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Many volunteers helped distribute Thanksgiving meals to local families in need.

Many volunteers helped distribute Thanksgiving meals to local families in need.

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Thankful Hearts provides Thanksgiving meals

JOHN BYNUM
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Although the Thankful Hearts event has been helping local families for years, the enthusiasm hasn't diminished. Dozens of volunteers gathered last week at Dahlonega Funeral Home to distribute Thanksgiving meals to folks in the area who needed a helping hand in preparing the annual feast.
Big plans in the works for reservoir

Big plans in the works for reservoir

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Big plans in the works for reservoir

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Ziplines, an amphitheater, a beach and even the potential mountain biking trails that have been rumored for years, could be in the cards for improvements to the property at Lake Zwerner.
In order to make way for the student apartments development, the City would have to approve a change in the zoning of the 10-acre property at the Dec. 7 meeting.

In order to make way for the student apartments development, the City would have to approve a change in the zoning of the 10-acre property at the Dec. 7 meeting.

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Downtown student apartments considered by City

JOHN BYNUM
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
In the recent weeks the enthusiastic debate regarding a proposed 298-bed student apartment complex along Hawkins Street and Happy Hollow Road has not diminished, as downtown residents once again packed the meeting room at the Parks & Rec to share their views.
CHP Christmas ornament

CHP Christmas ornament

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CHP 2020 Christmas ornament revealed

News Staff
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
by Melissa Line / Community Helping Place Every year around this time, the anticipation builds. Calls begin to flood the office at Community Helping Place, sometimes frantic, asking the all-important question: “Is it time to order the Old Fashioned Christmas ornament?
Alondra Amaya-Pineda couldn’t hide her excitement when LCES principal Stacie Gerrells told her and the other Kindness on Wheels nominees that they would be going home with a brand new bicycle.

Alondra Amaya-Pineda couldn’t hide her excitement when LCES principal Stacie Gerrells told her and the other Kindness on Wheels nominees that they would be going home with a brand new bicycle.

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Good deeds bring bicycle surprises

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
When Alondra Amaya-Pineda, a student at Lumpkin County Elementary school, was called to the principal's office on Friday, she wasn’t really sure what to think.
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School system set to purchase 20 buses

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The Lumpkin County Board of Education voted to approve a plan to purchase 20 new school buses to replace much of the school system’s older fleet at the November school board meeting.
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Pandemic linked to domestic violence rise

SHARON HALL
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
While Domestic Violence Awareness Month is over, the problem, like COVID, is still here. “In October we turned away 170 people requesting shelter,” said Lajauhn Stulce, Director of Resident Services for NOA (No One Alone) Lumpkin and Dawson counties’ domestic violence shelter program.
Scam surge alarms local authorities

Scam surge alarms local authorities

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Scam surge alarms local authorities

Matt Aiken
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The scammer called early Friday morning. A Lumpkin County woman picked up the phone and a man on the other end of the line identified himself as the woman’s grandson. “She said he sounded familiar,” stated Deputy Corey Bailey in a recent Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office report.
This screen capture from the recent video released by Lumpkin County Schools shows a view of the proposed property design for the new elementary school and county pool.

This screen capture from the recent video released by Lumpkin County Schools shows a view of the proposed property design for the new elementary school and county pool.

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Aquatic center gets official approval

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
As Lynn Cottrell celebrated a birthday last Tuesday, the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners finished up what could turn out to be quite a present to the community, which is fitting as the Cottrell’s have no problem sharing.
Repairs underway after Nugget servers shut down

Repairs underway after Nugget servers shut down

Repairs underway after Nugget servers shut down

News Staff
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
If a global pandemic and ongoing 2020 headaches weren’t enough, The Dahlonega Nugget’s internet system failed in the early hours of last Friday morning, Nov. 6. The Nugget relies on its parent company Community Newspapers Inc.’s (CNI) servers located in Athens.