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FOCUS: Georgia Piedmont Land Trust marks 25th birthday

By Rebecca Spitler  |  This year, 2023, is a landmark year for the Georgia Piedmont Land Trust.  We are 25 years old this year.  For a quarter century we have worked to protect land for a number of important conservation purposes.

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by · May 2, 2023 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Ninth Great Gwinnett Wetlands event coming on May 6

ANOTHER VIEW: Ninth Great Gwinnett Wetlands event coming on May 6

By Kasie Bolling  |  The ninth Annual Great Gwinnett Wetlands will be in the wetlands that border Lawrenceville’s Sweetwater Creek at Bethesda Park on Saturday, May 6.

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by · May 2, 2023 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Summit on AgTech innovation coming May 4 at GGC

NEWS BRIEFS: Summit on AgTech innovation coming May 4 at GGC

The Rowen Foundation is partnering with Center for Global Health Innovation and Georgia Research Alliance to host the Convergence Summit: AgTech Innovation at the Intersections, which is devoted to collaboration among key industry sectors and the many interwoven priorities that bind them together—such as workforce, research and innovation—on Thursday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Cisco Auditorium at Georgia Gwinnett College.

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by · May 2, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Golden dome of classic design

MYSTERY PHOTO: Golden dome of classic design

Today’s photo mystery is a giant golden building of classic style, beautifully lighted against the night sky. Use your wits to figure out where this photograph was taken, then send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown. 

Several readers recognized the last mystery, the Mercersburg Academy Chapel in Mercersburg, Penn. The photo came from Ross Lenhart of Stone Mountain.

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by · May 2, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 4/28: On climate change and why Clarence Thomas should resign

NEW for 4/28: On climate change and why Clarence Thomas should resign

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Climate change: Why we all should be worried
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia native should resign from the Supreme Court
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: “Shall not infringe” and overthrow are tied together
UPCOMING: Belgian company expansion calls for 30 new jobs in Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Upcoming GGC grad travels long way to get degree
RECOMMENDED: The Emperor’s Notebook, by Marcus Aurelius
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Alice Friman is a resident of Milledgeville
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Classical design appears to be a center of worship
LAGNIAPPE: Rhododendrons are showing off their spring colors
CALENDAR: Ninth annual Suwanee Art Festival is this weekend

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by · April 28, 2023 · Full issues
FOCUS: Climate change: why we all should be worried

FOCUS: Climate change: why we all should be worried

By Jack Bernard  |  A most disturbing international climate change report has been issued by the United Nations. It is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s  Sixth Assessment Report. 

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by · April 28, 2023 · Today's Focus
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NEWS BRIEFS: Upcoming GGC grad travels long way to get degree

Of all the students who will walk in Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) graduation ceremony on May 11, it’s safe to say few have traveled farther than Nana Afia Serwaa Oppong to receive her degree.

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by · April 28, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical vertical design appears to be a worship structure

MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical vertical design appears to be a worship structure

Today’s mystery looks like a chapel, church or cathedral, with classical lines. But is this trying to throw you off?  Start your search, and give us your thoughts about this photograph. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown. 

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by · April 28, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 4/25: On resisting; and on relaxing

NEW for 4/25: On resisting; and on relaxing

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: We must resist, reclaim, rebuild and be counted
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Get out and relax along  the Chattahoochee River
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Money made from Birt book should go to the government
UPCOMING: Be alert, as another rabid raccoon found in Buford 
NOTABLE: Gwinnett students score in the Shuler Music Theatre Awards
RECOMMENDED: Armageddon by Bart D. Ehrman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Columbus Museum hosts more than 90,000 visitors annually
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive cemetery is today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: SAR  honors three Gwinnett officer for saving a life
CALENDAR: Curiosity Lab Criterium bike race takes place Wednesday

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by · April 25, 2023 · Full issues
2017 photo from Ocean Beach near San Francisco, via Unsplash

FOCUS: We must resist, reclaim, rebuild and be counted

By Ashley Herndon  |  We must counter corruption, inequality, false faiths and thievery.  Fear is not a viable mechanism.  Corruption is unsustainable as the wolf chases its tail.  The snake will devour itself, so we must avoid the pitfalls of bogus populism.  True populism is people power, not hateful corporate demagoguery.

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by · April 25, 2023 · Today's Focus