Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEWS BRIEFS: 34th Snellville Police Academy now open for applications

NEWS BRIEFS: 34th Snellville Police Academy now open for applications

The Snellville Police Department is offering a Citizens Police Academy class, strengthening the bond of friendship and cooperation between the city’s police and the people they serve. 

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by · July 25, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this red lighthouse is located

MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this red lighthouse is located

Yep, another lighthouse, this time a red one. Pinpoint where you think this lighthouse is located, and send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net with your hometown listed.

The last mystery photo was taken by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill on a trip to the Northwest.

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by · July 25, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 7/21: On moving, rental cars and Olympic park update

NEW for 7/21: On moving, rental cars and Olympic park update

Click here to read the latest edition of Gwinnett Forum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Longtime Gwinnettian moving away, yet remembers the past
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park
FEEDBACK: Remembers swimming in cold water of Cayuga Lake
UPCOMING: Gwinnett keeps same tax millage rate as in 2022
NOTABLE: Jeremy Collins is new chief deputy tax commissioner
RECOMMENDED: Tall Timber Tales; More Paul Bunyan Stories by Dell McCormick
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Glass-like objects found in Georgia from outer space
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual sculpture asks where it is located
LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee to get new volunteer-built playground
CALENDAR: Two more workshops to hear Gwinnett’s 2045 United Plan

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by · July 21, 2023 · Full issues
Jim and Joanne Cofer

FOCUS: Longtime Gwinnettian moving away, yet remembers the past

By Jim Cofer  |  As I leave Gwinnett for a new life, I look back on the county where my family has been for 196 years and am wide-eyed with amazement at the changes I have seen and heard my forefathers describe. Much of the change has been for the good, but some, not so much so.

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by · July 21, 2023 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park

ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park

By Sheri Clark  |  The latest progress on the Olympic Tennis Center Development  comes straight from Commissioner Ben Ku via a Facebook post: “The Commissioner’s actions have been tabled to our August 22 meeting as Fuqua Development is making several reconfigurations to the plan in response to the feedback from the planning commission and myself.”  This is good news for the Mountain Park community and surrounding areas!

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by · July 21, 2023 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett keeps same tax millage rate as in 2022

NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett keeps same tax millage rate as in 2022

Gwinnett County will operate under the same general fund millage rate as last year, 6.95 mills. Before holding a vote, county commissioners took public comments at three public hearings and via an online comment form.   

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by · July 21, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual sculpture asks where it is located

MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual sculpture asks where it is located

Today’s mystery is a stand-alone piece of art work. There might be a few clues for you as to where this is located. See if you can figure this mystery out of where it is, and why.  Send in what you learn to elliott@brack.net and include which town you live in.

Historian Gene Ramsay, Norcross, who gives tours of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta regularly, identified the recent mystery photo: “That’s the bell tower at Oakland Cemetery.

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by · July 21, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 7/18: On foster children, Finger Lakes, renewed bridge

NEW for 7/18: On foster children, Finger Lakes, renewed bridge

Click here to read the latest full edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Because One Matters goal is to help foster children
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Visiting the Finger Lakes region in New York
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER STORY: Reconstructed Rogers Bridge opened after 15 years
FEEDBACK: Watch out! “Moms of Liberty” chapter is in Gwinnett
UPCOMING: New parking deck opens in downtown Sugar Hill
NOTABLE: Gateway85 CID votes to lower millage rates
RECOMMENDED: Past Lives by Celine Song
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Veteran Georgia political journalist Bill Shipp dies
MYSTERY PHOTO: This nearby scene may prove a difficult mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn twins win awards at DAR national convention

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by · July 18, 2023 · Full issues
Barclay

FOCUS: Because One Matters goal is to help foster children

By Andrea Barclay  |  Because One Matters (BOM): Empowering Lives and Celebrating Milestones, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to influencing the lives of children impacted by foster care and young adults from economically disadvantaged communities.

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by · July 18, 2023 · Today's Focus
Monument and bridge.  Photo provided.

ANOTHER STORY: Reconstructed Rogers Bridge opened after 15 years

By Talore Ruedt  |  Rogers Bridge over the Chattahoochee River between Duluth and Johns Creek is now open, after a ribbon cutting last week. The pedestrian bridge connects Duluth’s Rogers Bridge Park to Johns Creek’s Cauley Creek Park. The work was done by the two cities, in partnership with Gwinnett and Fulton counties.

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by · July 18, 2023 · Another View