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NEWS BRIEFS: Beebe, Clegg photos on exhibit at museum in Duluth
The Southeastern Railway Museum (SRM) in Duluth is hosting a new exhibit, Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, through December 31. Fans of their classic and stunning work can enjoy the exhibit and the museum Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. at the museum, 3595 Buford Highway near downtown Duluth.
NEW for 10/11: The 2024 endorsement issue
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GwinnettForum’s endorsements for 2024 election
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Atlanta NE Norcross
FEEDBACK: Every city needs a real deal like in Sugar Hill
UPCOMING: Two area banks merging, creating $2 billion in assets
NOTABLE: Peach Federal Credit Union reaches $1 billion in assets
RECOMMENDED: The Good Traitor, film on Amazon Prime
GEORGIA TIDBIT: State certified program combats illiteracy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Heavy traffic on a busy street: where is it?
CALENDAR: Norcross to unveil stair step mural on Saturday
NEW for 10/8: On Mulberry election, Oscars and retaining doctors
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett files lawsuit to stop Mulberry; High court won’t halt election
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Former Oscar producer, firm still designs recognitions
SPOTLIGHT: Sugarloaf Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Another view of the problems retaining doctors
FEEDBACK: Suggests better way to identify the two Bushes
UPCOMING: Buford and County schools ranked as best in Georgia
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Library wins international Top Innovator award
RECOMMENDED: End Times by Peter Turchin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Beverly Buchanan’s art grounded in the rural South
MYSTERY PHOTO: Hurrah, hurrah: time to identify another lighthouse
LAGNIAPPE: Another earth project coming along among us
CALENDAR: Aging Adult Expo will be at the Dacula Library today
FOCUS: Gwinnett sues to stop Mulberry; High court won’t halt election
Gwinnett County this week sued the state of Georgia and three state legislators in an effort to stop the recently ratified city of Mulberry, which was approved by 57 percent of Mulberry voters earlier this year. … Meanwhile late Monday – to add to the complexity of the situation – the Georgia Supreme Court said won’t hear a separate Mulberry challenge.
ANOTHER VIEW: On the problems retaining doctors
By Jeff Gorke | This is written in response to Jack Bernard’s Sept. 27, 2024 perspective, “Full Medicaid Expansion.” I appreciate Jack addressing a confounding issue that has plagued the United States since employer-sponsored healthcare began. He makes some good points. But as someone who’s worked in healthcare for more than 30 years, the remedies suggested don’t cure what ails us.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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