Jon Wilcox

Forsyth County organizations like the Humane Society and Animal Services provide free pet food to residents in need, helping prevent difficult choices between feeding pets or families and reducing pet surrenders. These efforts ease financial burdens and keep pets with their owners instead of shelters.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (July 2, 2026) — Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, is stop No. 3 on the "Patriotic Pathways" self-guided walking tour, themed "Expanding the Voice of Democracy" and tied to the expansion of voting rights, including the 1913 Seventeenth Amendment establishing direct election of U.S. senators and the 1971 Twenty-sixth Amendment lowering the voting age to 18. The tour, launched as part of Alpharetta's America250 celebration, was photographed Thursday, July 2, 2026.

City staff have proposed updates to the city’s home occupation code to address changes in business trends while restricting businesses that are incompatible with neighborhoods.

In February, mall owner New York Life announced it had tapped developer Jamestown to create a plan to redevelop the mall into a sports and entertainment district.

Traffic drives by road construction on Main Street north of downtown Alpharetta July 10.

At a July 13 meeting, the Alpharetta City Council gave preliminary approval for the request during the first reading of an amendment to the alcohol ordinance.

Experts from Egypt, the Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago and Uruguay were at the chamber’s Johns Creek Parkway headquarters for the two-hour dialogue.

Roswell police responded to The Lake House at Martin’s Landing June 21 after reports of a child drowning at the clubhouse pool.

Born deaf and blind, newborn kittens are extraordinarily dependent and especially susceptible to disease and infection.

Visitors to the trail would be able to pick up or drop off a bicycle at any of the self-service stations.