HARTWELL LAKE
Ten Hartwell Lake areas open to hunters beginning SaturdayThree Georgia tracts and seven South Carolina tracts open as early as Sept. 12, with archery only at the Hartwell Dam Quarry Area The Army Corps of Engineers says its Hartwell Lake Project Office will open three larger recreation areas in Georgia and seven areas inside the Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area in South Carolina to hunters for the 2026-2027 season, beginning as early as Sept. 12. On the Georgia side, the Hartwell Dam Quarry Area in Hart County, 410 acres, is archery only, firearms are prohibited, and a free permit is required from the Visitors Center at 5625 Anderson Highway. New Prospect Park in Hart County, 34 acres, and Jenkins Ferry Park in Stephens County, 31 acres, open to small game only after deer and turkey seasons end. The release says small game hunting in the Georgia areas is shotgun only with number 4 shot or smaller. Access to the gated Georgia areas is walk-in or boat-in, with no motorized vehicles. Portable stands and blinds must be removed by the end of the season, state hunting regulations apply, and the Corps encourages archery on islands for safety. The release lists Jason Corder, natural resource specialist, at 706-856-0332 for questions.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
County commissioners cancel Monday public hearing, regular meeting still onThe county calendar says two items were tabled and one was withdrawn, leaving nothing to hear at 5:30 p.m. The Franklin County Board of Commissioners public hearing listed for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in Carnesville is canceled. The county calendar entry gives the reason as no items, with two items tabled and one withdrawn. The board's regular meeting is still scheduled for 6 p.m. the same evening in Carnesville. The Planning Commission meets Thursday, Sept. 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Justice Center, 7085 Highway 145, and the commissioners hold a work session Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. Source: Franklin County calendar
Library open until 4 p.m.Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Lavonia-Carnegie Library
The branch lists Friday hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and open until 8 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday. No dated programs were posted for this month on the branch page.
Farmers market at the GazeboSaturday, 7 to 11 a.m. · Lavonia Gazebo
The downtown market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 to 11 a.m., April through October, with live music on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. The page describes the Gazebo and the area in front of the Depot as the 2025 season locations and does not separately confirm the 2026 arrangement. Confirm Hunting areas open at Hartwell LakeSaturday · Hart and Stephens counties
Ten Corps areas around Hartwell Lake open to hunters as early as Sept. 12. Details are in the lead item above.
Atlanta · Sept. 10
EPA awards Georgia $499.4 million for water infrastructureThe governor's office says the Environmental Protection Agency awarded Georgia $499,385,000 under the 2025 American Relief Act to strengthen drinking water and wastewater systems in communities hit by Hurricane Helene and to respond to water emergencies. The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority will administer the money across five categories: $359.5 million for drinking water resilience, $124.9 million for wastewater resilience, $8.96 million for septic systems, $3.3 million for emergency wastewater and $2.75 million for emergency drinking water. The release names no individual counties or cities. It says a list of submitted and fundable projects is posted on the finance authority's website and that individual project awards go to the authority's board at its November meeting.
Student holiday and school board meetingOct. 12 and Oct. 13 · Franklin County Schools
The district lists Oct. 12 as a professional learning day and student holiday. The Board of Education holds its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 13. Thanksgiving holidays run Nov. 23 to 27. Water project awards go to state board in NovemberNovember · Atlanta
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority board is scheduled to consider individual project awards from the $499.4 million federal water infrastructure package at its November meeting. No Franklin County projects are named in the announcement. Trick-or-treat at the gazeboOct. 31 · Downtown Lavonia
The downtown events page lists Trick-or-Treat at the Gazebo for Oct. 31. No time is posted.
Hartwell Lake stays under a year-round level restriction with a target of 656 feet and a ceiling of 662 feet, down from the former summer level of 660 feet, while the Corps studies seepage at the Clemson Lower Diversion Dam Saddle Dike. The basin is in Level 2 drought and the lake is running about eight feet below its normal guide curve, so swim beaches below 657 feet are dry or closed and boaters are told to watch for exposed trees, sandbars and rocks (Corps, release). The Franklin County courthouse reopened Sept. 8 after a roof repair closure that began Aug. 31 (county). The city lifted the Gumlog area boil water advisory effective Aug. 25 (Lavonia). The governor's office announced Aug. 27 that Walmart plans a next generation fulfillment center in Carnesville with 1,000 jobs (release). Today is the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, marked by a Patriot Day proclamation dated Sept. 9 (White House).
Where we could not look this morning. The Franklin County Chamber calendar showed only a January 2026 view, so no chamber events could be listed. The City of Lavonia site had no September 2026 posts and no 2026 agenda page, so city council dates are not in today's calendar. The Lavonia-Carnegie Library page listed no dated programs. The Emmanuel University story archive page returned no readable headlines. The Music on Main page listed no dates after Aug. 21. The county agenda center showed nothing posted past early September. The Emmanuel volleyball schedule page showed no match after Sept. 9 and no result for that date. No page fetched this morning contained an attempt to give instructions to this system.
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