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George and Andy on the guitars

George and Andy on the guitars

Enjoy a fun evening downtown in Hayesville, NC

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
   Fall weather should provide the perfect setting for the 7th annual 2019 Steins & Wine Around the Square. Craft beer enthusiasts, wine connoisseurs and many non-drinkers will enjoy the variety offered at the event. From 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
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Watercross returns to Tugaloo State Park

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Monday, August 12, 2019
They’ll be flying over the water and the water will be flying. The Pro Watercross Tour will return to Tugaloo State Park near Lavonia July 27-28. The Pro Watercross Tour stages personal watercraft lap races all over the country – from Florida to Texas to Wisconsin to Georgia – each summer.
Like most snakes in the pit-viper family, the timber rattler has a triangular head and vertical-slit pupils. Photo/Steve Kyles, Georgia DNR

Like most snakes in the pit-viper family, the timber rattler has a triangular head and vertical-slit pupils. Photo/Steve Kyles, Georgia DNR

Snakes in the woods: Look, but don't touch

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Do you suffer from snake phobia? Then you’ve chosen the right place to visit. Statistically, your chances of being bitten by a venomous snake are lower in the Northeast Georgia mountains than anywhere else in the state.
Cars running two across roar down the straightaway during a feature race at Toccoa Raceway. Photo racingin.com

Cars running two across roar down the straightaway during a feature race at Toccoa Raceway. Photo racingin.com

Racing in the dirt

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Sixty-four years old and still sporting the fastest 1,650 feet of dirt in Georgia. That is an up-to-date description of Toccoa Raceway, which hosts stock car racing every Saturday night from early April through Labor Day weekend.
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Grandaddy Mimm's secret recipe still has plenty of kick

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Monday, July 22, 2019
Jack “Mimm” McClure might be surprised to stumble across a jar full of his secret recipe, out in the open at a bar, looking somewhat “artisanal” for “tastings,” with his name boldly emblazoned on the label. Times have changed since he was running ridges and dodging the law as the area’s No.
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Wine of Wolf Mountain

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Monday, July 22, 2019
“We started it back in ’99. I was 26,” Brannon Boegner said, describing the early moments of Wolf Mountain, the winery he and his father, Karl Boegner, have been raising on a steep Dahlonega slope for almost two decades.