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Hundreds of Boy Scouts gather at Scoutland for Winter Camporee event

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Phil Olin, 62, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 221, poses Saturday in front of a camping area. Olin was in charge of organizing this year’s Boy Scouts’ Winter Camporee at Scoutland. He sees scouting as a good way for the boys and their parents to learn life lessons, even through failures. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0118SCOUT 0004 — Phil Olin, 62, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 221, poses Saturday in front of a camping area. Olin was in charge of organizing this year’s Boy Scouts’ Winter Camporee at Scoutland. He sees scouting as a good way for the boys and their parents to learn life lessons, even through failures. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Elise Perkins

Updated: Jan 18, 2015, 5:30 AM

Published: Jan 18, 2015, 3:32 AM

This weekend, Boy Scout Troops from Hall, Jackson and Barrow have come together at Scoutland campgrounds north of Gainesville for the 2015 Chattahoochee District Winter Camporee. “This morning they were in different training sessions working on some of their different requirements, learning about the safety behind it,” said Phil Nichols, district executive for the Chattahoochee District of Boy Scouts of America. He grew up as a Scout and has been a professional scout since 2012.

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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier

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

04032025 FALCON 2.jpg — 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

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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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