The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have teamed up with the Atlanta Sail and Power Squadron to offer America’s Boating Course (ABC) at Lake Allatoona. This basic boating information and instruction has been approved by the US Coast Guard. The cost for the class is $35 per person. Families may […]
Some truths hurt more than others. I can deal with the fact that I’ll never be rich and/or famous and that I’ll never drive a Ferrari. But it hurts to know I’ll never be as good at fishing as Haley Bartenfield, a six-year-old little cutie from Chatsworth, GA. Haley took her dad fishing on Carters Lake […]
DNR Ranger Mike Barr tells LakeAllatoona.com that an emergency 911 call was received on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at 7:38 PM about a boat crash on Lake Allatoona. The incident happened on Little River, west of Allatoona’s Little River Marina. An 18-foot Crownline pleasure boat ran into trees on a 15-foot portion of the river’s bank and […]
Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville presents Night at the Museum on Saturday, August 10th. This year’s Night at the Museum will be better (and weirder) than ever! That’s the perfect concoction for a fun night with the family. Won’t it be nice to take your family someplace and not have them be the weirdest people there? More […]
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: eidson6260@gmail.com. Line-side fishing is Fair! The bite this week is the same as last week’s. The warm weather of late has really risen […]
Sure, October 19, 2013, seems like a long way off, but it’s already August of 2013. Time flies. If you’d like to sell your latest hundred or so masterpieces, it’s time to sign up for the Harvest Square Arts and Crafts festival on the Marietta Square. Registration Register online or print form Mail to Marietta’s Parks […]
Are you tough enough to fight an alligator? One on one? Bare handed? Man against beast? I am, as long as my bare hands are holding a loaded gun capable of blasting through bank vaults. In 2012, 850 hunters in Georgia harvested 247 alligators. The average gator was just under 100″ and the longest gator measured 161 […]
Trail running through several state parks in Georgia is being organized and sponsored by Dirty Spokes Productions. If you are one of the roughly 27 people who were able to follow the action and/or story line in The Bourne Legacy, the link between running and “dirty spokes” probably makes perfect sense to you. The Dirty […]
This weekend will be the best part of Summer 2013 for the folks headed to Family Camp at Red Top Mountain State Park. Park Naturalist Ranger Marcus Toft says: “Part of the reason we’re doing Family Camp is because people often tell us they get tired of the same old camping routine, which usually involves a […]
This press release was distributed on July 22, 2013, by Alabama’s Senator Jeff Sessions. We present it without edits or commentary (except for the illustration). WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after today’s hearing concerning the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Systems: […]