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Lake Living magazine seeks traditional recipes

News Staff
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Does your family have traditional holiday recipes passed down from generation to generation? Did your grandmother have a fabulous fudge or divinity recipe? Does someone in your family make homemade fruitcake every year, or does someone make traditional appetizers for holiday gatherings?
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Marywinn Lent is with a 5-week-old goat named spot at the Foxfire Mountaineer Festival last Saturday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Marywinn Lent is with a 5-week-old goat named spot at the Foxfire Mountaineer Festival last Saturday.

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Mountaineer Festival attracts visitors

Megan Horn
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Foxfire Mountaineer Festival brought crowds of people and about 50 vendors selling crafts and wares on Saturday.  It was a day of arts, crafts, music and more all in celebration of Appalachian Culture at the pavilions behind the Civic Center in Clayton.

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Grant allows for development of more affordable housing in Rabun

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Rabun County was recently selected as one of five counties in Georgia to receive a 2022 community housing development grant. The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH) program is administered through the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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Tallulah Falls candidates share views ahead of election

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the last installment of candidate responses to questions posed by The Clayton Tribune. This week’s installment focuses on candidates in the cities of Mountain City and Tallulah Falls.] Early voting for the Nov. 2 election starts Oct.

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Mountain City candidates share views ahead of election

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the last installment of candidate responses to questions posed by The Clayton Tribune. This week’s installment focuses on candidates in the cities of Mountain City and Tallulah Falls.]  Early voting for the Nov. 2 election starts Oct.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of Stekoa Creek from Stekoa Creek Park in Clayton. The park is located behind the Georgia Mountain Market and was built by the Chattooga Conservancy.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of Stekoa Creek from Stekoa Creek Park in Clayton. The park is located behind the Georgia Mountain Market and was built by the Chattooga Conservancy.

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Stekoa Creek pollution a problem for decades

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the second in a series of articles on the history of pollution in Stekoa Creek] Stekoa Creek’s pollution problem dates back to at least the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to correspondence between the United States Forest Service, interest groups and the Georgia Environmental...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Lakemont man was transported by Airlife Sept. 23 from a crash and exposure to cool temperatures following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road the prior evening. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and struck a tree before coming to an uncontrolled rest.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Lakemont man was transported by Airlife Sept. 23 from a crash and exposure to cool temperatures following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road the prior evening. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and struck a tree before coming to an uncontrolled rest.

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Lakemont man airlifted after accident

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
TIGER-- A Lakemont man was airlifted Sept. 23 following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road in Tiger.  “Crash time is unknown as the crash happened sometime on the evening of Sept. 22,” according to Georgia State Patrol (GSP).

Lake Living magazine seeks traditional recipes

News Staff
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Does your family have traditional holiday recipes passed down from generation to generation? Did your grandmother have a fabulous fudge or divinity recipe? Does someone in your family make homemade fruitcake every year, or does someone make traditional appetizers for holiday gatherings?