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FOCUS: Two GGC commencement speakers overcome adversity
By Ken Scar | Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) is celebrating two extraordinary graduates whose journeys exemplify the power of resilience, determination, and a commitment to serving others. Mikiah Miller and Shari Jackson come from vastly different backgrounds but share a common thread: the courage to forge new paths in the face of adversity.
FOCUS: Williams family building wedding venue at Lake Lanier
By Kasie Bolling | A spire is on the rise in Georgia – one that holds deep personal meaning for the family behind one of the South’s most popular destinations, Lake Lanier Islands resort. Under their company – Islands Management, The Williams Family purchased the lease rights to the lakeside resort from the State of Georgia in 2005.
FOCUS: Santa arrives at Duluth rail museum on Saturday
By Chuck Miller | The Southeastern Railway Museum (SRM) will welcome the return of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus on Saturday, November 16. The museum’s timetable reports an expected arrival of the festive couple on the #3 Local arriving on Track 22 at 1 p.m. Track 22 is the museum’s current passenger loading area in Building 2, adjacent to Southern locomotive 6901.
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 28 2025
“I went into a McDonald’s yesterday and said, ‘I’d like some fries.’ The girl at the counter said, ‘Would you like some fries with that?’’’
– Comedian Jay Leno (1950 – ).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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