A new court ruling has been proposed that would affect boaters at Smith Mountain Lake. This recent ruling regarding pollution being dumped from commercial ship ballast water will also require all recreational boats to get permits by September, 2008-despite the fact that 99% of recreational boats do not have ballast tanks. Public involvement can make a [...]

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What better place to raise a family than Smith Mountain Lake? You have a growing business community with just about everything you need a short distance away. But you still have that country/small town feel of friendly folks and good neighbors. The crime rates are very low and the list of fun things to do [...]

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On July 3rd Grand Home Furnishings will host its open house/ribbon cutting at is new location at Smith Mountain Lake on Route 122 across from the Kroger Center. Grand Home Furnishings may be best known for offering a cold bottle of Coca Cola to their customers as they enter the store. The tradition began at a Lynchburg, [...]

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Exciting news at Smith Mountain Lake tonight! If you have never watched the Home & Garden Network channel, this would be the night to do so. The very popular House Hunters reality TV show will feature Smith Mountain Lake on their show at 10PM! The following is a summary from the House Hunters website: House Hunters takes viewers [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake is a great place to get a suntan, and a sunburn too if you are not careful. We have all heard that sunburns are not good, but why exactly is that? What happens when a sunburn occurs? Here is my overview for the ordinary person (like myself who can’t quite wrap my mind around the scientific [...]

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At Smith Mountain Lake you will find an abundance of beautiful and beneficial insects. What many people don’t know is that the bumblebee is one of the most amazing of those insects. In 1943, the French entomologist August Magnan argued that, according to the known laws of physics, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly. [...]

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I am sure I am not alone in thinking this is one of the hottest endings to spring that I can remember at Smith Mountain Lake. Although it’s cooling down just a bit, with summer beginning on June 20th there are many wonderful, warm days ahead to look forward to. When the weather steams up I [...]

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Every time you think you have seen the ultimate new toy on the water at Smith Mountain Lake, another makes it’s debut. Of course that’s wonderful when you live on a lake and love to be in the water, which is why many of us live in this area. Lori Wolak of The Lake Channel writes [...]

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If you own a business or provide customer service at one of our Smith Mountain Lake businesses, you will want to be aware of some upcoming training opportunities. In actuality every business offers some kind of customer service, from simple sales to departments devoted solely to that purpose. As someone who has owned a business as well as [...]

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Imagine you are out on Smith Mountain Lake with friends for the day and suddenly you realize you are out of sandwiches and things to drink. Or what if your business is in a slump and you need just the right idea to give it a little kick forward. Then again maybe your need for [...]

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