable meals to be distributed throughout the community.
$200M road bond projects list finalized By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — With the list of projects for the $200 million road bond finalized, the issue now will be left up to the voters to decide on Nov. 4. The ballot referendum question will not outline the
project list, which was approved at a work session last month and will be finalized on Sept. 20. The list includes five projects that the county will partner with the Georgia Department of Transportation and the federal government to complete, including widening the Ga. 400 freeway from
four lanes to six lanes (three each direction) from McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) to at least Bald Ridge Marina Road (Exit 15). Also part of the GDOT partnership, the county hopes to put in a new interchange at McGinnis Ferry Road and Ga.
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At whatever stage the project is, the money will be spent on each project either to acquire right-of-way, complete design or to complete construction.” JOHN CUNARD Forsyth County’s engineering director