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Bear on the Square goes on rain-and-shine
Dahlonega festival wraps up amid heavy rain Sunday
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Visitors to Bear on the Square in Dahlonega get wet as rain showers kept the festival wet all day Sunday.
For the past 10 years Jeff McWaters has attended the annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, which was held on the historic Dahlonega square over the weekend. The two-day festival was rain-or-shine, and this year vendors and visitors had the chance to experience both. The festival is a collection of the Southern Appalachian culture featuring bluegrass music, eclectic arts, craft vendors and unique tastes of local merchants that only Dahlonega can offer.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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