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From left are Georgette Taylor and Audrey Bell-Kearney. Photo provided.

FOCUS: New venture for Gwinnett: Women’s Chamber of Commerce

By Audrey Bell-Kearney |  In a departure from traditional chambers of commerce, the Gwinnett Women’s Chamber of Commerce is beginning to blaze a trail by prioritizing the holistic success of women. With a focus on wellness, access to funding, and embracing technology, this new organization is seeking to empower women entrepreneurs and professionals to achieve their full potential.

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by · June 6, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Entitlements issue is key to reducing the long-term deficit

FOCUS: Entitlements issue is key to reducing the long-term deficit

By Jack Bernard  |  In 2037, the Social Security trust fund reserves will run out, says our government (In 2030, Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund will also run out of funds.)

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by · June 2, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Energetic performer Tina Turner was “Simply the best”

FOCUS: Energetic performer Tina Turner was “Simply the best”

By Dan Bollinger   |  Passing of various rock stars at my age is nothing new.  But the passing of Tina Turner is one that is really kind of special, as she was particularly a great performer.

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by · May 30, 2023 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: PCOM grad wins highest student honor, pursues medicine

By Barbara Myers  |  Kelsey Martin, DO ’23, is the recipient of the Mason W. Pressly Memorial Medal, PCOM Georgia’s highest student honor that recognizes outstanding achievement and service to the college, the community and the osteopathic profession.

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by · May 26, 2023 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: U.S. House members are interfering with local schools

By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist  |  U.S. Rep. Mike  Collins represents the gerrymandered Georgia 10th Congressional district, including parts of eastern Gwinnett. Collins and his GOP House cohorts do not believe that our school teachers are dedicated professionals… or that states and local governments are fully capable of managing their own schools.  

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by · May 23, 2023 · Today's Focus
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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
Author Janisse Ray reads at the forest.

FOCUS: Remembering saving over 4,432 acres on the Altamaha River

By Rick Krause | It’s been a little more than 15 years ago that, when in February 2008, my wife, Sandy,  and I were fortunate to have participated in a celebration of The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) purchase and saving of a tract of land along the Altamaha River near Baxley, called Moody Forest. 

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by · May 16, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Local tribute to Jimmy Carter will be in Norcross on May 23

FOCUS: Local tribute to Jimmy Carter will be in Norcross on May 23

By Amanda Brown Olmstead  |  Local business and civic leaders will pay tribute to President Jimmy Carter by staging an exhibition of the new honorary banners that line a two-mile stretch of Jimmy Carter Boulevard. The event will be on May 23 at 10 a.m. at the parking lot of Global Mall in Norcross, right on the street named for the 39th president of the United States, the only one from Georgia. 

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by · May 12, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Tuwanda R. Williams will seek Gwinnett Superior Court seat

FOCUS: Tuwanda R. Williams will seek Gwinnett Superior Court seat

Tuwanda Rush Williams, who has served as a senior assistant county attorney and a deputy county attorney in the Gwinnett County Attorney’s Office for the past nearly 18 years, will run for the Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge seat being vacated by Judge Karen Beyers. Her last day as a county employee will be May 17, 2023.

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by · May 9, 2023 · Today's Focus
Among those attending the opening of Gwinnett Tech’s new Computer Systems  building were the architects, from the Sizemore Group. They are, from left, Angel Kaufman, Bill St Aubin,  Lily DeBerios, and Andrew Telker.

FOCUS: Gwinnett Tech opens new Computer Systems building

By Melissa Smith  |  Gwinnett Technical College celebrated the completion of its new Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Technologies Building and the renovation of Building 100 this week. 

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by · May 5, 2023 · Today's Focus