Who knew that children could now vote in an election?

The City of Roswell’s Big Creek Park will be hosting the Big Creek Wetlands Walk-a-Thon and Festival on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 9 a.m. until noon. The event is a fundraiser for Keep Roswell Beautiful.

Northwood Elementary School partnered with the City of Roswell and Keep Roswell Beautiful to create a mural of the Big Creek Wetlands that back up to the school property...

The Roswell Ramblers and “The More or Less Players” will present The Wizard of Oz beginning April 24-26 at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center, 830 Grimes Bridge Road..

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church and Saint James United Methodist Church are partnering again this year for the 4th annual Great Day of Service on April 19th.

Johns Creek welcomed its first “leap year” baby...

The halls of the Alpharetta campus of Georgia State University were bustling on a recent Friday as community members came out to attend the 6th Annual 50+ Health Expo...

Independence High School (I.H.S) in Alpharetta offers pregnant and parenting teens daycare services that enable them to stay in school and graduate. IHS is one of two schools in Fulton County that offer teen parents these services.

The third annual CABY awards were held last Thursday in the Roswell Cultural Arts Center with all the fanfare that a city-wide ceremony deserves. With world famous artists, such as renowned Jazz vocalist Francine Reed, and regional artists such as the Project 7 Dance Company performing for the enthusiastic crowd, the awards program was quite a success.

It seems almost like a cruel joke to make children pretend they are on North Fulton’s parking lot roads, but that is exactly what has happened the last two weeks. And the kids of Roswell’s elementary schools have had a blast with the make-believe road rules program called “Safety Town.”

The Ginny Bodahl Alzheimer’s Foundation has donated $2,000 to The Veranda, a local memory and Alzheimer’s care community, to provide scholarships for in-home caregivers responsible for loved ones who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

Generations Management Group proudly announces the appointment of Mr. Dion Wolff as Hearthstone’s new Executive Director. Hearthstone is a residential care community located at 350 Market Place, Roswell Georgia.

Imagine a child at an orphanage who had continually been passed over by possible parents in favor of his friends. Year after year the child stays in temporary housing while good homes go to other children. Now, imagine that child is actually a dog and you can imagine the plight of Daisy.

Every year, dozens of North Fulton teenagers become homeless. Thankfully for the kids at St. Brandon’s Church in Cumming, they are only homeless for one night.

The Roswell Historical Society will be holding several fundraising events this year, all revolving around that most central of human events – dinner.

This edition of the Beacon you have chosen to read commemorates one full year of publishing in Roswell and six months in Alpharetta and Milton...

The city of Roswell Transportation Department (RDOT) will hold a public open house on March 6 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to gather...

After nearly two months of construction, Emory Johns Creek Cardiac Diagnostics has announced its grand reopening at 10700 Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek. It is the state’s only freestanding, outpatient heart catheterization lab. The EJCCD closed for construction updates on...

On Wednesday, March 5th, at 7 p.m., the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety is hosting a town hall meeting at the Public Safety Headquarters located at 2565 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Ga.

The Roswell Rotary will be escorting 100 North Fulton Georgia’s World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. May 14. The trip will be of no cost to the World War II veterans. The program is called the...

NFRH has announced it will once again team with the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University to offer the sixth annual health fair to those 50 and older.

Roswell United Methodist Church is once again hosting Clean Comedy Night featuring national headliner...