State Court to resume in-person hearings

The Forsyth County State Court will resume in-person hearings Monday, with the first group of cases to consist of reduced calendars of arraignments for serious misdemeanors and traffic citations, according to a county announcement.

Usually, no more than 40 people per day are expected per courtroom, the county said.

“If a resident has received a notice for a court appearance during the first two weeks of June, they may receive a new court date notice rescheduling their appearance due to the reduced calendar as in-person hearings resume,” the county said.

For those charged with a traffic citation, the citation may be payable or, if it originally required the individual to appear in court, may have been made “payable” by the prosecutor, the county said. To check the status of a citation: forsythclerk.com.

If the ticket is not payable, a person should contact the Solicitor General’s office at 770781-2145.

State court judges also will continue using videoconferencing technology, such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, to reduce the number of people coming into the courthouse. Information: bit.ly/2XIbmNb and every Saturday in June. New temporary location: parking lot, Urban Hardware, 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, #501, Alpharetta. Shop in person from 30 vendors. AwesomeAlpharetta. com/event/alpharetta-farmers-mini-market/2020-05-30, facebook.com/DowntownAlpharettaFarmersMarket

Alpharetta reopenings on Monday. Alpharetta.ga.us/ about/news/2020/05/12/ alpharetta-to-reopen-some-facilities-beginning-may-15. They include:

■ Playgrounds (with on-site staff monitoring)

■ Picnic pavilions (no reservations, small groups only)

■ Athletic fields for organized use by youth organizations and/or rentals upon submission of a proper COVID-19 plan and issuance of a permit by the city

■ Rental use of the Wills Park Equestrian Center upon submission of a proper COVID-19 plan and issuance of a permit by the city

■ Alpharetta History Museum

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■ Request a title by logging into the website at sequoyah. tlcdelivers.com/#section=home or by calling your local library at SequoyahRegionalLibrary. org/locations.

■ Library staff will contact you to schedule a pickup time when your item(s) are ready.

■ Your item(s) will be placed near the library entrance, already checked out to you.

■ Look for the first four letters of your last name and the last four numbers of your library card.