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Surrounded by employees new and old, Young Harris Watersports and RVs owner Lance Markham prepares to cut the ribbon. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Surrounded by employees new and old, Young Harris Watersports and RVs owner Lance Markham prepares to cut the ribbon. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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Young Harris Watersports & RV opens at Lake Oconee

Ian Tocher
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Wielding a pair of giant, ceremonial scissors and surrounded by eager employees, company owner Lance Markham snipped through a big, green ribbon this past Friday as Young Harris Watersports & RV center celebrated officially opening for business less than a month earlier.

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Piedmont Water treatment plant tests begin

Mark Engel
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Piedmont Water has begun a 30-day testing period of its new water treatment plant, located off Kings Way in Reynolds Lake Oconee. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources says the utility started taking daily tests of the facility’s output on June 8.
Georgia Tech president Angel Cabrera and wife Elizabeth arrive at the Ritz Carlton at Reynolds Lake Oconee to address area alumni. CONTRIBUTED

Georgia Tech president Angel Cabrera and wife Elizabeth arrive at the Ritz Carlton at Reynolds Lake Oconee to address area alumni. CONTRIBUTED

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Georgia Tech president speaks to Lake Country alumni

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Bob Harris – a 1973 graduate of Georgia Tech with an industrial engineering degree and a rewarding career with an Emerson division – is on a mission to find and solicit a growing number of GT alumni here in Greene County.
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File Photo/Eatonton Messenger

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Dubose hangs himself in prison; GBI investigates

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Ricky Dubose, who was sentenced to death in Putnam County Superior Court on June 16, ended up spending only 10 days on death row. Dubose apparently hanged himself to death in his cell on Sunday, June 26, according to authorities.
The Sasquatch that sits in the pasture on the property running adjacent to the intersection of Sandy Creek Rd. and U.S. Hwy 441 is not the same creature that was allegedly seen by a Morgan County resident. STAFF/Brendan Koerner

The Sasquatch that sits in the pasture on the property running adjacent to the intersection of Sandy Creek Rd. and U.S. Hwy 441 is not the same creature that was allegedly seen by a Morgan County resident. STAFF/Brendan Koerner

Report: Possible Sasquatch sighting in Morgan County

Lance McCurley
Thursday, June 23, 2022
According to the Expedition: Bigfoot Facebook page, a museum devoted to the creature in North Georgia, there has recently been a Sasquatch sighting in Morgan County.  And no, the page isn’t talking about the rusty, metal Sasquatch display in the pasture at the corner adjacent to Sandy Creek Rd.
Photo/Smith Communications

Photo/Smith Communications

Newspapers, Lakelife earn awards from Georgia Press

Staff Reports
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Lake Oconee News was awarded for its news coverage in the Better Newspaper Contest, which is coordinated by the Georgia Press Association. Phillip B. Hubbard won a first-place award for Sports Feature Story while Lance McCurley took second place in the same category.
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