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County Commission decides to stay put Board will not convene at newly opened campus By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — One day after Forsyth County unveiled its new Freedom Parkway campus, County Attorney Ken Jarrard said commissioners will continue meeting in their current building despite a previous announcement the board would move to the new site. “The county Board of Commissioners to the extent that is within my power to make it so, is going to follow the law, and it is going to do so seriously with civic minded aspect of ensuring that we are engaging our citizens appropriately, and that we are not imperiling the decision-making of
the county government,” Jarrard said during a March 19 meeting. “That’s a period, hard stop, as far as I’m concerned.” The Forsyth County Commission unanimously approved a resolution declaring the County Administration Campus at Freedom Park, 2435 Freedom Parkway, as the county’s central administrative facility. Chairman Alfred John was absent. The vote followed Jarrard’s recommendations and an announcement made months earlier that the Commission would hold its regular meetings at the new campus, then formalize the votes at its current building.
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Residents gather at the new Freedom Parkway administration campus March 18.
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Metro area athletes punch their tickets to March Madness By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — Atlanta has a reputation as one of the best cities for basketball in the country. It shows when you look at the hometowns of the players competing in March Madness. No. 1 seed Duke University is the betting favorite to win a title and has one Chattahoochee alum on the roster – gradu-
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ate student Cameron Sheffield. Oddsmakers have given the Blue Devils’ odds of winning a championship at +300. Sheffield is from Alpharetta and played for Rice University for three years after winning a 6A state championship at Chattahoochee in 2020. The forward has been in Durham for the past two seasons. Rival UNC, a six seed which dropped out of the tournament in the first round, also has an Atlanta-area player. Holy Inno-
cents alum Caleb Wilson is expected to be drafted in the first round this year. One Milton graduate who had his jersey retired this year mader his first tournament appearance as a senior. Ohio State guard and program leading scorer for the Eagles and Buckeyes Bruce Thornton won a 7A title in 2021. Before dropping its second-round match to Nebraska, Vanderbilt had two area players on this year’s roster that
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went all the way to the SEC tournament championship. Guard Chandler Bing is a freshman and alum of Pace Academy. Senior Devin McGlockton scored his 1,000th career point for Vanderbilt in December 2025. He attended South Forsyth High and left as the all-time leader in points and rebounds. He played two years at Boston College prior to transferring to
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