This Weekend
Lavonia Fall Festival returns downtown SaturdayThe Sweet Tea and Falling Leaves Festival brings vendors, food and live entertainment to downtown Lavonia on Sept. 26. The Lavonia Downtown Development Authority lists the Lavonia Fall Festival for Saturday, Sept. 26 in downtown Lavonia. The authority calls it the Sweet Tea and Falling Leaves Festival and describes vendors with handmade goods, food, local shopping, live entertainment and festive activities. The festival page does not list a start or end time, and it does not name the streets involved. Vendor applications are closed for this year, with a waiting list open for future events. The festival is the last dated downtown event on the authority calendar until Trick or Treat at the Gazebo on Oct. 31.
Farmers market on the square7 to 11 a.m. · Lavonia Gazebo
The downtown authority lists the Lavonia Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, April through October, from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Lavonia Gazebo. The page describes the 2025 season and does not confirm 2026 dates, so check before going. The authority also says plans are in motion for a permanent market space at the Lavonia Depot, 1269 East Main Street. Confirm Library open late10 a.m. to 8 p.m. · Lavonia Carnegie Library
The branch lists Wednesday hours of 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., its longest day of the week along with Monday. Program listings were not visible on the branch page. The library directs people to its online calendar or to 706-356-4307 for current programs.
Library closed ThursdayAll day · Lavonia Carnegie Library
The Lavonia Carnegie Library lists Thursday as a closed day. It reopens Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is also closed Saturday and Sunday.
Lions host Stephens County in region gameFriday, 7:30 p.m. · Franklin County High School
Franklin County hosts Stephens County on Friday night in a region game. The Lions are 3-1 and coming off a home loss to Crescent on Sept. 18. Lavonia Fall FestivalSaturday · Downtown Lavonia
The Sweet Tea and Falling Leaves Festival runs Saturday in downtown Lavonia with vendors, food, shopping and live entertainment. No start time is posted. Saturday farmers marketSaturday, 7 to 11 a.m. · Lavonia Gazebo
The market also runs Saturday mornings through October. The downtown authority says that on festival days vendors set up in front of the Depot. The posted schedule describes the 2025 season, so confirm before going. Confirm
Washington · Sept. 22
United States, Denmark and Greenland sign Arctic defense agreementThe White House posted the text of an agreement signed Sept. 22 by the United States, the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland. The document allows the United States to modernize Pituffik Space Base, to establish defense areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, and to place unmanned installations outside those areas under faster approval procedures. It grants United States forces free access and movement between the defense areas and overflight and landing rights across Greenland, and it bars states outside NATO from establishing military installations or keeping persistent forces there. It also requires agreement among the parties before states outside NATO and the European Union can control what the document calls particularly sensitive sectors, including critical infrastructure and resource extraction. The agreement has no expiration date and takes effect once Denmark and Greenland complete their parliamentary procedures.
County commissioners work sessionTuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. · Carnesville
The Franklin County calendar lists a Board of Commissioners work session. It is the only county meeting posted on the public calendar for the rest of September and October. School board work sessionThursday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.
The Franklin County Board of Education lists an October work session. Meetings are at 6 p.m. unless the board notes otherwise. The board's Sept. 8 regular meeting was cancelled. Fall break for Franklin County SchoolsMonday, Oct. 5 through Friday, Oct. 9
Schools are closed for fall break. A professional learning day and student holiday follows on Monday, Oct. 12. School board regular meetingTuesday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m.
The Board of Education lists its October regular meeting. Agendas and minutes are posted through the district's meeting portal. Trick or Treat at the GazeboSaturday, Oct. 31 · Downtown Lavonia
The downtown authority lists trick or treating at the gazebo on Halloween. No time is posted.
Franklin County's news flash still carries several standing items: applications are open for seats on the Board of Equalization, a convenience center fee schedule change was posted Aug. 10, and the county is collecting automated external defibrillator locations under the Mason Sells Act. The courthouse roof repair closure ran Aug. 31 through Sept. 8 and normal operations have resumed; clerk services are at 706-384-2514. The City of Lavonia's live feed has posted nothing since the Gumlog boil water advisory was lifted Aug. 26. County agendas and minutes are posted for the Sept. 14 commissioners meeting and the Sept. 17 planning and zoning meeting.
Where we could not look this morning. The Hartwell Lake level restrictions page returned an error on both attempts, so lake levels and ramp restrictions are not in this edition, and the Savannah District news release page showed nothing newer than February. The Franklin County Chamber calendar displayed no dated events. The Lavonia Carnegie Library page did not show program listings. The City of Lavonia site showed no 2026 agenda page. The National Weather Service JSON feed for Lavonia returned a stale reading from Sept. 11, so the forecast here comes from the point forecast text page updated at 5:44 a.m. and no current temperature reading is included. Emmanuel University's news archive was not read this morning to stay within the site's fetch limit.
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