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Downtown Lavonia Sets Fall Festival for Sept. 26The town's biggest autumn event returns a week from Saturday, and vendor applications are already closed. The Lavonia Downtown Development Authority lists the Lavonia Fall Festival for Saturday, Sept. 26, in downtown Lavonia. The authority describes it as a celebration of autumn with hundreds of vendors, handmade goods, food, live entertainment and family activities through the downtown blocks. The festival page does not list a start or end time and does not mention street closures. The authority says it is not accepting new vendor applications for this year and is collecting names through an online form for future events. It is the largest dated item on the downtown calendar between now and the end of October. The next downtown event listed after it is Trick-or-Treat at the Gazebo on Oct. 31.
Lions host Crescent at home7:30 p.m. · Franklin County High School
Franklin County, listed at 3-0, hosts Crescent of Iva, South Carolina. It is the Lions' next game on the posted schedule. Emmanuel volleyball travels to Francis Marion7 p.m. · Florence, South Carolina
The Lions play a Conference Carolinas match at Francis Marion. Lavonia-Carnegie Library open until 4 p.m.10 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Lavonia
Friday is the library's short day, and it is closed Saturday and Sunday. The branch page did not display its event list this morning.
Bowersville Fall Festival9 a.m. to 3 p.m. · Bowersville
An all-day fall festival in Bowersville. The listing does not name a specific street or venue. City of Canon car show4 to 7 p.m. · Canon
Canon's second annual car show. The listing does not give a specific address. Free food distribution at Bethany Baptist9 to 10 a.m. · 2085 Bethany Bowersville Road, Canon
Bethany Baptist Church is listed as holding a free food distribution. Depot farmers market, if the posted season still holds7 to 11 a.m. · Lavonia Gazebo and the Depot
The downtown authority's market page lists Wednesdays and Saturdays, April through October, with live music from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Parts of that page still describe a prior season, so check before driving in. Confirm Nearby in Hart CountyVarious times · Hartwell
Three Hartwell listings: the Sacred Heart annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 1009 Benson St., the Nancy Hart Masonic Lodge car show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 78 Ridge Road, and a cruise-in and car show at Sardis Baptist Church from 4 to 7 p.m. on Anderson Highway.
Blessing Our Educators Day in CarnesvilleSunday, 10 a.m. · Liberty Baptist Church, 6077 Georgia Highway 145
A service recognizing local educators. The listing gives a start time but no end time. Emmanuel soccer doubleheader at BartonSunday is open; both matches are Saturday in Wilson, North Carolina
Women's soccer plays at noon Saturday and men's soccer at 3 p.m. Saturday, both at Barton College in Conference Carolinas play.
Washington · Sept. 17
Order directs wider hunting access on federal landAn executive order titled Reinvigorating America's Hunting Heritage directs the Interior secretary within 90 days to allow hunting of non-protected species at Castle Mountains and Craters of the Moon national monuments, and within 180 days directs agencies to propose changes expanding hunting, fishing and recreation access on federal land, including the use of traditional lead ammunition. It gives Agriculture 60 days to rework Forest Service river access lotteries, gives Interior a year to encourage states to expand Sunday hunting, and directs support for state venison donation programs. Washington · Sept. 17
Order rewrites how federal fisheries count recreational anglersAn executive order titled Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation gives the Commerce secretary 180 days to review National Standards Guidelines under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and to consider substituting state recreational catch data where it is more accurate than NOAA's own program. It directs NOAA to field mobile apps for electronic catch reporting, sets a one year deadline for a single joint permit portal, tells agencies to weigh multi-year permits of at least three years, and gives Interior 60 days to start a program converting decommissioned offshore structures into artificial reefs. Washington · Sept. 16
Order revokes 2009 Chesapeake Bay directiveAn executive order on water quality revokes Executive Order 13508, issued in 2009, and directs the EPA and five departments to redirect support toward on-the-ground projects measured by sediment, phosphorus and nitrogen reductions. It tells the EPA to work with Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to evaluate stormwater fees charged to residents and to encourage their repeal. The order sets no implementation deadline.
Lavonia Fall FestivalSaturday, Sept. 26 · downtown Lavonia
The downtown authority's marquee fall event. Times and street closures are not posted. County commissioners hold a work sessionTuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. · Carnesville
The county calendar lists a Board of Commissioners work session. The board's last regular meeting was Sept. 14 and its agenda and minutes are posted in the agenda center. School board work session and regular meetingOct. 1 and Oct. 13 · Carnesville
The board posts a work session Oct. 1 and a regular meeting Oct. 13. Meetings start at 6 p.m. unless the board notes otherwise. The Sept. 8 regular meeting was cancelled. Fall break and a student holidayOct. 5 through Oct. 9, and Oct. 12 · Franklin County Schools
Schools are out for fall break the week of Oct. 5, and Oct. 12 is a professional learning day with no students. Voter registration deadlineMonday, Oct. 5 · statewide
Georgia's registration deadline for the upcoming election is Oct. 5. Trick-or-Treat at the GazeboSaturday, Oct. 31 · downtown Lavonia
The downtown events page lists the gazebo trick-or-treat for Halloween. No time is given.
Still posted on the county side: the Franklin County Courthouse reopened Sept. 8 after roof repairs, with clerk questions routed to 706-384-2514, and the county has notices up on a convenience center price change, AED reporting under the Mason Sells Act, and applications for the Board of Equalization (county news flash). The Sheriff's Office continues to advertise job openings and CodeRed emergency alert signups, with records open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (sheriff's page). On the city side, the Gumlog area boil water advisory was lifted Aug. 26 and the splash pad reopened Aug. 12 (city live feed). And the governor's office announced on Aug. 27 that Walmart plans a fulfillment center in Carnesville bringing 1,000 jobs (governor's press releases).
Where we could not look this morning. The Hartwell Lake level restrictions page returned a 403 error on both tries, so no current lake level or restriction status is reported. The Savannah District news release page had nothing newer than February 2026. The Franklin County Chamber calendar showed no dated events for September or October. The City of Lavonia home page and live feed carried no September posts, and no 2026 city agenda page was found. The Lavonia-Carnegie Library page did not display its event list. The Emmanuel athletics archive page returned no headlines. The county's own calendar showed only one dated event, so meeting dates were cross-checked against the agenda center. Georgia's schedule page did not list a television network for Saturday.
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