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Hey Boston beer, take a hike: Gainesville store pulls Sam Adams from shelves until after Super Bowl
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A sign is posted on coolers Friday indicating no Sam Adams beer will be sold until after the Super Bowl at the Exxon gas station at 5201 Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Nick Watson
Updated: Jan 27, 2017, 10:04 PM
Published: Jan 27, 2017, 10:17 PM
There’s a hole in Viral Chhadua’s beer display in the back coolers of the Gainesville Exxon on Browns Bridge Road. Not one Boston-brewed Sam Adams will occupy that spot until the end of the Super Bowl, when the Atlanta Falcons face the New England Patriots. Chhadua, the store’s manager, put up a sign saying the store would not sell any Sam Adams beer until after the Super Bowl Feb. 5 in Houston.
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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
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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