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 …
Category: Parks
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 …
Perk Up, Leaf Peepers!
October will be here in no time. If you’re one of the bazillion or so people in Georgia who go out and “look at the leaves” rather than watch football, I have good news for you! “Leaf Watch 2012” — brought to you by Georgia’s State …
Gainesville’s Art in the Square Festival
Gainesville’s Art in the Square Festival returns on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th & 16th, for the ninth consecutive year of majestic artwork and sensational music. This is a juried art show, which means you cannot sell your child’s fingerpainting … unless the work is …
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 …
Sheriff Requests Help Finding Murderer
Your help is being sought in the investigation of the death of Hannah Truelove. Miss Truelove was found murdered behind Lake Lanier Club Apartments on the shore of Lake Lanier on Friday, August 24, 2012. Hall County Sheriff’s investigators and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are …
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 …
GA’s 2012-2013 Waterfowl Regulations
Waterfowl hunting regulations for 2012-2013 have finally been approved by Georgia’s Board of Natural Resources. “Georgia’s waterfowl regulations maximize the hunting opportunity within the frameworks set by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service,” said Greg Balkcom, state waterfowl biologist for the Wildlife Resources Division. …