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Volunteers all around Lake Lanier are talking trash! Trash removal, that is. They’re part of Shore Sweep 2013, when tons of trash and debris are removed from Lake Lanier and its shoreline. The 25th Annual Shore Sweep takes place on Saturday, September 28th from 8 …
Clermont is a sleepy little town most of the year, tucked safely in the foothills in North Georgia. Once a year, however, Clermont transforms into a fall festival wonderland for Clermont Days! Friday afternoon, September 20, 2013, the Clermont Days Centennial Celebration kicks off at 4 …
Our friends at Right to Hike, Inc. hope to see you at their 6th Annual Ella’s 5K & Fun Run, presented by Georgia’s Own Credit Union. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013, beginning at 9 AM at the Gwinnett Environmental and …
Almost every time I went out on Lake Lanier to catch bass with my friend Don Poole, the world’s worst fisherman, I would hear him yell (in a Southern accent that Goober couldn’t understand), “GAR!!!GAR!!!” At first I thought it was some kind of genetic …
We regret to inform you of the drowning death of Shaquille Marquise Connor-Blunt, age 20, of College Park, Georgia, on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. According to Melissa Cummings of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Mr. Connor-Blunt and two friends were attempting to swim from the beach …
Here’s your big chance to blow the dust off your old car and go racing! No, you cannot race your old beater, but it might get you all the way to Road Atlanta, not far from Chateau Elan in South Hall. This weekend, September 19-22, 2013, …
Monday, September 16, 2013, is going to be a wonderful day. When was the last time you took the day off, went to a glorious park and hung out with the likes of Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal and the wonderful man who had Don Carter …
The 18th Annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier. Sorry, but you won’t have time to create your own dragon boat, if you don’t have one already. The 39-foot teakwood (or fiberglass) racers take …
Some kids like dolls and some kids like to play in the mud, but the coolest kids like to ride horses. Lake Lanier Islands invites all the cool kids to the 9th Annual Fall Horse Camp scheduled during Thanksgiving school vacation: Monday — Wednesday, November …
The South Hall Rotary Club meets each Wednesday at noon at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club in Flowery Branch, up the road from the Chestnut Mountain Post Office. That’s not all they do, of course. For almost 28 years, they have helped our friends, …