Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEWS BRIEFS: Buford, county schools ranked as best in Georgia

NEWS BRIEFS: Buford, county schools ranked as best in Georgia

The national internet site Niche has released its 2024 ranking of the top schools in Georgia, with Buford City Schools and Gwinnett Public Schools doing well.

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by · October 8, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Time to identify another lighthouse

MYSTERY PHOTO: Time to identify another lighthouse

Yep, here’s another lighthouse for you to identify. Figure out where this lighthouse is located, and send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and also tell us the city you live in.

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by · October 8, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 10/4: On the market and election; Helene clean-up; Children

NEW for 10/4: On the market and election; Helene clean-up; Children

Click here to read the latest new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Does the stock market care who wins the election?
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Gwinnett Salvation Army leading Valdosta storm relief
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: Children must be trained to see mental health problems
FEEDBACK: Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter as he turns 100
UPCOMING: International firms plan Sugarloaf Industrial Hub
NOTABLE: PCOM, UGA sign agreement for medical partnership
RECOMMENDED: Revelations by Mary Sharratt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lookout Mountain located in three states
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify these ruins of a castle?
LAGNIAPPE: 45th Elisha Winn Fair coming October 5-6
CALENDAR: Bananarama III Here We Go Again is playing at Lionheart Theatre

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by · October 4, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: Does the stock market care who wins the election?

FOCUS: Does the stock market care who wins the election?

By Randy Brunson  |  Does the stock market care who wins the presidential election? Not at all. Let’s take a walk through history.

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by · October 4, 2024 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Children must be trained to see mental health problems

ANOTHER VIEW: Children must be trained to see mental health problems

 By Jack Bernard  |  Mental health is only one factor in school shootings. If the United States had implemented gun control, there would be virtually no school shootings. Nevertheless, mental health is an important aspect that must be addressed.

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by · October 4, 2024 · Another View
Sugarloaf Logistic Hub: new name for Cisco Corporate Campus

NEWS BRIEFS: International firms plan Sugarloaf Industrial Hub

Two international real estate firms have teamed up to announce several activities on a  300 acre parcel in the middle of Gwinnett once known as Cisco Corporate Campus. 

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by · October 4, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify these ruins of a castle?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify these ruins of a castle?

As most Georgians will realize, today’s Mystery Photo was not made around here. Extend your thought processes and try to determine where this mystery is located. Send your answers to ebrack2@gmail.com.

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by · October 4, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 10/1: Helene’s devastation; Possibilities; Houston’s food

NEW for 10/1: Helene’s devastation; Possibilities; Houston’s food

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Horrifics from Helene devastating for a long time 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Like Hugo, hopefully some good will come out of Helene  
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering good food in Houston, Texas
FEEDBACK: We have trashed the Earth that God gave us
UPCOMING: GBC grants $400,000 in scholarships to GGC
NOTABLE: Athens artist is winner of $50,000 Hudgens Prize
RECOMMENDED: The Fourth Turning by Neil Howe and William Strauss
OBITUARY: James Scott Vandiver
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The legacy of the Georgia Bottlers of Coca Cola
MYSTERY PHOTO: Older Sanctuary is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Southeastern Railway Museum photo exhibit opens Friday 

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by · October 1, 2024 · Full issues
Flooding near Asheville, N.C.

FOCUS: Horrifics from Helene devastating for a long time 

By Susan McBrayer  |  Ann Royster, who lives here, has a way of turning lemons into lemonade. So when Hurricane Helene hit Shelby Friday, wiping out power and uprooting tall trees, Ann got out her camping gear, cranked up the old camping stove and invited her neighbors over for a makeshift dinner.

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by · October 1, 2024 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering good food in Houston, Texas

ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering good food in Houston, Texas

By David Simmons  |  Back in 2015, I was visiting my friend Dave in Galveston, Tex., and for some reason we drove up to Houston and around lunch time I saw this  sign (Frenchy’s ) and yelled “Stop! Pull in there!”

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by · October 1, 2024 · Another View