Fresh 'n Low closing approaches

Fresh 'n Low closing approaches

The days are numbered for Dahlonega’s Fresh n' Low. Many shelves—and even more parking spots are now empty at the downtown grocery. And most of the inventory is 30 percent off, according to a sign on the door. But those in the know aren’t saying…
SHARON HALL

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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Inger Smith is the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia as of January 15, 2020. Her goal for the teaching kitchen is to build relationships with people in the community.

Smith aims to ‘be the good’ at Food Bank kitchen

News Staff
Monday, February 10, 2020
CLAYTON— Feeding people is something that Inger Smith has done for over 30 years, and as the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia she hopes to “be the good” as a hub of good will for the people in Rabun County and the mountain region. Smith began her role as...
Lane Williams and Lloyd Allison stand behind the bar in the tasting room for Tesnatee River Winery and Meadery. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

From honey to wine

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
A local agriculture operation is venturing into the wine and mead making business. Lloyd Allison, who owns Allison’s Honey, is working on opening Tesnatee River Winery and Meadery. The business will feature a farm winery and on-site tasting room. “With the tasting room, the best way to get...
Helen Dortch was born in Carnesville in 1863.

A woman ahead of her time

News Staff
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Helen Dortch Longstreet was no stranger to controversy or fighting for the causes she believed in by the time the Georgia Railway and Power Company began work to dam Tallulah Falls in the 1910s. By that time, Longstreet had fought and won a change to state law to allow women to be state...
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Harris Taylor trots towards home plate after crushing a solo home run against the Lakeview Lions last week.

Lumpkin Baseball team begins season 2-1

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The LCHS varsity baseball team began its 2020 regular season with a 2-1 record after the Indians bounced back from a season opening loss to the Lakeview Academy Lions and defeated the Union County

Pictured (from left): Nolan Wheeler flexes his muscles after becoming only the second Lumpkin County wrestler to win three State Championship titles. Sam Irwin gets hyped up after grappling his way to back-to-back State Championship titles. Austin Garmany pulled off a late win by pin to secure his first State Championship title.

Three Lumpkin wrestlers win State

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The LCHS varsity wrestling team enjoyed a healthy dose of success when the Indians took to the mats at the Macon Centreplex for the GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Championship this past weekend,

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