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Serving Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Traditions, Reunion, Deaton Creek and West Jackson $1.00 copy
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Vol. 16 No. 25 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 2 sections, 24 pages
National champs
Three Jackson County siblings were part of 7-on-7 national
championship-winning teams
PAGE 10A
Top-10 finisher
Jackson County High School golfer Anna Holley capped
her sophomore season with a ninth-place finish in Class
AAAAAA PAGE 10A
FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY
Photo by Ben Munro
Cresswind resident Audrey Giglia assists with the retirement of an American flag during a May 27
ceremony. The Cresswind community in Hoschton retired 10 American flags as part of its Memorial
Day gathering. See more photos on Page 6A.
INSIDE
Congratulations,
Classof2023
See this year’s grad
uation section for all
Jackson County high
schools
PAGE1B
INDEX
News...
1A-3A, 12A
Opinion...
4A
Public safety...
5A
Social..
6A
School...
7A
Obituaries...
8A
Sports...
10A
Classifieds...
11A
Braselton
Major bike ride rolling
through Braselton
1,200 BRAG cyclists
coming to town
nextweekfor
two-night stay
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
There's going to be a lot
of bikes in Braselton.
Approximately 1,200
cyclists will stop in town
for a two-night stay next
week as the Bike Ride
Across Georgia (BRAG)’s
“Big BRAG" event rolls
through downtown. Bra
selton is one of six stops
on the tour.
The first riders are participants into town,
expected to arrive at “We’d love to have res-
9:30 a.m. on Tuesday idents come out and be a
(June 6). Cyclists will de- welcome wagon for the
part June 8 at 7 a.m. cyclists,” Braselton Tour-
Braselton residents are
encouraged to welcome See BRAG, page 12A
Braselton
Braselton leaders to
hold June 8 hearing
over Del Webb
expansion proposal
A second round of pub
lic comments will be tak
en concerning a proposed
345-home expansion of
Braselton's Del Webb at
Chateau Elan subdivision.
The Braselton Town
Council will host a June 8
(4:30 p.m.) public hearing
over a pair of requests re
lated to the project.
The expansion plans
drew a packed house to
the town’s planning com
mission public hearing in
March. The town council
was originally scheduled
PUBLIC HEARING
•Thursday, June 8, 4:30
p.m., Braselton Police and
Municipal Court Building
to hold its public hear
ing May 4, but that hear
ing was postponed at the
request of the applicant,
PulteGroup.
Pulte requests annex
ation and a planned unit
development (PUD) zon
ing for 14.61 acres in
See Hearing, page 12A
South Hall
Flowery Branch
woman charged
with murder in
death of her baby
A Flowery Branch wom
an faces felony criminal
charges following an inves
tigation into the death of her
21-month-old son in Febru
ary, according to a press re
lease from the Hall County
Sheriff’s Office (HCSO).
Gloria Neshee Stringer.
31, was charged with mur
der in the second degree
and child cruelty in the sec
ond degree after the inves
tigation determined she was
responsible for allowing the
victim, Jamari Stringer, to
have access to cocaine and
fentanyl.
The HCSO began the in
vestigation on Feb. 1 when
deputies were called to the
residence on Oliver Rd. for
a cardiac arrest report. Ja
mari was found unrespon
sive and was transported
to a local hospital and then
to Children's Healthcare
of Atlanta (CHOA). where
the child died. The baby's
body was transported to the
Dekalb County Medical Ex
aminer's Office for autopsy.
The medical examiner ruled
the death a homicide.
With the assistance of
the Gwinnett County Po
lice Department Commu
nity Response Team, Gloria
Stringer was arrested at a
location in Buford on Mon
day. May 22. She remains
in the Hall County Jail. The
Hall County Department of
Family and Children Ser
vices also assisted in the
investigation.
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Braselton
Braselton seeks artists
to repaint downtown space
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
There will be some new
splashes of paint in down
town Braselton.
The town’s downtown
development (DDA) au
thority plans to repaint the
planters on Frances St. and
is calling on artists to cre
ate a mural. The planters
are adjacent to the town’s
historic grist mill on Fran
ces St.
The painting area spans
three planters, each with
8’ x 2'8” dimensions. The
artwork must fill the entire
canvas area. Manager Jessica Payne There’s two different ones
“It’s just time to update explained. “It's been
it,” Braselton Main Street there for a little while. See Artists,page 3A
The Braselton Downtown Development Authori
ty is seeking artists to paint a new mural on the
planter space near the town’s historic mill.
South Hall
Cherokee Bluff
girls’ soccer coach
arrested on child
molestation charges
The Flowery Branch Police
Department arrested Calvin
Cook, who serves as Chero
kee Bluff’s girls’ high school
soccer coach and a Cherokee
Bluff Middle School teacher,
Friday morning for one count
of child molestation, according
to a press release from the Hall
County School District.
The alleged incident ocurred
off-campus, according to the
press release.
The school district was made
aware of allegations against
Cook late in the afternoon
on April 24, via the Flowery
See Charges, page 12A
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