Anthony “Bubba” Thornton dropped out of school six months before graduation. It wasn’t because he was failing. “I kept up with my grades. I was just young and dumb,” he said. Now that he is older and wiser, Thornton is … Continue reading
Look closely. Veeery closely. Because $10 worth of delicious Smokin’ Gold BBQ is on the line if you can identify this mysterious Dahlonega site. Check out this week’s edition of The Dahlonega Nugget for the bigger picture, turn in the … Continue reading
They came, they saw, they ate a lot of melon. We mean a lot of melon. Get an up-close-and-personal look at the food eating champs who competed in The Nugget’s annual Watermelon Eating contest right here. And for a look … Continue reading
Dahlonega resident and marathon runner Chris Lancaster knows a thing or two about how to stay healthy. The visually impaired runner is taking that knowledge and sharing it with the world with the start of his own health blog at … Continue reading
Most of Georganna Seamon’s customers don’t arrive by car. Hiking boot is the preferred method of travel as they follow a trail of white blazes that leads directly through Mountain Crossings at Walasi-yi. “We’re the only building that the Appalachian … Continue reading
Hats off to the Class of 2014! The tassels were turned and the caps were tossed into the air last Friday night as a total of 222 happy grads officially finished their Lumpkin County High School careers and set off into … Continue reading
The picture’s kind of fuzzy, but then so is the subject. On Tuesday morning, Brittni Ragland was walking past Dahlonega’s downtown Suntrust Bank when she spotted something strange in the bushes. “It never moved and almost looked stuffed,” she said … Continue reading
The polls are closed. The votes are tallied. The pant legs have been…tailored. And primary night 2014 is now just a memory. But The Nugget was on the scene for all precinct-by-precinct returns and pants-cutting action. Check out our behind the … Continue reading
All it took to get Alyssa Perez to open up was a little Shakira. “I was shy,” said the smiling middle-schooler. “I never talked. I used to be afraid to do stuff.” All that changed after she joined the Lumpkin … Continue reading
Dahlonega’s First Friday Concert Series kicked off in swinging style with the musical sounds of Rick Harris & Friends. Check out all the big band fun (brought to you by the nice folks at the Downtown Development Authority) below. Next month Dahlonega’s … Continue reading
Hey, you can see your house from here! No really. If you live near Camp Wahsega Road you might actually be about to catch a glimpse of your rooftop from the tail-mounted camera of Alexander Wolf’s Cirrus. The New York-based … Continue reading
When most people get bored at night, they go to bed. Or maybe they watch several hours of Big Bang Theory reruns. But when Jacob Elliott ran out of things to do Tuesday evening he decided to start a four … Continue reading
Jack Anthony has captured all kinds of Dahlonega scenery in all kinds of light. Including the invisible kind. “When I bought a new camera I had the old one modified by a company that specializes in converting cameras for infrared … Continue reading
Some stories don’t need words. Only pictures. Which is why Brandon Zauche’s story of Dahlonega contains about 5,000 of them. Over the course of a couple months, the University of North Georgia Art Marketing major has created a five-minute chill-bump-inducing … Continue reading
Sure, there aren’t many words that rhyme with Dahlonega, but singer-songwriter Kurt Thomas says he’s found one. Sort of. All this and much more is revealed in the always popular local musicman’s exclusive DigDahlonega interview right here! Read on reader! … Continue reading
It emerges from the Etowah River like a watery black hole. The craggy yawn in the rocks sits nearly four miles downstream of Dahlonega’s Castleberry Bridge where it often tempts brave paddlers into pressing their luck with a quarter-mile underground … Continue reading
