Chicken Wings? From Buffalo? Really?

Associating Buffalo with BBQ wings is like pretending Las Vegas is the home of bluegrass or that Debutante Cotillions first began in Newark. The truth is if you don’t have a Southern accent, you cannot do BBQ.  Case closed. Yes, I know.  “Buffalo wings” (pronounced “wangs” …

Blairsville Plays Appalachian Trail Movie

We hope you’ll join us this Friday evening, November 9th, in Blairsville as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) presents the National Geographic film America’s Wild Spaces: The Appalachian Trail as part of their 2012 membership drive. All proceeds from this limited engagement benefit the protection …

Keep Forsyth County Beautiful November 3rd

Our friends at Keep Forsyth County Beautiful could use your help for a few hours on Saturday, November 3, 2012. You’re invited to join their team of volunteers who happily clean lake, river and wetland locations around Lake Lanier. The 2012 Rivers Alive Cleanup will bring …

Stalk Your Family at Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze

Promotional materials call Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Dawson County a “20-acre agri-tourism complex.”  Sheesh. Don’t let that city-slicker lingo keep you away from a good-old time down at the farm. Hayrides (kissing optional), a corn maze that Lewis & Clark would …

Delayed-Harvest Trout Streams Open November 1st

Christmas arrives early in North Georgia for trout fishermen when five delayed-harvest streams open. John Lee Thomson, Wildlife Resources Division Trout Stocking Coordinator, said “Trout streams are designated as seasonal, year-round or delayed harvest, with different streams offering varying populations of rainbow, brown and brook …

Lake Lanier: How low can you go?

The Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will increase the amount of water released from Lake Lanier, due to continuing drought conditions here and downstream. For the past several months, the Corps has made releases sufficient to meet minimum flow requirements.  No rain is forecast for the …

Fall in GA: Moonshine, Pumpkins & BBQ

Snowed yesterday in Denver. New England is bracing for another “Perfect Storm” caused by Hurricane Sandy. Winter will take its first whack at us on Sunday. There’s only one way to prepare … PARTY!!! Last weekend we had Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega.  That’s like …

Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus Meeting

The Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus met at the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 3 PM.  The meeting of the newly formed group was open to the public. The Republican State Senator from Buford, Renee Unterman, skillfully directed the meeting, …