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Cumming Fair shatters record for attendance
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According to Cumming Fairgrounds Administrator Dave Horton, this year’s fair, which ran Oct. 6-16, welcomed 222,007 visitors. - photo by Jim Dean (previous profile)
CUMMING -- If this year’s Cumming Country Fair and Festival seemed more crowded than usual, there is a good reason. According to Cumming Fairgrounds Administrator Dave Horton, this year’s fair, which ran Oct. 6-16, welcomed 222,007 visitors, up more than 50,000 from the previous record of 167,827 that was set in 2015. “It blew out the last record by quite a bit,” Horton said.
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What the $1.55 billion Mega Millions jackpot will buy in Forsyth County
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The Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday, August 8 is expected to offer a $1.55 billion jackpot. - photo by Daniel Dotson
The next Mega Millions drawing, on Tuesday, August 8, may set the record for the highest jackpot payoff in Mega Millions’ history.
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