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NGCP’s THE BIG SHOW Nov. 22 at Dillard Theater

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
On Nov. 22, at 5:30 p.m.  in the Dillard Theater, North Georgia Community Players presents its second BIG SHOW of the season, written by and starring the students of our Fall Semester Youth Theatre program!

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Dickens in Dillard brings Victorian Christmas to Northeast Georgia mountains Dec. 13

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Dillard, GA — On Saturday, Dec. 13, the City of Dillard’s City Hall grounds will transform into a scene straight out of A Christmas Carol as it hosts the inaugural “Dickens in Dillard – A Charles Dickens Christmas Festival.” This immersive outdoor holiday experience will run from 11:30 a.m.
Submitted Photo. Liam Broz, Ben McKissack, Quinn Weingartz and Koda Rodriguez pose together as five of this year’s new Eagle Scouts in Rabun County.

Submitted Photo. Liam Broz, Ben McKissack, Quinn Weingartz and Koda Rodriguez pose together as five of this year’s new Eagle Scouts in Rabun County.

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Rabun County now home to six new Eagle Scouts

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Six young Rabun Countians have earned the distinction of Eagle Scout because of their commitment and dedication to the Scout Oath and Law. The new Eagle Scouts are Liam Broz, Andrew Causin, Ben McKissack, Chauncey Nalley, Koda Rodriguez and Quinn Weingartz.

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Food Bank of Northeast Georgia provides update

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
In light of the most recent news, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia has updated its original call to action that was issued on Oct. 28. “Imagine waking up one day and your grocery budget disappears.
Submitted Photo. Randy Lucas stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the North Georgia Community Players’ “A Christmas Carol” that opens in Dillard on Dec. 6

Submitted Photo. Randy Lucas stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the North Georgia Community Players’ “A Christmas Carol” that opens in Dillard on Dec. 6

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North Georgia Community Players to present classic ‘A Christmas Carol’

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
“A Christmas Carol” returns to the North Georgia Community Players Theatre in Dillard for two weeks, opening Friday, Dec. 6.
Submitted Photo. The full RCHS group poses for a photograph at Cherokee mud house on the Foxfire Museum property.

Submitted Photo. The full RCHS group poses for a photograph at Cherokee mud house on the Foxfire Museum property.

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Truly hands-on learning at Foxfire

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, November 20, 2025
When a group of Rabun County High School students got to take a trip to the Foxfire Museum property in Mountain City for a tour, they probably expected to gain a better understanding of how life was hundreds of years ago. Well, they got that experience and more, including muddy hands.

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Two Community Thanksgiving Dinners set for this weekend

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Community Thanksgiving Dinners are planned for Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 in Rabun County. A Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. or all dinners distributed. The food bank is located at 46 Plaza Way in Clayton.
Submitted Photo. Lainey Waldrip, Maddie Dixon, Miss RCHS Hayden Bass, Gracie Dunn and Cheyenne Queen pose for photo with their flowers.

Submitted Photo. Lainey Waldrip, Maddie Dixon, Miss RCHS Hayden Bass, Gracie Dunn and Cheyenne Queen pose for photo with their flowers.

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Crowning Achievement

News Staff
Thursday, November 20, 2025
The 2025 Miss Rabun County High School Pageant had one of the largest audience turnouts ever as the Princess Academy was held in the Fine Arts Building on campus prior to the crowning of this year’s overall winner Hayden Bass, who earlier this year also was honored as the RCHS Homecoming Queen.
Submitted Photo. Abigail Brenner ’26 of Franklin, N.C., and Allen Arbitter ‘26 of Clayton, portray significant roles in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of Lux Nativitas, which is a walk through the Gospel account of the nativity, with live music, inspired circus arts, and dance.

Submitted Photo. Abigail Brenner ’26 of Franklin, N.C., and Allen Arbitter ‘26 of Clayton, portray significant roles in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of Lux Nativitas, which is a walk through the Gospel account of the nativity, with live music, inspired circus arts, and dance.

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Celebrate the Season with Lux Nativitas: ‘The Light of the Nativity’ at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is proud to announce the return of Lux Nativitas, a breathtaking holiday production that celebrates the birth of Christ and the traditional Nativity story.