
MarineMax Boat Show a hit
MarineMax hosted its first on-the-water boat show for 2021 in mid-January and organizers reported that it was a success. Held at the dealer’s store and docks at Bald Ridge Marina, the show drew a good crowd during the sunny weather of the four-day weekend. More than...

Winter hikes rewarding, use extra caution
Evergreen needles glisten with hoarfrost or droop under powdered flakes. Tree trunks rise stark, dormant and naked without their foliage. Snatches of color in the neutral backdrop of gray and brown emerge with vibrancy. Beds of velvety green moss soak up sun....

Phil Niekro leaves legacy
Although the world knew him as Knucksie, the baseball legend that spent 21 years as an MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, to people in Gainesville, Hall County and Lake Lanier he was Phil. After he retired from the Braves with a franchise record of...

Friends, colleagues remember Phillip Sartain
Sometimes his dry sense of humor would catch people off guard. If you didn’t know Phillip Sartain well, you might think he was being flippant. “That’s just the way he was, always cracking jokes and keeping people on their toes,” said Joyce Wilson, chief development...

America’s Boating Club Atlanta visits central Florida’s manatees
Each year America’s Boating Club Atlanta plans a boating trip for …

Researchers seek volunteers for monarch conservation efforts
Each fall, thousands of monarch butterflies stream across the southern U.S. on their journey to …

Fishing/hunting licenses offered by state
Although the holiday season has come and gone, there is a perfect gift for the outdoors enthusiast that …

Boat parade still accepting donations
The 2020 Lake Lanier Holiday Boat Parade drew many by water and land on …

Public art graces Highlands to Islands Trail
Eventually comprising more than three dozen miles of multi-use trails that will connect …

Older is better when it comes to boats for Katie and Taylor Grimsley
For Katie and Taylor Grimsley, when it comes to boats, older is simply …