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County Library Board narrows director search FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Library Board members plan to select semi-finalist candidates in October to replace a director who had served almost a decade. Forsyth County’s Library Board of Trustees will invite three candidates for on-site interviews Oct. 8 and 9, according to the library. A date for a final decision has not been determined but should occur before the board’s Nov. 18 meeting. The board hopes the new director will begin serving in December or January. The Library Board is working with recruiting firm Bradbury Miller Associates to replace former Director Anna Lyle. In May, the board approved a decision to pay Bradbury Miller $31,000 to find a replacement. Board trustees met with the firm on Aug. 26 to select candidates after the job posting closed on Aug. 11. The firm received a number of strong candidates, according to the library. Candidate video interviews were scheduled for Sept. 16 and 18. Lyle was appointed as director in 2015 after serving for 16 years in human resources and finance management for the library. She oversaw the expansion and renovation of the Sharon Forks Library, design and construction for the Denmark Library, digitization of the Forsyth County News, introduction of a world languages collection and design and launch of one of the first modern mobile libraries in the state. — Jon Wilcox
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A barricade blocks a portion of the Big Creek Greenway near the Bethelview Trailhead Sept. 16. County officials closed a portion of the trail after discovering damage to the boardwalk.
Greenway closure irks residents By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Residents have lodged complaints about what they view as a lack of urgency from Forsyth County to repair and reopen an almost 2-mile stretch of the Big Creek Greenway closed due to water damage. The trail’s Phase 4 section between
the Bethelview Trailhead and Kelly Mill Road closed in August so the county can evaluate the trail and determine what renovations may be needed. “It is devastating,” resident Kathleen Reilly said at a Sept. 3 Board of Commissioners meeting. Reilly, who lives near that part of the trail, said she uses the Greenway almost every day. Communications Director Russell
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Brown said the county has no estimate for when renovations may be completed. The county will need to examine the boardwalk before deciding the scope of work to repair it. “It’s an unfortunate thing to have happen, but unfortunately it’s the reality the county has to face,” he said.
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