Lake Lanier was just about 10′ below full summer pool as of 7 AM, Monday, September 17, 2012. Thankfully, heavy rain in our region will help, but the US Drought Monitor indicates Hall County is in an area of moderate to severe drought, with portions of …
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Lake Lanier Association’s Shore Sweep 2012
If you love Lake Lanier, you’re not alone. You’re invited to meet hundreds of others just like you at Shore Sweep 2012 — The Great Clean-Up — sponsored by the Lake Lanier Association (LLA). More than 1,000 LLA volunteers pitched in last year when Captain …
Dragon Boat Race Pictures
If anyone went to the Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier on Saturday, September 8th hoping to see the speedboat drag races, I hope they stayed to watch the Dragon Boat races anyway. Dragon Boat races are not merely multicultural events — like watching people from New …
Taste of Gainesville — Lake Lanier’s Favorite Feast
Forget football — are you ready for some feasting? You’re invited to join the Chattahoochee Cannibals (relax … it’s an “oldies” band) and other hungry folks for the 14th Annual Taste of Gainesville shindig. The Lake Lanier Rowing Club hosts this fabulous event to raise money …
The Mountain Music Festival at Vogel State Park on 9-8-12
One of the best times to visit Vogel State Park — 233 of North Georgia’s most beautiful acres in the mountains — will be on Saturday, October 8, 2012, from 10 AM until 5 PM. That’s the date for this year’s Mountain Music and Arts & Craft …
Kyle Miller Drowns on Lake Lanier
We regret, once again, to inform you of a drowning on Lake Lanier. On Labor Day, September 3, 2012, Kyle James Miller, 25, of Doraville, Georgia, was swimming with friends near Van Pugh Park North, off Gaines Ferry Road in Flowery Branch, when he went …
Skogies — Fine Enough Dining on Lake Lanier
The one thing that Lake Lanier needs — besides more water — is more lakeside restaurants. Skogies Lakeside Restaurant on Lake Lanier gets my vote for the best waterfront eatery on the north end of the lake … maybe the entire lake. My visit was …
Rowing Championship on Lake Lanier Moved
Concerns over hotel accommodations and lake access were reportedly enough for the NCAA Divisions I, II and III Women’s Rowing committees to move this year’s Women’s Rowing Championships for Divisions I, II and III from Lake Lanier to Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis. The move was …
Labor Day Weekend Weather for Lake Lanier
Weather forecasts for the Labor Day weekend on Lake Lanier call for a 30-40% chance of scattered thunderstorms with daily highs in the mid- to upper-80s. Summer might be officially over, but that’s perfect summer weather for many places. Click Here for the Five-Day Lake Lanier …
Lake Lanier: 1 Body Found & 1 Body Missing
Yet again we report a death at Lake Lanier. Police in Gainesville were called to the Lake Lanier Club Apartments on Dawsonville Highway Friday evening around 7:30 PM due to the report of a body found on the shore of Lake Lanier behind the apartment …