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Amelia Island is a Quick Getaway
Amelia Island, just off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., is about the size of New York City but is the complete opposite of that Yankee island. Amelia is quiet and serene...
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Lake Lanier Islands Resort Turns Switch on New Haunted Nights of Lights
Families will huddle together as they take a driving tour of Lake Lanier Islands Resort this Halloween...
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PublishAmerica Presents Old Dogs, Pickup Trucks, and Good Smelling Women by Cole Conley
Local author, Cole Conley, takes readers on a soul-searching journey with Caleb Cabot, in his new novel...
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Senator Pearson Honors Local FFA Winner Bradley Weaver
While Dawson County has had an FFA chapter since 1933, Brad was the first to bring the national title home to the county.  His agribusiness, Bradley’s Pumpkin Patch, offers a nostalgic family experience in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains...
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Trail of Tears Association Meeting Set for July 10
The guest speaker is Dr. Jack T. Wynn, retired U. S. Forest Service archaeologist and currently a part-time professor of Anthropology at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega...
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Brenau Adds Vice President and Strengthens Provost Position in Organization Alignment
Brenau University named David Morrison vice president for communications and publications, reporting to Brenau President Ed L. Schrader.  The university also reinstated previous titles for the university’s top academic officer, Jim Southerland, who will be provost and vice president of academic affairs...
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Celebrate Dawsonville's Sesquicentennial with Evening of Dining, Dancing
Funds raised at the August 14th Southern Nights event are dedicated to assist with the installation of a much-needed elevator at the two-story Dawson County Senior Center...
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Spring Comes to Amicalola Falls State Park
The Spring Wildflower Fest is a weekend of free activities for the whole family, April 17-18, 2010. Spring flowers that can be admired by guests include the Crested Dwarf Iris, Wild Geranium, Star Chickweed, Rue Anemone, Trillium, Violets and Jack-in-the-Pulpit...
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Founder of Dawsonville Humanitarian Organization Heads to Iraq
Dr. Ben Mathes, founder of Rivers of the World, a humanitarian organization based in Dawsonville, will be leaving for Iraq on April 19, serving as a journalist.  The Dawson County resident is also a motivational speaker and has received numerous awards for his humanitarian work around the world...
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Book Signing to be Held at Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge

Local author, J.M. Burt, recently penned a novel calledGod Fearing Criminals

, and will be signing books on April 10 at the Lodge...

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Greetings From Yonah Mountain Vineyards
Yonah Mountain Vineyards invites all this Saturday for Tour de la Cave. Winemaker Joe Smith will lead a tour of Georgia's only underground wine cave and offer barrel tastings of future vintages.  Tours begin at 12:00 and 3:00 p.m...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
More than likely, you're wearing green today, along with your fellow Dawson County friends and co-workers.  You might even pinch someone who's not dressed in green and are perhaps planning St. Patrick's Day celebrations.  But you may wonder who St. Patrick really was and why we associate shamrocks with this day of celebration and green beverages...
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Yonah Mountain Vineyards Celebrates Wine Highway Weekend
The 5th annual Wine Highway Weekend takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 – 21. Appetizers will be served during the event, and customers will be offered a pour of four wines at no charge or a full tasting, which includes a pour of up to 10 wines and the Yonah Mountain Vineyards glass, for $10...
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Trail of Tears Meeting to be Held at Indian Spring Museum

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Cabbage Patch Kids® Prepare for 25,000 Egg Hunt at New Home
Imagine bright, yellow, daffodil trees and pink lily trees sprouting up with cheerful baby bunnies, chicks and Cabbage Patch Kids peeking out from the limbs. Colorful Easter Egg trees blush with pretty pastel eggs. The happy atmosphere has all the ‘Kids™ anticipating the chance to find a family to make their own...
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Big Canoe Author to be Guest on Radio Show
Dawson County resident, Barbara J. Peters, RN, LPC, NCC, will be a guest on TruVue radio, a blog radio show based in California, on Thursday, February 24 at 5 p.m. EST...
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New Milkable Cow Exhibit Opens in Gainesville
This unique, new exhibit debuting on February 28 features a life-sized interactive fiberglass cow that children can milk...
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Lanier Tech President Mike Moye Approved as Next President of Central Georgia Technical College
Promoting technical education and advancing its importance in workforce development has long been a hallmark of Moye’s leadership. He oversaw the opening of the Lanier Tech’s Georgia Center for Innovation in Manufacturing, a state of the art facility that provides customized training to industries using automated manufacturing and robotics...
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Georgia Wine Country Festival Seeks Vendors, Sponsors
Celebrating nine years in 2010, this event is Dahlonega/Lumpkin County's original wine celebration, set for Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6.  Attendees will get to sample Georgia wines from various participating wineries and enjoy unique musical entertainment by bluegrass, folk, Americana, and rock and roll musicians from the region...
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Three Northeast Georgia Potters Honored by Folk Pottery Museum
Mike Craven’s potter ancestors migrated from North Carolina into Georgia in the early 1800s. Mike and his brother Billy Joe founded Craven Pottery in Gillsville in 1972.  After 40 years as a production garden-ware potter, Mike Craven now concentrates on decorated wares...
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