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2/19: Outside view on MARTA vote; Media fairness; More

2/19: Outside view on MARTA vote; Media fairness; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Looking at MARTA Referendum in Gwinnett from Afar
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s Not Always Easy To Be Fair to All in the Media Business
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Thousands Spent To Save Children with Permanent Birth Defects
UPCOMING: Lilburn Is Erecting Gateway monument On U.S. 29 at Pleasant Hill Road
NOTABLE: GGC’s Dr. Binh Tran Wins University System’s Highest Award
RECOMMENDED: Life Is Hard, Soften It with Laughter, by Marlene Buchanan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit Is Greeted with Controversy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps Today’s Mystery Photo Is Too  Obvious
CALENDAR: MARTA Discussion at United Peachtree Corners Association Feb. 25

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by · February 19, 2019 · Full issues
2/15: Hospital merger; Woodall’s announcement; Another view

2/15: Hospital merger; Woodall’s announcement; Another view

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Final Approval Given To Merge Northside and Gwinnett Hospitals
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Surprise Announcement by Woodall May Foretell Good for Democrats
ANOTHER VIEW: Author Gives Her Views on Partial Birth Abortion, An American Issue
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Doesn’t Want To See First Amendment Debased in Discourse
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers Bring Baseball Back on March 3 with Free Party
NOTABLE: Holtkamp Heating and Air, Art Center Announce Continued Partnership
RECOMMENDED: Agatha Christie’s The A.B.C. Murders
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Last Recorded Duel Between Georgians Occurred in 1889
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Mystery Photo, This Something also of a Sculpture
LAGNIAPPE: William Day DAR Chapter of Duluth Announces Essay Contest Winner
CALENDAR: Check out the latest happenings

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by · February 15, 2019 · Full issues
Woodall

BRACK: Surprise announcement by Woodall may foretell good for Democrats

By Elliott Brack  |  It was surprising to read that U.S. Congressman Rob Woodall, representing the Seventh District which includes much of Gwinnett, will not seek another term in Congress. After all, he had just won re-election to another term. But what was even more surprising was that this announcement came a little more than a month after Rep. Woodall was into his fifth term serving in Washington.

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by · February 15, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
2/12: Growth for NE Georgia; Bezos and the Enquirer; Senior services

2/12: Growth for NE Georgia; Bezos and the Enquirer; Senior services

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norton Forecasts What?  More Growth Headed to Northeast Georgia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Go for It, Jeff Bezos; Take on the Slimy National Enquirer
ANOTHER VIEW: Gwinnett Expanding Senior Services at Two Additional Locations
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Mea Culpas Makes One Person Remember His Impersonating Ways
UPCOMING: Suwanee Medical School Now Has New Name—-PCOM Georgia
NOTABLE: County Approves Construction of New State Patrol Post in Suwanee
RECOMMENDED: The Muse of the Revolution by Nancy Rubin Stuart
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Vereen Bell Wins Success with Swamp Water Book
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Statue Has the Right Attitude Towards Valentine’s Day
LAGNIAPPE: Winter color
CALENDAR: Workshop on Making Memory Quilts Scheduled for February 16 

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by · February 12, 2019 · Full issues
2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Nine Gwinnett Rotary Clubs Work Together on February Projects
EEB PERSPECTIVE: High School Girls Flag Football Completes First Season in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Worries That Military Spending Is an Addiction of the Conservatives
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Was a Beautiful Sight To Watch Buford Father-Daughter Dance
UPCOMING: County Approves $73 Million Expansion of Infinite Energy Center
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Appoints Victoria Jones To Fill One Year Vacancy
RECOMMENDED: Destination: The Jekyll Island Club
GEORGIA TIDBIT: First Camp Meeting in Georgia Was in Hancock County in 1803
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unsuspecting Clue Could Complicate Identification of This Mystery
CALENDAR: Open House Saturday Afternoon at Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford

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by · February 8, 2019 · Full issues
2/5: Kaufman backs MARTA vote; Buford’s bum rap; SCORE’s importance

2/5: Kaufman backs MARTA vote; Buford’s bum rap; SCORE’s importance

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chamber President Urges Voting ‘YES’ on March 19 Transit Referendum
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It Appears To Me That the City of Buford Is Getting a Bum Rap
ANOTHER VIEW: For New Entrepreneurs, SCORE Provides the Help for Success
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Brexit Reminds Us That Washington Warned of Entangling Alliances
UPCOMING: Suwanee Seeking Vendors for Farmers Market Beginning This Spring
NOTABLE: Two Different Websites Name Buford Schools Best in Georgia Again
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Wife from the title by Meg Wolitzer
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler Is Nationally Significant
MYSTERY PHOTO: We’re Back to Statues for This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Visits Santa Fe, New Mexico
CALENDAR:  Check out interesting area events

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by · February 5, 2019 · Full issues
2/1: Remembering a grandfather; Dacula’s new mayor; Norcross terms

2/1: Remembering a grandfather; Dacula’s new mayor; Norcross terms

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering His Grandfather and Sergeant York in Tennessee
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Mayor of Dacula Already Has 10 Years on City Council
ANOTHER VIEW: Norcross City Council Once Again Seeking to Go to Four year Terms
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
UPCOMING: Two Candidates Qualify To Run for Snellville City Council Post
NOTABLE: Two Gwinnett Cities Win “Live, Work Play” Awards from GMA
RECOMMENDED: Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Indian Trails Allowed Them To Travel Great Distances
MYSTERY PHOTO: Getting Away from Statues, Today the Mystery Photo Is a Modern Building
CALENDAR: HBCU College Fair Scheduled at Meadowcreek High on February 9

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by · February 1, 2019 · Full issues
1/29: On our Green Community; MARTA vote; Shutdowns

1/29: On our Green Community; MARTA vote; Shutdowns

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Is First County Achieving New Green Community Level
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Encourage Others To Talk Up and Support March 19 MARTA Vote
ANOTHER VIEW: About Governmental Shutdowns and Her Democratic Father
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Feels Recent Opinions Veer Away from Journalistic Integrity
UPCOMING: Sponsors and Judges Needed for February 22 Gwinnett Science Fair
RECOMMENDED: Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Galleries at Brenau University One of State’s Best College Art Collections
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Statue Asks for your Identification and Location
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Symphony Concert Coming on February 10

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by · January 29, 2019 · Full issues
BRACK: Encourage others to talk up and support March 19 MARTA vote

BRACK: Encourage others to talk up and support March 19 MARTA vote

By Elliott Brack  |  Many people in Gwinnett are astounded that the county is approaching having a population of a million people. The estimated current population is 950,000. They are astounded, that is, in one way.

When you live and pretty much stay in one area of the county, and don’t get out of that area much, you know the streets are usually crowded. But it doesn’t seem like there are about a million people around you.

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by · January 29, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

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TODAY’S FOCUS: An Assessment of President Trump’s First Two Years in Office
EEB PERSPECTIVE: There’s No One in the South Filling the Void that Ralph McGill Left
ANOTHER VIEW: The USA Essentially Has Its Own Version of The Maginot Line
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Transit Proposal Can Fulfill Promise of Effective Regional System
UPCOMING: 22nd Annual North Atlanta Home Show in Duluth February 8-10
NOTABLE: Chamber Announces That Dan Kaufman Will Retire in Mid-2019
RECOMMENDED: Well of Rage, by Lynn Hesse
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Political Cartoonist Mike Luckovich Has Won Two Pulitzer Prizes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Statues of Two People Beg the Question: Who and Where is This?
CALENDAR: Soap Making Class Coming to Environmental and Heritage Center

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by · January 25, 2019 · Full issues