Articles by: GwinnettForum
ISSUE 14.91: Barbara Awards, UGA-GSU acrimony, more
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Barbara Awards Gala on the way
ELLIOTT BRACK: Acrimony for years between UGA, GSU
ANOTHER VIEW: Day trip to Milledgeville gives O’Connor insight
FEEDBACK: School bus drivers aren’t typical workers
UPCOMING: Well-known authors coming to Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Bowen in 13th year; Duluth wins 5 awards
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
QUOTE: Comforting thoughts
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA Library houses important news films
MYSTERY PHOTO : No one recognized Cuban landmark
LAGNIAPPE: Many without power in Northeast Georgia
FOCUS: Aurora Theatre plans 5th annual Barbara Awards Gala
By Chelsea Bohannon, Lawrenceville, Ga. | Join friends and colleagues for a festive evening honoring local artists and dedicated community members. Aurora Theatre presents the Fifth Annual Barbara Awards Gala on Monday, February 23, at 7:30 p.m. Guests are invited to celebrate their favorite Aurora performers in the company of fellow arts supporters.
Focus: Feb. 20 breakfast features advocates against domestic violence
By Susie Brown | — The Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is planning a “Women in Action” breakfast gathering in Gwinnett to highlight the program concerning violence in the home place. The breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m. on February 20 at Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth. Tickets are $75.
The Board of Directors and Gwinnett Fund Development Committee of PADV invites Gwinnettians to “Join us for an informative breakfast on the issue of domestic violence and how you can help stop it.”
ISSUE 14.90: On domestic violence, school ideas
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Domestic violence is subject of Feb. 20 event
EEB’S PERSPECTIVE: Ideas about improving schools: 1 good, 1 bad
FEEDBACK: Likes Deal’s actions; anticipates liberal nirvana
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill’s musical calendar; Snellville artists
NOTABLE: New senior living facility in Peachtree Corners
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
QUOTE: Makes you wonder if they believe it
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The late John Stone
MYSTERY PHOTO: Some thought last one was Cumberland scene
LAGNIAPPE: Local sailor on USS Bonhomme Richard
ISSUE 14.89: GGC, Georgia State, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: This Year To Be 10th Anniversary of Georgia Gwinnett College
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia State University Once Seen as University System Step Child
ANOTHER VIEW: We Live in Fear, Hope and Complacency
FEEDBACK: More about Bus Driver Insurance, And Three More Letters
UPCOMING: Byerly Returns to Gwinnett Tech; Snellville Charitable Event; Lecture Series
NOTABLE: County Closes on Simpsonwood Property; Jenkins Joins Gwinnett Tech Board
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Woodrow Wilson Becomes Academic, Politician, Then President
TODAY’S QUOTE: Wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Spotted the Bonneville Salt Flats
LAGNIAPPE: PCOM Pharmacy Students Working with Patients
Georgia Gwinnett College kicks off activities marking 10th anniversary
By Sloan Jones | In January of 2005, Senate Resolution 33 “….approving the creation of a new four-year college in Gwinnett County by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,” began moving through the legislative process. On May 10, 2005, then-Governor Sonny Perdue put pen to paper, creating an institution that soon would be named Georgia Gwinnett College.
Georgia Gwinnett College kicks off activities marking 10th anniversary
By Sloan Jones | Lawrenceville, Ga. — In January of 2005, Senate Resolution 33 “….approving the creation of a new four-year college in Gwinnett County by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,” began moving through the legislative process. On May 10, 2005, then-Governor Sonny Perdue put pen to paper, creating an institution that soon would be […]
Gwinnett Forum | July 19, 2024
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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