Lake Sinclair

2018 aerial view of two ponds on the Plant Branch site north of Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair is in the foreground. MARK ENGEL/File photo

2018 aerial view of two ponds on the Plant Branch site north of Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair is in the foreground. MARK ENGEL/File photo

Coal ash processing facility coming to Plant Branch

Mark Engel
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Georgia Power Company says it will be a decade or more before work is completed on the transfer of toxic coal ash from four ponds to a new 115-acre landfill on the old Plant Branch site.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

PCSO investigating rash of stolen utility vehicles

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies are investigating a rash of stolen utility task vehicles (UTVs), lifted golf carts, and zero-turn lawnmowers on trailers from residences around Lakes Sinclair and Oconee.
Putnam County’s new fire rescue boat, “Sinclair 1,” is the same color and has the same graphics as the department’s new fire trucks. CONTRIBUTED

Putnam County’s new fire rescue boat, “Sinclair 1,” is the same color and has the same graphics as the department’s new fire trucks. CONTRIBUTED

Fire Department has new rescue boats for each lake

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Fire rescue boats designed specifically for Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee have arrived for the Putnam County sides of the lakes to assist in any type of public safety agency’s rescue efforts.
The new Lifejacket Loaner Station at the Sinclair Dam Boat Ramp. COURTESY OF ADAM HEAGY/Oconee Outfitters

The new Lifejacket Loaner Station at the Sinclair Dam Boat Ramp. COURTESY OF ADAM HEAGY/Oconee Outfitters

Georgia Power and DNR install Lifejacket Loaner Station

Bailey McCully
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Georgia Power installed a Lifejacket Loaner Station at the Sinclair Dam Boat Ramp, known as the ‘Tail Race,’ on July 14 as part of Georgia Department of National Resources (DNR)’s SPLASH program.
Beau and Henry Cowen with a 12-pound striper that hit topwater this past Monday morning on Lake Lanier. CONTRIBUTED

Beau and Henry Cowen with a 12-pound striper that hit topwater this past Monday morning on Lake Lanier. CONTRIBUTED

Outdoors: Fishing for the silver kings

James K. Pressley
Thursday, July 6, 2023
We’ve talked a lot the last couple of months about fishing in Lake Country: stripers, hybrids, bass, and even spotted bass up at Lanier. We really do live in a great spot if you love to fish. Think about it.
L is for Lake

L is for Lake

PUTNAM A to Z: L is for Lake

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting.
Purpose-built wakeboard boats are capable of creating sizable wakes that now must originate at least 200 feet from shore or structures, according to new Georgia law. Courtesy Benjamin Klaver/Unsplash.com

Purpose-built wakeboard boats are capable of creating sizable wakes that now must originate at least 200 feet from shore or structures, according to new Georgia law. Courtesy Benjamin Klaver/Unsplash.com

New no-wake zone for wakeboard boaters

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Early last month, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 121, which imposes new restrictions on boaters engaged in towing wake boarders or providing a boat-generated wake for wake surfers.
James K. Pressley/File Photo

James K. Pressley/File Photo

Pressley: Dockside at the lake

James K. Pressley
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
An entertaining thing to do is just sit by the dock on a Friday afternoon. Last Friday, I was out at the Boat House on Lake Oconee. You know the place. In the old days, it was a catfish joint and now it’s got storage and gas, right off the backside of Harbor Club.
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