GwinnettForum | Number 23.31 | April 19, 2024
NEW TRAIL: Gwinnett County officials opened the newly expanded Ivy Creek Greenway trailhead. The trail connects George Pierce Park to Westbrook Road and existing trails including the Suwanee Creek Greenway. Amongst safety and connectivity amenities, a ¾-mile section of greenway features a 1,000-foot paved multi-use trail, a 1,500-foot concrete boardwalk with overlooks through the wetlands and a pedestrian bridge spanning Suwanee Creek. This project is funded by Gwinnett’s 2017 SPLOST program. At the trail opening were Glenn Boorman of the parks department and Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson.
TODAY’S ISSUE: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peachtree Corners to lose Peterbrooke Chocolatier
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Local mail now usually postmarked in Palmetto
UPCOMING: GGC to add men and women’s basketball
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC linemen train on energized power lines
RECOMMENDED: The Lost Empress, by Steve Robinson
OBITUARY: Joe E. McCart
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Masters’ golf course was once a thriving nursery
MYSTERY PHOTO: What do spring and this building have in common
LAGNIAPPE: Coleman auctioning off his many collections
CALENDAR: Taste of Lilburn is Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
NORCROSS, Ga. | Another area of Gwinnett will get microtransit service, starting August 1.
Gwinnett County, the Gateway 85 Community Improvement District and the city of Norcross will combine resources to improve mobility in a zone around Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Interstate 85 starting later this year.
About 36,000 residents in Norcross will have access to the new Southwest Gwinnett Microtransit pilot program. The area to be served has been identified as having socio-economic disparities, with more than half of household incomes falling below 60 percent of the area median income.
Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson applauded the Gateway 85 CID and Norcross officials for their partnership. She says: “By leveraging our resources and expertise to expand microtransit, we’re charting a new course that will serve our diverse community’s transportation needs. Strong partnerships like this one are instrumental in helping us achieve mobility for all.”
The pilot program will operate 14 hours a day Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays, for a period of one year. Gwinnett County will provide four vehicles and manage operations. The estimated $1.3 million cost of the program will be funded 44 percent each by Gwinnett County and the Gateway85 CID, with the city of Norcross contributing 12 percent. The agreement between the three entities will be in effect from Aug. 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025.
Emory Morsberger, Gateway85 CID executive director, said of the new service for the area: “Gateway85 is so pleased with the progress we have made and is fortunate to have great relations with government and community leadership in the area that made this possible.The CID has other programs in development that are also infrastructure focused and are aimed to improve accessibility for everyone living and working within our district and those visiting the area.”
With the plan now approved by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, this marks the final step in a multi-jurisdictional agreement to start up microtransit in the Norcross area.
Gwinnett County has been recognized as a national leader in the deployment of microtransit. By providing convenient access to key destinations and commerce hubs, microtransit projects like this have already proven their success in other parts of Gwinnett. Snellville, which ran a successful pilot in 2019, has recently relaunched a similar service. Lawrenceville also runs a microtransit service, and the county is considering rolling out other microtransit zones in other areas in the coming months.
During several hearings on the Norcross project, business leaders and community leaders spoke in support of the potential economic impact of this program. Norcross City Council Member, Bruce Gaynor, states: “Microtransit is a significant win for our city. This partnership between Gwinnett County, the businesses of Gateway 85 CID, and the city, shows that we can all come together to meet community needs. Transit connects jobs, education, and recreation in a way that improves our resident’s lives and our business’s bottom lines.”
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Peachtree Corners to lose Peterbrooke Chocolatier
Scottt Gottuso and Geoffrey Wilson. Photo provided.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 19, 2024 | Peachtree Corners will soon lose one of its most iconic, popular and tasty businesses.
Peterbrooke Chocolatier, run by Geoffrey Wilson and Scott Gottuso, has been told by Peachtree Forum landlords, North American Properties and Nuveen Real Estate, that its lease will not be renewed. The last day of business will be July 25.
Meanwhile, Peachtree Forum is getting several new stores. They include Kendra Scott, Sucre, and The NOW Massage. Previously announced were Alloy Personal Training, Cookie Fix, Gallery Anderson Smith, Giulia, Lovesac, Nando’s Peri-Peri and Stretchlab. Wilson adds: “We are not in their big picture.”
Wilson has operated Peterbrooke at the Peachtree Forum for 14 years and Gottuso has been there nine years. They have made the chocolatier profitable and doubled sales. Wilson says: “We turned it around through community involvement and made relationships. We worked with the schools, gave donations, did a lot in the community, and made a difference. We produce most everything we sell in the shop, so it’s labor intensive. We make European-style chocolate treats from scratch from the very best ingredients, package it, make gift baskets, and also sell a lot of gelato.”
Key items include truffles, hand-made caramels, cherry cordials, chocolate-covered cookies and pretzels and strawberries hand-dipped in their own blend of chocolates. (They are all good!) One of Wilson’s and Gottuso’s most iconic products is chocolate popcorn. Once you try it, regular popcorn is tasteless. “We sell a lot of it.” Wilson adds: “Gelato sales have carried us in the summertime, since there are not many chocolate holidays in the summer.”
Peterbrooke now has five employees, and would like to have 10, but it is difficult to hire people with the skills in chocolatiering. A key part of its business is corporate companies, such as Delta Air Lines and Capital Insight. The Peachtree Corners’ Peterbrooke has corporate customers as far away as Cleveland, Ohio.
The operators were surprised when the Forum owners did not renew its five year lease. “The big decisions were made in Charlotte or Cincinnati, not locally,” Wilson feels. “We were no longer in their big picture. They want new and glitzy, shiny, fancy and trendy.”
The operators plan to start their own chocolate company, to be called “Scoffrey,” and initially sell online, plus have pop-up locations during holidays, and possibly have a booth in other merchants’ stores on occasions.
“Whatever we do would look different. We might rent a space somewhere close by so that people can still have the good chocolate experience with us, but we won’t have a regular audience walking by.”
Another element: the price of chocolate futures has spiked this year, with a bad crop production year. Wilson says: “That is key to our business and a huge cost increase. That doesn’t help.”
Wilson adds that the forced closing of the Peterbrooke location “is something like the death of a friend. But you go to the funeral and to the wake, and in six months or a year, It won’t be so bad.”
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Local mail now usually postmarked in Palmetto
Editor, the Forum:
When mailing letters at the Lawrenceville Post Office recently, I learned that the Lawrenceville Post Office is no longer postmarking first class mail that is deposited in one of the mail receptacles inside the post office.
I discovered this when he asked the postal worker who was manually postmarking his letters why mail that he had deposited during the day on March 29 was not postmarked until April 1. She replied that the postal workers at the Lawrenceville Post Office no longer postmark mail that is placed in the receptacles. Instead, first class mail placed in a receptacle is collected and transported to the regional distribution facility in Palmetto where it is then postmarked. Instead of the Lawrenceville Postmark, the letters bore the legend: “ATLANTA GA RPDC 302” with the date and time appearing below that legend.
If you want to be sure that your first class mail is postmarked on the day you deposit it at your local post office, you may need to stand in line to present your letter to a postal worker and ask the postal worker to apply a postmark. The good news is that they cheerfully will do so when you reach the counter.
– Mike Levengood, Lawrenceville
What playing of Rockabye Baby in hospital meant
Editor, the Forum:
I smiled when I read your comments about noisy hospitals. My 94 year old mother was recently hospitalized and I often heard a sweet little musical chime over the loudspeaker. I finally asked. It was Rockabye Baby and it was played every time a baby left the hospital.
The nurse was not amused when I asked if they played the funeral march when a patient died. I thought it was funny. My mom is doing well!! No music for her discharge.
– Cathy Loew, Peachtree Corners
Comparing Gwinnett and Allegheny County, Penn.
Editor, the Forum:
Comparing Allegheny County in Pennsylvania and Gwinnett County in Georgia, the population and shape are similar. There are staggering differences that start with the schools.
Allegheny has 43 school districts, with the city of Pittsburgh being the largest. Every high school outside the city has a school board. Gwinnett public schools has 28 high schools and is the largest school district in the state with one in ten Georgia children educated there. The county has two districts with the City of Buford having its own independent district.
If all high schools had a board, things would be quite different. I suppose a commissioner from that board would go to the county board for the county meetings. Power would move to the local school. Taxes are significantly higher in Allegheny County.
– Byron Gilbert, Duluth
Dear Byron: The big difference is that the City of Pittsburgh dominates Allegheny County, while in Gwinnett, the unincorporated areas are dominant. That probably accounts for the lower taxes in Gwinnett—eeb
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GGC to add men’s and women’s basketball
College basketball for both men and women is coming to Georgia Gwinnett College. The University System of Georgia recently approved the addition of men’s and women’s basketball teams intercollegiate sports programs, starting with the 2025-26 academic year.
This will add to the college’s highly successful athletics offerings in baseball, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, and men’s and women’s tennis that have competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) since the 2012-13 sports season.
The basketball teams are expected to compete and practice in the college’s new Convocation Center, a 72,280 square foot all-purpose building set to open this fall on the north end of the Lawrenceville campus. The $45-million center features a multipurpose arena for commencement, convocation and sporting events with seating capacity for up to 3,200 people. The center also includes locker rooms and fitness/wellness areas – all for use by students, faculty and staff. The facility will also host several community events annually.
GGC Executive Athletics Director Dr. Ian Potter says: “Basketball will bring new excitement to our campus and community, and increase opportunities for student engagement, school spirit and school pride. It also will enhance the GGC brand and bring further national attention to the college as our teams continue embracing our successful footprint within the NAIA.”
Searches for head coaches of the men’s and women’s basketball programs will commence this summer, with recruitment of student-athletes for teams during the 2024-25 academic year. Georgia Gwinnett College athletic teams have captured 18 NAIA national championships and 27 conference tournament titles during the past 12 athletic seasons.
Preservation Board seeks nominees for recognition
The Gwinnett County Historical Restoration and Preservation Board is seeking nominations for individuals or organizations that have contributed greatly to preserving and protecting Gwinnett’s history. Deadline is August 15, 2024.
The Board seeks a person or organization that has contributed greatly to the historic restoration and preservation of Gwinnett County sites, artifacts, oral history, written historic documentation or care of such items. Those nominating should read the criteria to make sure that the nomination is complete before submission.
Email or mail completed nominations forms to: HRPB@GwinnettCounty.com or send by mail to the Department of Community Services 466 West Crogan Street, Suite 100, Lawrenceville, Ga. 30046, ATTN: Cammie Mansfield .
A person or organization that has contributed greatly to the historic restoration and preservation of Gwinnett County sites, artifacts, oral history, written historic documentation or care of such items. Incomplete submissions may result in our inability to review and accept your nomination.
When submitting the nomination, the nominator should summarize the reasons succinctly. The nominator may include five to ten images. These images need to provide an accurate impression of the individual or organization accomplishments and/or associated projects being submitted. If awarded, these will be used during the award ceremony and in other publications. Submission of images by nominator constitutes a release-agreement allowing Gwinnett County to use images for all publicity and educational purposes. These images should be submitted as .jpeg and at least 300 dpi. Please provide a list of images with short captions and credits (if applicable) for each image submitted.Nominations may be sent by email to Amelia.Lewis@GwinnettCounty.com.
Jackson EMC linemen train on energized power lines
This photo shows the Timpson Trainer (gray box), which energizes the lines for linemen to train safely.
Jackson EMC’s newest linemen are getting hands-on experience with a state-of-the-art live line simulator, which allows linemen to train using real, energized power lines. The system keeps the electric current to a safe, non-lethal level, similar to an electric fence. Using controlled, live lines allows linemen to train in a more realistic setting, with more realistic consequences.
Jackson EMC Safety and Training Specialist Jeremy Gee says: “There is an immediate change in attitude and work practice when the guys go from working on de-energized lines to when I turn on the simulator and the lines go hot. All of a sudden, especially with the newer linemen, when the lines become energized, it puts the training they’re doing into a different perspective. It becomes more real to them.”
Jackson EMC added the Timpson Trainer to its safety and training program in late 2023. This type of live line simulator is often found at linemen training schools, but Jackson EMC is the first EMC in the country to own one, proving its ongoing commitment to safety.
This tool is valuable for training newer linemen and is also beneficial to more seasoned linemen. Jackson EMC’s safety team can build and set up special pole structures that allow linemen to work through troubleshooting certain situations. With energized lines, training will be more realistic and linemen can see actual results as they work through the issues.
According to Gee, the live line simulator has been a great response to the addition to the lineman training program. “They’re linemen – they signed up to work on live, energized lines and this trainer lets them do that in a safe environment. When they can hear and feel the energy – that’s the real deal, and they love it,” he adds.
Green to represent local DAR chapter at national level
Caitlen Green has been selected to compete at the national level during the 133rd Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress in June. She and her husband live in Buford She was nominated by the Philadelphia Winn DAR chapter of Lawrenceville and recognized at the 126th DAR state conference.
Caitlen has performed DAR service at the national, state and local level since becoming a member five years ago. Caitlen is currently the second vice regent of the Philadelphia Winn Chapter and has been recently elected to serve as first vice regent during the 2024-2026 term.
She has been a chapter and state chair on many committees and has completed numerous DAR genealogy and leadership courses, as well as being a GCPS special education teacher for 14 years. The DAR Outstanding Junior Award recognizes young women from ages 18-35 who have promoted the aims and purposes of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as participating in community activities and projects.
Joe E. McCart
Joe E. McCart, 82, of Hoschton, died peacefully in his sleep at home on April 13, 2024. Born in Bogart in 1941, Joe was born with a heart condition that he battled all his life. Many did not realize that his zest for living each day to the fullest came with the knowledge that any day could be his last.
McCart
Born into a family of sharecroppers, Joe was the fifth of seven children to Jack R. McCart and Bessie Smarr. Working in the fields as a young teenager, Joe learned the hard work and skills needed to perform anything required to plant and maintain the equipment needed to harvest the crops. His family eventually moved to Columbus, Ga. and Jacksonville, Fla., but his heart always remained in Farmington where he had met the love of his life and wife of 63 years, Nancy Middlebrooks McCart. When Nancy had completed her nursing education at Crawford W. Long Nursing School and began her nursing career, Joe found his first big city job in the mailroom of D.L. Stokes Insurance Agency.
Joe would drop Nancy off at the hospital at 6 a.m. and spend the early morning hours studying insurance manuals. He quickly became an expert in insurance coverages. After a few years working with Pacific Indemnity Insurance Company, Joe started the Joe McCart Insurance Agency in September of 1971 with one employee, Susie Johnson. The McCart Group became a regional insurance brokerage firm with 150 employees. In January 2014, McCart merged with EPIC Insurance Brokerage and Consultants to create a national insurance platform.
Joe was the ultimate family man, mastering the work-life balance to build a strong family. Joe is survived by his wife of 63 years, Nancy of Flowery Branch; their children, and spouses, Kathryn McCart Schrader (Richard) of Duluth; Jeffrey Walter McCart (Shema) of Boca Grande, Fla; and Joseph Anthony McCart (Carole) of Hoschton. He was proud that his sons, Jeff and Tony, followed in his footsteps in the insurance industry, and of his daughter who forged her own path in the legal field. Other survivors include grandchildren Jordan (Hollie) McCart, Gabe Guerra, Russell Schrader, Joey Schrader, Ashley (Ryan) Economou, Emma Welch and Ryan Welch. He was especially tickled with his great-grandchildren, Jack Perry McCart, Ivy Economou and James McCart. He is also survived by his sister, Annette (Harvey) Mears, and brother Larry (Gail) McCart and sister-in-law, Jo Ann Morgan. He was a member of the Seeker’s Class at Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church.
Joe was a lifelong Methodist and founding member of Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church in Dacula., where he served on many committees and Nancy led the campaign to begin Lightway Recovery Wellness Center for Women to support women and families struggling with substance abuse and other mental health disorders.The Celebration of Life was held April 16, 2024, at Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church. Wages and Sons Funeral Home of Lawrenceville. handled arrangements. In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church at https://hmumc.org for the McCart Seekers Scholarship or Lightway Recovery Wellness Center for Women at https://lightwayrecovery.org/ to help fund the Katie Schrader Memorial Scholarship.
The Lost Empress, by Steve Robinson
From John Titus, Peachtree Corners: This book, described as a genealogical mystery, is authored by a London-based crime writer who sought more information about his own maternal grandfather. The grandfather was an American GI billeted in England during World War II who returned to the U.S. abandoning a young family in England. Based on this experience, Robinson created Jefferson Tayte, the genealogist hero of this novel. In the book Tayte is hired to determine if the maternal grandmother of his client is the same person who supposedly perished in the sinking of the ocean liner Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River in 1914. The story is filled with plot twists and betrayals against a backdrop of pre-World War I espionage. If you enjoy genealogy and mysteries, this is a book for you. As of 2014, Robinson has written four books in this series. If unavailable in libraries, try Amazon.
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The Masters’ golf course was once a thriving nursery
Berckmans Nursery, also known as Fruitland, was the first large-scale horticultural nursery in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1858 in Augusta by Louis Mathieu Edouard Berckmans and his son Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, the grounds later became the site of the Augusta National Golf Club.
Louis Berckmans, a trained physician, had a great interest in horticulture, which he passed along to Prosper, a university-trained horticulturist who received his education in France. Both were natives of Belgium and immigrated to the United States during the 1850s.
The family operated Fruitland Nurseries from 1858 to 1918. During this period the Berckmans family introduced a great variety of plants, shrubs, and trees to the Southeast.
Prosper became famous for introducing new fruit varieties that were more suitable for growing in southern climates. He also developed or improved many types of peaches and eventually became known as the “Father of Peach Culture” across the South. Among his varieties were the South Chinese, or Honey, peach and the Chinese Cling. From the Chinese Cling, Prosper eventually bred the Elberta, Belle, and Thurber peaches, which became Georgia’s primary commercial varieties. His Thurber peach was the leading variety until it was replaced by the Elberta peach, which was later improved by Samuel Rumph.
The Berckmans were also responsible for introducing many other varieties of fruits and ornamental plants to the South, including the Kelsey plum, the Japanese persimmon, the hardy lemon, the kumquat, the sand pear and its hybrids, and the Citrus trifoliata, or hardy Japanese lemon hedge, which is an important stock for orange growing. In addition, the vast stock of azaleas and camellias at the Berckmans’ nurseries greatly contributed to the early and continued popularity of those flowers throughout the South.
Many varieties of trees and shrubs were grown at Fruitland. These included the Darlington oak, the Chinese pine, the Chinese holly, the holly-leaved tea olive, and the Spanish cork oak. In 1860 Prosper introduced the amur privet hedge (Ligustrum amurense) from France. Called the “Mother Hedge,” these original ten plants were the progenitors of all the privet hedges now found across the Southeast. Prosper also introduced such evergreens as the golden arborvitae (Thuja orientalis ‘conspicua’) and dwarf golden arborvitae (Thuja orientalis ‘nana’), both narrow-leaf evergreens used for formal garden planting.
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What do spring and this building have in common?
Springtime brings out lots of winter-delayed activities. Today’s Mystery Photo speaks to that. Just where is this building located, and what is it? Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your home town.
Ruthy Lachman Paul, Norcross, easily recognized the recent mystery, as “Westminster Abbey, London England. Formally known as the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs. At least 16 royal weddings have taken place at the abbey since 1100. The Abbey closed for five months in 1953, when a colossal bank of tiered seats was added for more than 8,000 guests at Elizabeth’s II coronation ceremony.” The photo came from Terry Swain of Auburn.
Others recognizing this photo included Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., who added: “It is the site of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs, and since 1100, at least 16 royal weddings have taken place here. The North Transept shown in the mystery photo was completed in the 13th century during the reign of Henry III.”
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Coleman auctioning off his many collections
Coleman
Once an auctioneer, always an auctioneer.
Brooks Coleman of Duluth, a retired educator, former Georgia legislator and an auctioneer in his own right, is auctioning off many of his collections, accumulated in a lifetime of activities. The auction is on the Internet, and ends on April 29.
Coleman is offering the items through BidSells.com, in conjunction with Lynda Roth of The Fastidious OrgaNizer, LLC, which conducts the living estate collection auctions. This is phase one of the collection, as phase two will be held in October.
Taste of Lilburn set for Saturday
Come celebrate 30 Years of Hands of Christ Duluth Co-op, serving neighbors in need. Join the celebration on Friday April 19 at 6:30 p.m. for a night of food, music and community on the grounds of the Payne-Corley House. This is the kickoff to a meaningful year recognizing the extraordinary community whose compassion has nourished local families in need for three decades. Tickets can be purchased here.
Coming April 19 to the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center is “A Taste of Black Gwinnett—spring edition,” which will be from 6-10 p.m. It will feature culinary showcases and youth entrepreneur exhibits.
Taste of Lilburn brings 29 local restaurants to Heritage Hall at Salem Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, April 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Lilburn Woman’s Club, proceeds benefit projects in local schools and co-ops. To purchase tickets, go to www.tasteoflilburn.com.
Republican Congressional meetings on April 20: The 4th District Convention will be at the Pine Creek Center, 4328 Cowan Road, Tucker. The 9th District Convention will be at the Dillard House Center, 768 Franklin Street in Dillard. The 10th District Convention will be at the Oconee County Civic Center, 2661 Hog Mountain Road in Watkinsville; and the 13th District Convention will be at the Conyers First United Methodist Church, 921 North Main Street in Conyers. Doors open at 9 a.m. The party reminds those planning to attend that the doors for all conventions will close promptly at 10 a.m.
Clean-Up Day: the town of Braselton has scheduled a city-wide clean up for Saturday, April 20. The day aims to beautify the city’s surroundings, foster a sense of pride in the neighborhoods, and contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment for everyone. The town needs volunteers to join us in this important endeavor. Meet at 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Asa Carlton building, 100 Highpoint Park Way in Braselton. Here, staff will hand out supplies and help you determine where you can make a difference!
Another Clean-Up Day: Norcross is also planning a Clean-Up Day on April 20 at Norcross Public Works, 345 Lively Avenue. Paper shredding, recycling of electronics, paint and scrap metal collection and other household junk and hard- to-dispose of items can be recycled.
Historic Cemetery Tour of Norcross will be two days, Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m and Tuesday, April 23, at 11 a.m. Join Gene Ramsey for an immersive tour where you’ll unravel tales of the town’s founders, decode the mysteries of street names, and hear stories spanning 1915 to 1923.
Get Smart, Save Big is the title of a workshop on tax-efficient charitable giving. It will be on April 24 at 8:30 a.m. at Annandale Village in Suwanee. Panelists will include Jason Norton, founder of Ability Wealth Group; Sarah Randal Watchko, an attorney in elder law; and Adam Pomeranz, president and CEO of Annandale Village.
Author Piper Huguley will speak on April 25 at 7 p.m.at the Norcross Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. She writes historical fiction, and will discuss her new book, American Daughters, about the friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt.
Drug Take Back: Gwinnett Police will partner with the Drug Enforcement Agency for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents are invited to drop off tablets, capsules, patches, and other forms of prescription medications at eight locations around the county, including West Precinct in Norcross and Central Precinct in Duluth. Find a location or email PDCommunityAffairs@GwinnettCounty.com for more information.
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