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Plenty of Reasons to Enjoy Autumn at Callaway Gardens®
Finally, the milder Fall season has arrived. Get outside and enjoy cooler temperatures, cool breezes and the autumnal color of the leaves. Situated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Callaway Gardens’ 13,000 acres of pristine natural surroundings offer many breathtaking views of this scenic beauty...
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Tennessee Aquarium Herpetologists Caring for Rare Turtle Hatchlings
Tennessee Aquarium turtle keepers are in the middle of a baby boom right now. In the past week, four yellow-blotched map turtles, four red-headed Amazon River turtles and two spotted turtles have hatched. They are among this year’s bumper crop of shelled creatures that are listed as vulnerable, threatened or endangered...
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Waves of Fun Throughout June at the Tennessee Aquarium
The pulsing color is usually the first thing Tennessee Aquarium guests notice about the cuttlefish in the Ocean Journey building. These alien-looking creatures stare back at visitors through W-shaped pupils as they swim effortlessly around their exhibit. Equally fun and amazing are the giant spider crabs around the corner from the cuttlefish. They appear to stilt-walk their way around the visitors who climb inside the pop-up tank amidst these deep sea creatures...
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Romance Returns A Bit Early For the Penguins at the Tennessee Aquarium
The fun for Aquarium visitors begins when keepers bring the "magic" rocks into the exhibit on March 21st at 1:30 pm. That's when they'll see macaronis and gentoos hopping around with rocks in their beaks, choosing just the right construction site and building nests...
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Forsyth County Employees and Volunteers Help Make Elections Successful
More than 50,000 Forsyth County voters to cast their ballots during the November 2 General Election...
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Georgia Aquarium Opens Cold Water Quest Expansion
Georgia Aquarium unveiled the newly-renovated Georgia-Pacific Cold Water Quest Gallery this weekend. In celebration of Memorial Day and the Aquarium’s continuing dedication to enhance guest experience, visitors are invited to enjoy the expansion, now open...
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Go West Young Man
A quick trip west to Canton and the Booth Western Art Museum will land visitors in the middle of the stories and art of the wild west...
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TELLUS Northwest Georgia Museum Brings Smithsonian Flavor to Visitors
A Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of more than 40 pre-historic animals in The Fossil Gallery within this Smithsonian affiliate, and the 'touch us' policy makes the Georgia museum hands-on fun for the entire family...
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Trail of Terror Opens on October 15
Randy Phillips of Shadow Realm Productions is the master mind behind the Trail of Terror, and was with the well-known Netherworld haunted house for many years.  So he is sure to have some tricks up his sleeves.  He warns visitors, "Don't be afraid of the woods...be afraid of what's in them!"...
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Wallet-Friendly End-of-Summer Getaway Deals
Georgia’s State Parks & Historic Sites Offer Wallet-Friendly End-of-Summer Salutes this Labor Day...
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Companies Take Meetings into the Great Outdoors at Unicoi State Park & Lodge
Business groups can trade in the office air freshener for the fresh air of the great outdoors at Unicoi State Park & Lodge. One of Georgia’s most popular and picturesque state parks invites companies to pack up the laptops, gather the staff, and take an affordable office retreat, training or meeting in the great outdoors of Georgia’s mountains...
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Days of Summer Festival
Looking for some summer fun before school starts back?  If so, be sure to visit the Days of Summer Festival in Johns Creek, a 10-day event featuring carnival rides, games, clowns, train rides, magicians and live musical entertainment every evening.  All proceeds benefit CASA and Serenity Arts Center, both in Forsyth County...
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State Encourages Citizens to Get Outdoors this Summer to Go Stay Georgia
The state’s “Get Outdoors Georgia” initiative encourages citizens to lead healthy, active lifestyles in the great outdoors.  Coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources, the program includes hiking, biking and paddling clubs, as well as outdoor events.  Now, a new series from DNR Commissioner Chris Clark highlights affordable getaways and outdoor activities close to home...
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Hospitality Highway Boasts 14 Fall & Winter Events
The Hospitality Highway encompasses the full length of scenic Georgia 400, linking together the communities of Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Cumming/Forsyth, Dawsonville and Dahlonega, from North Fulton County in metro Atlanta to Lumpkin County in the North Georgia Mountains...
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Come Fly With Us
See the sites of Atlanta as never before and charter a helicopter ride with North Atlanta Executive Air Services, now flying from the newly opened helipad atop the Hilton Garden Inn in Atlanta...
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"Can You Hear The Pipers Playing?"...
It's Coming…Dahlonega's 2nd Annual Celtic Music Festival! -Mark your calendar for March 27, 28 and 29, 2009!...
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Downtown Dahlonega Hosts Appalachian Jam Every Saturday - April 18 Through November 7
North Georgia’s mountain music pickers and singers flock to the Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site every Saturday, April 18 through November 7. Listeners and musicians alike enjoy the acoustic bluegrass and old time string music on the Public Square....
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Kangaroo Conservation Center Launches All New "Aussie Outing" for 2009
The Kangaroo Conservation Center in Dawsonville begins its 10th year of operation in March, with a brand-new offering for 2009 — the "Aussie Outing." Offering more flexible scheduling, a variety of animal shows and the fully narrated "KangaRanger" rides through the "Georgia Outback" at regular intervals throughout the day...
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Georgia Aquarium Adds Great Hammerhead Sharks
The Georgia Aquarium released two new great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) into the Ocean Voyager gallery, built by The Home Depot. The Aquarium now houses three great hammerhead sharks, giving it the largest collection of the species on display in North America and one of only two aquariums in the country to feature it.
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Cobb County BMX has some very big plans for 2009
BMX was one of the most anticipated sporting events of the 2008 summer Olympics and will make an even bigger splash in London for the 2012 summer games....
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Alex Beaton America’s Foremost Scottish Vocalist Headlines Dahlonega’s Celtic Festival
Dahlonega’s annual Celtic Music Festival is the exciting kick off to the city’s 2009 festival season, taking place March 27, 28 and 29th! This years 2nd annual Celtic Music Festival features concert highlights by Alex Beaton, Highland Way,  and Emerald Rose, to name a few....
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Liberty Belle -- WWII B-17 Bomber Takes Flight over Atlanta to Help Angel Flight's Mission
Liberty Belle, a newly restored World War II B-17 Bomber, will take to the skies over Atlanta on Monday, February 9th for Media flights. Public flights available February 14-15 & February 21-22 and flight hours are 10am to 5pm each day at the Dekalb Peachtree airport....
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Events & Entertainment from Dahlonega, Georgia
Come visit Dahlonega in the North Georgia Mountains for some great entertainment and special events!...
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Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor Center Opens in Forsyth County
The history and nature of Sawnee Mountain come to life in the new Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor Center which opened in March. The 5,600-square foot facility includes an exhibit hall highlighting the natural and cultural histories of the mountain, a laboratory and classroom, a resource library and a native plant garden with a waterfall feature...
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