Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEW for 11/3: On Olympic site; Apostle Paul; GOP

NEW for 11/3: On Olympic site; Apostle Paul; GOP

Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s background on future use of Olympic site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The travels that the Apostle Paul took got my interest
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company 
ANOTHER VIEW: What on earth happened to the Grand Old Party?
FEEDBACK: Animal shelters are full; please consider an adoption
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill unveiling web-based Digital Budget Book
NOTABLE: PCOM Student Shares his Success with First Generation Students
OBITUARY: Stephen Willis Day 
RECOMMENDED: We’re about out; send your recommendations!
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah College of Art and Design has 16,000 students
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this roaring stream over rocks?
CALENDAR: America Recycles Day at Gwinnett Fairgrounds is Nov. 4

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by · November 3, 2023 · Full issues
Image is page 40 of Revised Rezoning Application.

FOCUS: Here’s background on future use of Olympic site

By Kate L. Pittman   |  At the October zoning hearing, the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a revised rezoning application for the Olympic tennis site off U.S. 78 near Stone Mountain. 

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by · November 3, 2023 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: What on earth happened to the Grand Old Party?

ANOTHER VIEW: What on earth happened to the Grand Old Party?

By Jack Bernard.  |  Ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from his position by a handful of right-wing GOP extremists who did not think he was pro-MAGA enough. They were led by Matt Gaetz, a Florida Congressman with about as dubious a background as anyone ever in Congress.

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by · November 3, 2023 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Sugar Hill unveiling web-based Digital Budget Book

NEWS BRIEFS: Sugar Hill unveiling web-based Digital Budget Book

The City of Sugar Hill is unveiling a new web-based Digital Budget Book powered by ClearGov, a provider of Budget Clear Management software for local governments in 2024. Sugar Hill’s comprehensive Digital Budget Book will include the general fund and capital improvement project budgets. 

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by · November 3, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this roaring stream over rocks?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this roaring stream over rocks?

Falling water always seems to attract people. This is a roaring stream over rocks. Can you figure out where it is located?  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown!

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by · November 3, 2023 · Mystery photos
Day

Stephen Willis Day 

Gwinnett County elections board member Stephen Willis Day, 71 of Dacula, died on October 30 at his home as a result of pancreatic cancer.

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by · November 3, 2023 · Obituaries
NEW for 10/31: Braselton foundation; Blue Ridge Parkway

NEW for 10/31: Braselton foundation; Blue Ridge Parkway

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Braselton organizes foundation to support its police force
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The best part of the Blue Ridge Parkway is close by
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Universal Military Service would bind our nation together
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center to feature painting of Artist Ann Odum
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville wins regional excellence award from ARC
RECOMMENDED: The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Seven steps to Xeriscape gardening
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic lines form today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Anne Labaire is Norcross Gallery artist of the month
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Coalition plans event for Nov. 1

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by · October 31, 2023 · Full issues
Walls

FOCUS: Braselton organizes foundation to support its police force

By Ed Walls  |  The Braselton Police Foundation has been organized to  fund equipment and financial support to the Braselton Police Department (BPD) to individual officers in need. The Foundation is additionally working with BPD so they can expand their activity to institute an array of public safety initiatives.

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by · October 31, 2023 · Today's Focus
Odum

NEWS BRIEFS: Hudgens Center to feature painting of artist Ann Odum

An exhibition by award-winning pastel artist Ann Parsons Odum, whose paintings have helped preserve the memory of small-town Duluth, will be featured at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning’s Rowe Promenade Gallery, November 10, 2023 through January 13, 2024. 

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by · October 31, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic lines form today’s puzzler

MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic lines form today’s puzzler

Today’s Mystery Photo is a classical statue in a great setting, with two flags flying above it. It might be somewhat remote, since not many people are in this scene. Now: where is it?  Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and tell us in which town you live.

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by · October 31, 2023 · Mystery photos