Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEWS BRIEFS: Ceremonies at Andersonville site will start May 27

NEWS BRIEFS: Ceremonies at Andersonville site will start May 27

Andersonville National Historic Site will commemorate Memorial Day with events that are free and open to the public, beginning on Saturday, May 27 and concluding on Tuesday, May 30. 

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by · May 23, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a nighttime puzzler for you to identify

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a nighttime puzzler for you to identify

Clues abound in this nighttime Mystery Photo. See if you can put together enough clues to identify this issue’s photograph.  Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown. 

George Graf of Palmyra, Va,. did it.  He submitted a photograph that stumped all our readers. 

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by · May 23, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 5/19: Western trip; Western Gwinnett Bikeway; GGC speaker

NEW for 5/19: Western trip; Western Gwinnett Bikeway; GGC speaker

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett couple on jaunt out west enjoying the sights
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Construction going slowly on Western Gwinnett Bikeway
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia 
ANOTHER VIEW: GGC cinema arts grad becomes commencement speaker
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Lanier High girls Sea Cows robotics team seeks championship
NOTABLE: French American Chamber signs local partnership agreement  
RECOMMENDED: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Battle of Resaca was first big engagement of Atlanta campaign
MYSTERY PHOTO: The location of this mystery may not be what you think
CALENDAR: Tribute to naming of Jimmy Carter Boulevard is Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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by · May 19, 2023 · Full issues
BRACK: Construction going slowly on Western Gwinnett Bikeway

BRACK: Construction going slowly on Western Gwinnett Bikeway

By Elliott Brack  |  Have you noticed the construction along the west side of a four-mile stretch of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth and Suwanee?  Gwinnett County is building part of a multi-use path, the Western Gwinnett Bikeway, on the western edge of  the road, and using distinctive prefab concrete construction barrier walls in the process. It is a long-awaited bikeway, having been in the talking stage for years, and lately, has been plagued by construction delays.

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Bub's, in Carmel, Indiana.

FOCUS: Gwinnett couple on jaunt out west enjoying the sights

By Ed Orr |  Janet and my trip westward is one that is different than that of our forefathers. Rather than leaving family, hearth, and friends behind, we are seeking to reunite with friends of old, family we haven’t seen in years, enjoy the geology and geography of the different regions, sightsee a bit, and touch the last of the lower 48 that we haven’t visited.

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by · May 19, 2023 · Today's Focus
Alexis McMillan

ANOTHER VIEW: GGC cinema arts grad becomes commencement speaker

 By Jacqueline Todd | Alexis McMillian has always been keenly aware of the tragedies and comedies of life, so it’s no wonder she felt pulled toward film from a very young age.

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by · May 19, 2023 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Lanier High girls Sea Cows robotics team seeks championship   

NEWS BRIEFS: Lanier High girls Sea Cows robotics team seeks championship   

A five-member, all-female underwater robotics team from Lanier High School in Sugar Hill, nicknamed the Sea Cows, has qualified for the MATE ROV (robotics) Competition World Championships in Longmont, Colorado, this summer. 

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by · May 19, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: The location of this mystery may not be what you think

MYSTERY PHOTO: The location of this mystery may not be what you think

Today’s Mystery Photo may not have the geographical location that many associated with Christmas. See if you can determine where this photograph was made. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown. 

Two GwinnettForum readers correctly identified the last Mystery Photo because they had been there. 

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by · May 19, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 5/16: Saved swamp; winners; Mountain Park

NEW for 5/16: Saved swamp; winners; Mountain Park

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering saving over 4,432 acres on the Altamaha River
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Winners, taxes, making snow in Minnesota and Social Security
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
ANOTHER VIEW: Mountain Park community questions tennis venue proposal
FEEDBACK: GwinnettForum helps her make a key decision
UPCOMING: High school graduation times listed, starting May 17
NOTABLE: Valedictorians, salutatorians named for each high school
RECOMMENDED: A New Look at Grace; A Spirituality of Wholeness by Bill Huebsch
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Residents of Wiregrass Georgia have their own entertainment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out which port town this photo shows
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett’s first Whataburger restaurant opens near Buford
CALENDAR: Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis is Saturday  in Suwanee

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by · May 16, 2023 · Full issues
BRACK: Winners, taxes, making snow in Minnesota and Social Security

BRACK: Winners, taxes, making snow in Minnesota and Social Security

By Elliott Brack  |  Listed below are winners of the 12th annual Movers and Shakers awards of Partnership Gwinnett, awarded on May 4. 

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