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Ruby's Recipes realizes downtown dream
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Restaurant co-owners and spouses Allen and Julia
Cerinetti stand behind the counter at the forthcoming
building for Ruby's Recipes, which will soon be located
at 104 Ga. 9 North.
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Every day that chef Allen
Cerinetti drove by the red-and
white building near the corner of
Ga. 9 & 53 enroute to work, he
would always think, “That would
be a great place for Ruby’s.”
And now, after years of picturing
themselves at that location, Allen
and his wife, Julia, are excited and
grateful that their dream will soon
become reality.
Dawsonville restaurant Ruby’s
Recipes, well-known for its Italian
and other cuisines, will be relocat
ing from their current spot on
Memory Lane to the old Aunt
Dyann’s location, 104 Ga. 9 North,
later this month.
Allen said that they’ll be working
hard to get Ruby’s ready to open at
its new location on Sept. 1.
The increased visibility and road
front business will be a marriage of
sorts between what Ruby’s and
their customer base has wanted
ever since the Cerinetti family
opened their restaurant in 2020.
Many customers and community
members offered congratulations
when Ruby’s made the announce
ment on their Facebook page
Tuesday, saying things like a down
town Ruby’s location was “meant
to be,” with some sharing that
they’d “always pictured you
(Ruby’s) in that building.”
It’s been an event-filled two
years getting to that point.
Ruby’s Recipes opened its doors
at 462 Memory Lane Ste. 170 in
June 2020. Allen named the restau
rant in honor of his late mother,
Ruby.
While Ruby’s is perhaps most
well known for its Italian dishes
and deli sandwiches, Allen hasn’t
limited himself to only those styles
of cuisine, and they’ve expanded to
offer take-and-heat and “Xpress”
meals as well as desserts like their
popular New York-style cheesecake
or hummingbird cake.
Allen added that even before
they’d found the place on Memory
Lane, he’d called the landlord
about the new location.
Recognizing that the spot’s been
through a few iterations over the
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Back to the books
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
A teacher welcomes students back to Black's Mill Elementary School for the first day of the 2022-23 school year
on Friday, Aug. 5.
Students, teachers begin new year in Dawson County schools
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Friday Aug. 5,
Dawson County students
and teachers alike were up
bright and early to return to
classes for the first day of
the 2022-23 school year.
The first semester of the
2022-23 year will run from
Friday through Dec. 20, and
the second semester will run
from Jan. 4 through May 24.
For the full 2022-23
Dawson County Schools
calendar, go to https://bit.
ly/3wbuzZJ.
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Parents walk their
children into Black's
Mill Elementary
School on the first
day of the 2022-23
school year on
Friday, Aug. 5.
Donaldson
pleads guilty
for role in
cover-up
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
The wife of Austin Todd Stryker has
entered a negotiated plea
of guilty for her alleged
role in the cover-up of
Lumpkin County 21-year-
old Hannah Bender’s 2019
murder.
During a July 29 calen
dar call, Elizabeth Brooke
Donaldson, 24, pleaded
guilty to charges of con
cealing the death of another and tampering
with evidence.
She was sentenced to 12 months of local
custody and two years of house arrest for
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Donaldson
Management
changes get
made at parent
company of DCN
By Jeff Gill
DCN regional staff
Metro Market Media, the parent compa
ny of the Dawson County News, is making
several managerial changes it believes will
help ensure future success.
Nate McCullough, formerly news editor
and publications manager at The Times in
Gainesville, has been named group editor,
overseeing newsroom operations at
Dawson, the Forsyth County News and
The Times.
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