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Residents spur Milton to delay alcohol permit By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Residents’ public comments persuaded the Milton City Council to postpone votes on two agenda items that were up for approval at the Nov. 17 meeting. Mayor Peyton Jamison and Councilwoman Juliette Johnson were absent, but there was still a quorum to hear the agenda items. Gracious Gatherings, a catering company under Culinary Management of America, applied for an alcohol permit to serve beer and wine at the Pardue Family Foundation Center. The company has been operating under a temporary alcohol license at the rural event facility at Ebenezer Church for the past 60 days.
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Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne discusses expanded senior services moving to the new Health and Human Services North early next year. County officials attended a hard hat tour of the facility Nov. 18 off North Point Parkway in Alpharetta.
County services grow in North Fulton By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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Resident Samantha Evans speaks to oppose approval of Gracious Gathering’s alcohol permit during public comment at the Nov. 17 Milton City Council meeting at City Hall.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In just a few months, North Fulton residents will have a new county facility off Ga. 400 in Alpharetta, expanding access to health and human services. Local leaders gathered at 4770 North Point Parkway Nov. 18 for a hard-hat tour of the nearly completed Fulton County Health and Human Services North facility.
With renovations of both floors substantially completed, the facility will focus on senior health services when it opens in early 2026. The Fulton County Health and Human Services Center North will centralize and expand existing services while making room for new ones, like specialized services for independent seniors and an adult day care for those in assisted living or with caregivers. Officials last met for a sledgeham-
mer ceremony to kick off renovations in February. County Commissioner Bridget Thorne said she hopes the Health and Human Services Center becomes a community building, where residents can come enjoy the cafeteria that looks out onto a lake. Thorne said she’s most excited about the facility’s new services for seniors.
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