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🌱 Will the Lake Blue Ridge Marina expansion get your support in time?

Blue Ridge, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Blue Ridge! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will the Lake Blue Ridge Marina expansion get your support in time?
  • How one Blue Ridge family turned Sugar Creek Raceway into their backyard
  • Why Blue Ridge just made a national list of best fall towns

Also on today's calendar: Feels Like The First Time: The Foreigner Musical.

Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 69.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Comment period ending on Lake Blue Ridge Marina expansion (thenewsobserver.com) — Residents still have a brief window to weigh in on a proposed expansion of Lake Blue Ridge Marina’s harbor limits and new slips and services for floating cabins. TVA is accepting public comments about environmental and historic impacts of the Lake Blue Ridge project through August 14, 2026, before deciding on the Section 26a permit.
   

• Blue Ridge family races to build memories and win too (thenewsobserver.com) — A Blue Ridge racing family is turning weekends at Sugar Creek Raceway into a multigenerational tradition, with dad Michael and sons Dakota and Conner all competing in different divisions. They share wins, scary crashes, and long nights in the shop, but say the real payoff is time together at the hometown track and the memories they are building in Blue Ridge.
   

• 16 of the Best Fall Towns in America to Visit This Autumn (cheapism.com) — Blue Ridge earns a spot on a national list of top fall towns, highlighted for its downtown restaurants and shops and the surrounding North Georgia mountain color. The article points visitors to the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway’s 2026 foliage trips, running September 19 through November 3, plus nearby orchards and cider stops that showcase the season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Blue Ridge

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★ Featured events ★

    Thursday August 27
  • The Foreigner →
    Blue Ridge Community Theater, 2591 E 1st St, Blue Ridge
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The way nextdoor is set up, it won't let me comment on this post.
    I just want to say that, this is not me. I've never been prepaid for a job and not done it. I dont take payment for jobs until the work is done. We… (Nextdoor Aska / Blue Ridge Lake)
  • Checkers & Rally's - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Blue Ridge. Apply here.
  • Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Quality Assurance Associate in Blue Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blue Ridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ellijay

  • I-26, I-40 & US 74 4K Drive 06 25 2026 DTS Driving The South Jennifer Aniston [tNV1Yd6k9sK] (wrmj.com)
  • Native plant life focus of 'walk' (daily-tribune.com)
  • Obituaries for August 13, 2026: David Benefield, Selma Dobson, Denisha Dotson, Jacob McClure, Betty Sue Reece (pickensprogress.com)

Blairsville

  • Top 25: Rice rockets up with Pierce at No. 1 (dirtondirt.com)
  • United Community Banks, Inc. (NYSE:UCB) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts (marketbeat.com)

Chatsworth

Ok Blue Ridge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In the ICU (Thank you Donna M. for sending it in!)
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