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o o Serving Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Traditions, Reunion, Deaton Creek and West Jackson $1.00 copy Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Vol. 15 No. 50 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 12 pages More parade photos See more photos of Braselton's annual Christmas parade through downtwon. Additional photos are available on the Braselton News Facebook page PAGE 3A Chateau wine wins award A Chateau Elan wine was a recent winner in the 13th Annual Made in the South Awards PAGE 10A Braselton Subdivision again proposed on Hwy. 53 and New Cut Rd., hearing postponed A public hearing over a new proposal for a 200-plus-home subdivision on tract of land at Hwy. 53 and New Cut Rd. is on hold. A hearing before the Bra selton Planning Commission was scheduled for Nov. 28, but it has been pushed back to Feb ruary. The applicant, Abernathy Development Company, seeks to annex and rezone 91.6 acres at the location from agricultural (A-2) to residential (R-3) for a development of 214 detached single-family lots. In August, the town council voted unanimously to deny an annexation and rezoning for this property to build a 246-lot sub division. A number of residents See Subdivision, page 3A Hoschton Hoschton DDA members meet with Piedmont about library Holiday wonder By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews. com Hoschton downtown leaders are taking the initial steps in an initiative they hope yields a city public library in a few years. According to downtown de velopment authority (DDA) chairman Sri Kumar, DDA officials recently talked with representatives of the Piedmont Regional Library System about the process of opening and oper ating a library. He said the project would cost approximately $2 million for a 20,000-square-foot facili ty — if the city already has land — and cost $200,000-$250,000 See Library, page 2A Santa to appear at Hoschton Depot Dec. 3 Santa Claus will make a stop at the Hoschton Depot on Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. The event is hosted by the Hoschton Women's Civic Club. Santa will arrive on his firetruck sleigh at 10 a.m. to pose for photos with children and to hand out gift bags. This is the first year the event has been held since 2019 due to COVID. "We are so excited to bring it back this year," organizers said. INDEX News... 1- 3A, 6A Opinion ... 4A Public safety ... 5A Classifieds .. 7A /gsr Obituaries ... 8A Sports .. 9A AA : BUFFINGTON :Thanksgiving, the story behind the story PAGE 4A MAILING LABEL Photo by Wesleigh Sagon Children played in the faux snow that blasted from Jackson EMC’s float during Braselton’s annual holiday parade. The business was recognized as the float with the most holiday spirit. Economy Hall Co. totaling over half a billion in capital investment in 2022 By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews. com The Gainesville-Hall County metro area has generated $550 million in capital investment in 2022 as it continues to be a hotspot for manufacturing facilities and company headquarter loca tions. Last year, Site Selection Magazine named Gaines- ville-Hall County one of the nation's top small metros for job creation and invest ment. Meanwhile, Forbes Magazine has rated Gaines- ville-Hall County as one of the “Best Small Places for Business & Careers’’ eight years running. Tim Evans, vice president of economic development for the Greater Hall Cham ber of Commerce, pointed to a very di verse base of advanced manufacturing. “It’s because of our advanced manu facturing primarily that we have so much capital investment and the quality of the jobs,” Evans said. “Companies are looking for highly-skilled employees to be able to maintain automation levels in their ad vanced manufacturing and food processing.” That diverse base includes automotive, life sciences and equipment Evans not ed that Gainesville-Hall is home to 330 manufactur ers and processors, serval of which who have located their North American head quarters in Hall County. He said the Gainesville-Hall ar ea’s strength lies in recruiting a highly-skilled workforce to fill the demand for production and executive jobs. “We excel and doing both, and that’s See Investment, page 2A Law enforcement More details emerge about comic book author’s arrest Additional details have emerged from noted Canadian comic book author Body Ngoy’s arrest in Braselton for child cru elty. Ngoy allegedly touched a teen inappropriately while in town for a wedding at Chateau Elan on Nov. 12. According to an arrest report filed by Braselton police, Ngoy leaned over a 16-year-old female laying on a hotel couch and asked if he could kiss her “Spiderman style.” The female said she told him no. but Ngoy kissed her anyway, according to the report. According to the report, video See Arrest, page 6A EVANS Hall County Sheriff’s Office Braselton woman accused of stealing $100K from elderly couple A Braselton woman has been arrested on charges of felony financial exploita tion of an elderly person after investigators deter mined she stole more than $100,000 from a couple in her care, according to a Hall County Sheriff’s Of fice (HCSO) press release. HCSO investigators said Hailey Starr Mauldin. 28, was acting as an in-home caregiver for a 68-year-old Barrow County woman who had health issues. Mauldin befriended the woman and her husband, and eventually she was able to assume the role of the woman’s power of at torney. According to investiga tors, Mauldin had known the victims for a couple of years, but the alleged thefts occurred in 2022. They said Mauldin con vinced the couple to sell their home in Barrow County and moved the vic tims to Hall County into a residence she told them was lease-to-own; in fact, Mauldin had only rented the home. Evidence un covered in the case also shows Mauldin gained ac cess to a bank account be longing to the couple and used their money for per sonal purchases. Addition ally, she obtained a loan in the female victim’s name and leased a vehicle in the male victim’s name. A relative of the male victim alerted law enforce ment to the criminal activ ity. Mauldin was arrested by HCSO investigators. ‘0 4 8 7 9 1 4 5 4 0
