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WE LOVE OUR HOMETOWN
We are ambassadors for our community and we thought we should introduce our community, one person at a time, to each other and to the world. We are telling the story of our community through the terrific people that live and work here, one voice and one face at a time.
If you know of someone that you would like to nominate for this project, please let us know!
Faces of Hall County: Hanny Hernandez
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Hanny Hernandez! Hanny is originally from Mexico and moved to Gainesville when she was 13 years old and has [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Mary Michael Callahan
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Mary Michael Callahan! She is a senior volleyball player at Lakeview Academy and will be attending Mercer University next [...]
Faces of Hall County: Troy Jowers
Meet Troy Jowers! Troy is a longtime Gainesville resident and owner of The Kitchen. Many may know Troy from his days playing East Hall Viking football. The Kitchen, located at 984 Athens [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Yusif Ali
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Yusif Ali! Yusif is a senior outside linebacker on the Gainesville High School football team. He is the youngest [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kathy Wedegis
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Kathy Wedegis! Kathy is the owner of The Colored Egg in Gainesville, a wife and mother. The Colored Egg [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Ashlyn Browning and Brianna Moore
Meet Ashlyn Browning and Brianna Moore; they are currently volleyball players at Flowery Branch High and both are juniors. Brianna’s parents are Brian and Allison Moore, and she is the oldest of [...]
Faces of Hall County: JaLisa Dickerson
Interview and photo by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Officer JaLisa Dickerson! JaLisa has been an officer with the Gainesville Police Department for the last two years. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Amy Denton
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Amy Berra Denton! Amy is a teacher at Chicopee Woods Elementary and is married to Taylor. She is originally [...]
Hall County All Stars: Luke Gaddis
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Luke Gaddis! He is a Cross Country runner and a senior at Chestatee High School. He is an FCA [...]
Faces of Hall County: Sammy Smith
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Sammy Smith! Sammy is a member of the Gainesville City School Board, a Hall County native, a Gainesville High [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Christian Charles
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Christian Charles! Christian is the quarterback for the Chestatee War Eagles. Christian has had several offers to play college [...]
Faces of Hall County: Thea DuBose
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Thea DuBose! Thea is the owner of Naturally Posh Photography, is married to David and the mother of two. Thea [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Andrew Jones
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Andrew Jones! He is a cross county runner at North Hall High School and recently committed to the University [...]
Faces of Hall County: Rev. Rose Johnson
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High Senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Reverend Rose Johnson, the executive director of the Newtown Florist Club. Rev. Rose is a lifelong Gainesville resident and has [...]
Faces of Hall County: Richard Corbett
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Richard Corbett! Richard is married to Stephanie and has been the Gainesville High School cross country coach for the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Tyra Wimpye
Meet Tyra Wimpye! Tyra is the Gainesville Middle School Drama Director and a lifelong Gainesville resident. She graduated from Spelman College with a degree in English Literature. "I always tell people you [...]
Faces of Hall County: Shane Gaddy
Interview by Brad Abernathy Meet Shane Gaddy! I had the pleasure of having coffee this morning at Inman Perk with Shane to talk about growing up in Hall County. Shane grew up [...]
Faces of Hall County: DJ Moe Lyons
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Donangelo Marshall Meet Moe Lyons! DJ Moe has lived in Hall County for 20 years and owns Moe's Record Shop on Bradford [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kirsty Montgomery
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and University of Georgia junior, Mary Evelyn Brock Meet Kirsty Montgomery! Kirsty is the new headmaster at Lakeview Academy. She is originally from London and moved to the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Eddie Tatum
Meet Eddie Tatum! Eddie is the owner of Red Shoe House in Gainesville and is celebrating 50 years in business this year! Eddie has worked at Red Shoe House most of those [...]
Faces of Hall County: Emilie Cook
Meet Emilie Cook! Emilie is the owner of local yoga studio, Find Your Center- Yoga, a mother of three daughters and married to Larry. Emilie grew up not far from Hall County in [...]
Best Chefs of Hall County: Mark Hopkins
Meet Mark Hopkins! Mark is the chef and owner of Hops Kitchen in Gainesville. Mark opened Hops about four years ago and the restaurant has become one of the most loved spots [...]
Best Chefs of Hall County: Alex Covera
Meet Alex Covera! Alex is a chef at Little Italy Pizzeria in Flowery Branch and his specialty is Chicken Marsala. He has been a chef for 10 years and said he's always [...]
Best Chefs of Hall County: Robert McCue
Meet Robert McCue! Robert is the chef at Yellow Fin, just off the downtown Gainesville square. He is married to Kelly and the couple has a 6 year old daughter, Lorilai. Robert [...]