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Crush Fest ends summer with a stomp, record crowds at winery
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Guests of Yonah Mountain Vineyards in Cleveland visit vendor booths, stomp grapes and taste wine during Crush Fest Saturday. An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 people were expected to show up to the event on Saturday. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Thousands chose to spend their Saturday before Labor Day bypassing football to do their own brand of stomping. As a result, Yonah Mountain Vineyards’ annual Crush Fest wine festival is getting bigger every year. “This is our biggest so far,” said Jon Boisjolie, marketing and guest development director for the vineyards.
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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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