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Route 347 near Chateau Elan is Thompson Mill Road. A bit to the west it’s called Friendship Road, before it becomes Holiday Road. It won’t be long before much of the highway will be known as Lanier Islands Parkway. The Georgia Department of Transportation wants …
The beautiful Don Carter State Park on Lake Lanier is open, in spite of the shutdown of the federal government. Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites are not affiliated with the National Park System and will remain open even with the federal government experiencing a …
Our friends at Shane Watson Guide Service asked us to share this good news with you: Shane Watson Guide Service to Expand on National Level Shane Watson has announced that SWGS will now be offering guide trips on Lake Allatoona, Hartwell, Carters and many other …
The United States government “shut down” at 12:01 AM this morning. The temporary absence of funding for entities run by the federal government — including parks run by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) — will shut those entities down until funding resumes. We spoke with …
The Mountain Music & Medicine Show is about to join beepers, The Partridge Family, Ramblers, Atari Computers, Red Buttons and the American Middle Class. Gone. Over. Kaput. Things of the past. History. <sniff, sniff> Some folks will read this and say, “Shoot! I’m goin’ muddin’ with …
Shore Sweep 2013 was a tremendous success! For the past 25 years, neighbors have gathered together for the purpose of removing the trash left along the almost 700-mile shoreline of Lake Lanier by less neighborly people who feel it is their right to leave trash …
The U.S. Forest Service will let you wander in the woods of the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests for free on Saturday, September 28, 2013, as part of the 20th annual National Public Lands Day. It might be rough to leave Lake Lanier for a day, …
A truck loaded with 6,000 gallons of cooking oil wrecked on Browns Bridge Road/Route 369 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at about 8:45 AM, near the Four Mile Creek bridge and very close to Forsyth County Fire Department’s Station 9. The one-vehicle accident is thought to …
The weather will be perfect for this year’s Shore Sweep — 75 degrees and sunny. The folks from the Lake Lanier Association need help scouting out the shoreline in advance of the big day, Saturday, September 28th. If you are available to drive your boat …
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 …