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Hawk caused South Hall power outage
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From staff reports
Updated: Aug 2, 2011, 3:52 PM
Published: Aug 2, 2011, 2:25 PM

A hawk put 9,000 people in South Hall out of power this morning after it landed on equipment inside a substation and caused a short, Jackson EMC spokeswoman Bonnie Jones said.

The electricity provider’s Spout Springs Road substation was back online by about 10:45 a.m. after a 40 minute outage for about 4,000 customers and a shorter outage for others.
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
Jeff Gill
The Times
Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 6:39 PM
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 6:40 PM
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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