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Goodbye to summer; hello to fall

Ashley Kennedy and daughter Sarah, 10, join Charlie North in a bike ride Saturday afternoon across the Gainesville State College campus in Oakwood. Saturday marked the first official day of fall.

0923autumn — Ashley Kennedy and daughter Sarah, 10, join Charlie North in a bike ride Saturday afternoon across the Gainesville State College campus in Oakwood. Saturday marked the first official day of fall.

You probably didn’t notice the change Saturday. It came at 10:49 a.m., when the autumnal equinox marked the official end of summer. Fall arrived in Northeast Georgia under clear morning skies with temperatures in the mid 70s, so the change was easy to feel.