Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEWS BRIEFS: Students named to Impact46 summer internships

NEWS BRIEFS: Students named to Impact46 summer internships

Names of those chosen for the Summer of Impact internship Impact46 program of the City of Lawrenceville from Central Gwinnett High School and Discovery High Schools. 

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by · May 10, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: You may have seen this lighthouse; where is it?

MYSTERY PHOTO: You may have seen this lighthouse; where is it?

Yep, our fascination with lighthouses brings this mystery to you. Tell us where this tower is located, and you’ll solve today’s mystery. Remember to tell us your home town when  you send your thoughts to ebrack2@gmail.com.

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by · May 10, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 5/7: Pro and con on new City of Mulberry; Elizabeth Williams

NEW for 5/7: Pro and con on new City of Mulberry; Elizabeth Williams

Click here to read the full, new edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Urges vote for City of Mulberry, citing local control
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering the library’s Elizabeth H. Williams 
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Beware! The Mulberry vote is not what you think
FEEDBACK: Note the writer’s wordage in this diatribe
UPCOMING: New technical application makes for safer streets 
NOTABLE: Southern Living lists Lilburn among best towns
RECOMMENDED: The Warden, by Anthony Trollope
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Social change agendas bring on new movements
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a tribute to someone; but who?
CALENDAR: Richt speaks Thursday at Salvation Army lunch

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by · May 7, 2024 · Full issues
Williams

BRACK: Remembering the library’s Elizabeth H. Williams 

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s great to read of some of the early leaders of Gwinnett County being remembered. It was last week when the person for whom the Library in Snellville is named, Elizabeth Williams, was the focus of a small ceremony at the new library.

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Coker

FOCUS: Urges vote for City of Mulberry, citing local control

By Michael Coker | Passing the City of Mulberry referendum will allow us the opportunity to bring local control back to our community.

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by · May 7, 2024 · Today's Focus
Hughes

ANOTHER VIEW: Beware! The Mulberry vote is not what you think

By Steve Hughes | I am a 70-year-old retiree and have lived on Four Seasons Court in Dacula for 35 years.  Recently, I filed the first lawsuit of my life. That lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the charter for the proposed City of Mulberry. 

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by · May 7, 2024 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: New technical application makes for safer streets, more

NEWS BRIEFS: New technical application makes for safer streets, more

This collaboration enables Seyond to deploy and validate its LiDAR solutions in a real-world environment to create safer streets and smoother traffic flow for both vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) in Peachtree Corners.

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by · May 7, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a tribute to someone; but who?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a tribute to someone; but who?

Today’s Mystery Photo is a monument to somebody…but who?  Try to figure out today’s mystery, and submit your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com.  Be sure to list your hometown. 

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by · May 7, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 5/3: Georgians have 2 horses in Derby, more

NEW for 5/3: Georgians have 2 horses in Derby, more

Click here to read the full new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgians have 2 horses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Feels writer is out of touch with Hispanic community
UPCOMING: County breaks ground on Lenora Park improvements
NOTABLE: Former Ghanaian changes view, and gains degree
RECOMMENDED: Hard Times by Charles Dickens
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Student activists demonstrate in Georgia in the 1960s
MYSTERY PHOTO: Concentrate broadly about today’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Breaking Legs opens Friday at the Lionheart Theatre

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by · May 3, 2024 · Full issues
NEWS BRIEFS: County breaks ground on Lenora Park improvements

NEWS BRIEFS: County breaks ground on Lenora Park improvements

Gwinnett County officials on Wednesday kicked off construction on the future community recreation center at Lenora Park in southern Gwinnett.

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by · May 3, 2024 · News