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Updated: Fireworks Displays for July 4th

Fireworks in North Georgia July 4 2020

The 4th of July!  Yippee! Happy Birthday, America! This is the day we celebrate our independence by blowing off fireworks. No wonder we’re the greatest country on the planet.  We rock. In case you didn’t get enough ammo to nuke your neighborhood, you can always watch “professionals” try to top that time you blew off […]

Heat Advisory Issued for Lake Allatoona

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It is the mission of the Acworth Police Department to provide fair, impartial, and excellent law enforcement service to our community. To that end, we pledge to pursue the highest levels of training and education available, and to offer our community the highest levels of professionalism to the best of our ability. A heat advisory […]

Seven Rules for Meeting a Bear Camping in the Woods

Seven Rules for Meeting a Bear Camping in the Woods

Although it’s unlikely you’ll meet a bear camping in the woods, you might actually meet a bear while YOU are camping in the woods. Should that happen, follow these seven simple rules: Rule Number One:  There are 5,100 bears in Georgia’s woods.  There’s probably only one of you.  Tick them off and they win. Rule […]

Governor Deal Seeks Lower BUI Limits

Governor Deal Seeks Lower BUI Limits

Governor Deal announced that he will seek lower limits for Boating Under the Influence and for hunting under the influence when Georgia’s General Assembly reconvenes in January 2013. The deaths of two young boys — Griffin Prince and Jake Prince — in a boating accident on Lake Lanier was alcohol related. Paul J. Bennett has been […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-27-12)

Robert Eidson's First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] Line side fishing is great. Guys, the summer pattern is in full swing right now.  That means it is time for […]

Lake Allatoona’s Finest Attractions

Lake Allatoona's Finest Attractions

Lake Allatoona is more than a lake! But even if you-know-who cannot muster the effort not to be grumpy at such a beautiful place, there’s more to do nearby than merely fishing, swimming, camping, boating, flying a kite, walking in the woods, picnicking, relaxing, hiking, finding cool bugs and/or bunnies in clouds, dancing squirrels, fireflies that flash […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-13-12)

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-13-12)

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] Line-side fishing is great. The bite this week is the same as last week.  Change nothing. The summer bite is in […]

Bird Watching Is Not for the Birds

Bluebird of Happiness

Bird watching gets no respect. Those of us who can tell the difference between an indigo bunting and a bluebird conceal our unpopular habits, in the same way people hide the fact that they once owned ugly cars, like AMC Gremlins or Pontiac Azteks. There’s no shame in enjoying the variety and beauty of birds. [Attention […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-5-12)

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-5-12)

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] Linesides: Excellent. The bite is “super incredibly hot” right now on the north end of the lake for huge numbers of […]

Horizon Kickball League Registration in Acworth

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Everybody deserves to have summer fun!  The good folks who run the Acworth Parks and Recreation Horizon Kickball League know that as well as anyone. Parents of children with developmental and physical disabilities are invited to sign up now for kickball games to be played at Horizon Field, located at 4000 S. Main St. in Acworth. […]