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NEW for 1/7: On redistricting and Gwinnett’s continuing objectives

NEW for 1/7: On redistricting and Gwinnett’s continuing objectives

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Delegation seeks redistricting with fair process, fair maps
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Reviewing the Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County 
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Banking Company 
FEEDBACK: Column brought back flood of memories about cooking
UPCOMING: New Gwinnett budget up 8.1%, but no tax increase
NOTABLE: Republic Services temporarily suspends recycling services 
RECOMMENDED: Powers and Thrones by Dan Jones
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Augusta’s Morris Museum houses the  Center for Southern Paintings 
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues about in this iconic photo: where is it?
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Historical Society to hear storyteller on Monday

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by · January 7, 2022 · Full issues
Park

FOCUS: Delegation seeks redistricting with fair process, fair maps

By State Rep. Sam Park |  As the 2022 legislative sessions begins on Monday, January 1, one of the first major tasks we will work on is local redistricting. As members of the Gwinnett State House and Senate Delegations, our shared goal is to have a fair process to produce fair maps for the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.

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by · January 7, 2022 · Today's Focus
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NEWS BRIEF: New Gwinnett budget up 8.1%, but no tax increase

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $2.07 billion budget for 2022, up 8.1 percent from last year. The newly approved budget does not require a millage rate increase. The adopted spending plan consists of a $1.6 billion operating budget and a $455 million capital improvements budget, which includes funds from the County’s voter-approved SPLOST program.

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by · January 7, 2022 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues abound in this iconic photo: Where is it?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues abound in this iconic photo: Where is it?

Look at all the clues you see in today’s Mystery Photo. Now for the tough part: making an identification of this photo. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.  

Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. identified the most recent Mystery Photo: “This is the Miami International Airport in Miami-Dade County, Fla.”

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by · January 7, 2022 · Mystery photos
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Bradley Norton Currey Jr. 

Longtime Atlanta resident, civic leader, volunteer and businessman Bradley Norton Currey, Jr., died January 6, 2022, at home in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 91.

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by · January 7, 2022 · Obituaries
NEW for 1/4: On tight kitchens, Stetson Bennett, more

NEW for 1/4: On tight kitchens, Stetson Bennett, more

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering those family gatherings in tight kitchens
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Who is the most popular man in Georgia today? Stetson Bennett 
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
NOTABLE: Winn DAR chapter lays wreaths on veteran’s graves 
RECOMMENDED: Folklore and the Sea by Horace Beck
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Augusta’s Morris Museum of Art dedicated to Southern artists
MYSTERY PHOTO: The dawn of a new year
CALENDAR: Learn more about how to survive the Sandwich Generation

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by · January 4, 2022 · Full issues
Moore

FOCUS: Remembering those family gatherings in tight kitchens

By Holly Moore |  In my grandmother’s kitchen north of Jacksonville, Florida,  I learned to cook grits and white rice, I learned to shell peas and shrimp, and peel potatoes and chop radishes. 

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by · January 4, 2022 · Today's Focus
World War II U. S. Air Force Veteran Luis Castano from Loganville (center), accompanied by his nephew, Jose Martinez (left) and great nephew, Jorge Martinez (right), prepares to lay a wreath to honor U.S. Air Force Veterans. (Photo by Frank Marchese)

NEWS BRIEF: Winn DAR chapter lays wreaths on veteran’s graves 

On December 18, National Wreaths Across America Day 2021, a fresh balsam wreath from Maine was laid on every veteran’s grave during a rainy ceremony at East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens in Lawrenceville. The Philadelphia Winn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), hosted what has become an annual event to support the mission to “Remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.” 

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by · January 4, 2022 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: The dawn of a new year

MYSTERY PHOTO: The dawn of a new year

The new year brings hopes and aspirations aplenty.  As a jet takes off into the rising sun to a new place, where is it taking off from?  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and make sure to list your hometown.  

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by · January 4, 2022 · Mystery photos
NEW for 12/21: Isakson served with distinction; 2 Christmas carols

NEW for 12/21: Isakson served with distinction; 2 Christmas carols

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Senator Isakson served with distinction as admired Republican official
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Understand the background of two Christmas carols
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: News outlets often leave the unanswered question
UPCOMING: Tree recycling begins soon with GC&B needing Volunteers
NOTABLE: Kiwanians offer annual Father-Daughter Dance at three times
RECOMMENDED: Christmas Canteen at The Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville:t
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grand juries find corruption in Rivers Administration
MYSTERY PHOTO: A large building, a waterfront, so where was this photo taken?

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by · December 21, 2021 · Full issues
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