Boating Safety Law SB 136 Passes Unanimously

A proposed new law, Senate Bill 136 (also known as the “Kile Glover Boat Education Law” and “Jake and Griffin Prince BUI Law”), unanimously passed the Georgia State Senate on Friday, March 1, 2013. Senate Bill 136, if passed by the House, will: • reduce …

Jeffrey Hubbard Indicted in Kile Glover’s Death

Melissa Cummings, communications/outreach specialist with the Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division, has confirmed that Jeffery Hubbard was indicted on February 28, 2013, by a Hall County Grand Jury for the death in July 2012 of Kile Glover on Lake Lanier. Kile Glover, 11, was killed in a jet …

Update on Search for Missing Boater on Lanier

The latest updates from Melissa Cummings, public affairs coordinator for the GA Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division include the name of the boater missing since Monday, February 11, 2013: George “Marty” Counts, age 48, of Tucker, GA. Saturday: According to the Gainesville Times, underwater …

Fishing Boat Hits Rowing Shell on Lake Lanier

Rowing is an elegant sport.  It’s marvelous to watch sportsmen working in unison as they glide a shell of a boat — that appears to be a large pencil cut in half from end to end — across Lake Lanier or the Chattahoochee River. Spectators often wonder …

Body Found in Lake Lanier

We regret to inform you of the death of Robert Armistead. According to the latest information provided to lakelanier.com by Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Communications/Outreach Specialist Melissa Cummings, Mr. Armistead was 55 and lived in Hoschton, GA. Shortly after 10 AM on Sunday morning, …

Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus News

The Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus met again on Saturday, December 15, 2012.  Actually, they met twice: once in Gainesville and also in Cumming, later in the day. At the meeting in Gainesville I was surprised more people weren’t there to voice their opinions.  Politicians are …

GA DOT Predicts Heavy Holiday Traffic

Going over the river and through the woods to visit family over the Christmas holidays? The Georgia Georgia Department of Transportation has some good and bad news for you. First for the good news: Christmas falls on a Tuesday this year.  As far as traffic …

Lanier’s Legislative Caucus Meets Dec 15th

Debra Sparks Charnote — Legislative Assistant to Senator Jeff Mullis and Senator Renee Unterman — invites you to the Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus Public Hearings that will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012. The most recent forum took place at City Hall in Cumming on Monday, December 3, …

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, …

Freaked Out Deer

You’re minding your own business in the forest. You hear a twig snap. You stop. You wiggle your ears and your fluffy white tail. Then you hold still and wait… When you’re sure it was a false alarm and all is safe –BLAM!! — the …