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Creating a Ripple Effect

Charlie Benton
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Fontana Dam – The Fontana Village Marina has been honored among its peers in the Southeast for its commitment to the environment. The marina has won the 2021 Ripple Effect award for its annual cleanup of the lake, held annually on the first weekend in November.

Lucy Morgan Wright

News Staff
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Lucy Morgan Wright, 79, of Fontana Dam, N.C., passed peacefully in her sleep, at home on her beloved mountain Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.  Lucy was the only child of the late Billy and Marguerite Boyd Morgan, of Murray, Ky.

Jeffrey White, Sr.

News Staff
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Jeffrey Dale White, Sr., 50 of Fontana Village, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 at Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City, N.C. He was the son of Nora Bradley Prince and the late Roger Dale White.

Fontana Village abandons lease

Kevin Hensley
Friday, June 12, 2020
Fontana Dam – The rumor mill is not ready to completely stop turning, but the wind surrounding it has certainly died down.  The owners of Fontana Village Resort & Marina opted in a June 1 meeting with the Tennessee Valley Authority to surrender its lease back to the TVA.

Future of popular resort uncertain

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Fontana Dam – The outlook for Fontana Village Resort & Marina looks bleak. The Town of Fontana Dam – which is entering its 10th year of existence – provided little in the way of clarity at its May 20 council meeting, because little is known to even the town about its main revenue source.