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5/19: Harvest Farm’s public orchard; Gwinnett’s exciting cities; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Harvest Farm Is First Public Orchard and Playground in the Southeast
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Exciting Activities in Gwinnett Cities with Envisioning Leaders
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Being at Hospital Emergency Room Usually Seems Like Forever
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library Becomes NASA Partner for STEM Learning
NOTABLE: Foundation Awards Largest Grants Ever to Local Agencies
RECOMMENDED: If Only by Richard Paul Evans
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA Veterinary College Now Has Enrollment of 431 Students
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Working at a Fire Hydrant Factory Produces
MYSTERY PHOTO: In Our Warmer Gwinnett Weather, Let This Photograph Cool You Down
LAGNIAPPE: CID, Schools, Library Team Up to Give Meadowcreek 1,400 Books
CALENDAR: Sixth Annual Beach Blast in Snellville Saturday Afternoon

by GwinnettForum · May 18, 2017 · Full issues

5/16: Gwinnett Tech grant winner; Spring student recitals; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Tech Student Wins Cooke Foundation Grant for More College
EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Unexpected Return to the Days of Springtime Student Recitals
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Three Letters on Three Different Subjects
UPCOMING: Georgia Minority Leader To Be GGC Commencement Speaker
NOTABLE: InsuranceHub Plans To Hire 50 Employees in Next Three Years
RECOMMENDATIONS: GwinnettForum Needs More 150 Word Reviews….of Several Varieties
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tracing the Progress of Bulletin of the Atlanta Historical Society
TODAY’S QUOTE: There’s a Certain Significance To Three O’Clock
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe the Brick Will Tell You Something about This Mystery
CALENDAR: Norcross Plans Early Bird Market on May 20

by GwinnettForum · May 16, 2017 · Full issues

5/12: New Interstate interchange; Holtkamps find success; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Interchange at Interstate-85 and Georgia Highway 324 in the Works
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Holtkamps Find Success In HVAC Business, Give Back to Community
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
UPCOMING: New SculpTour Pieces Now on Display within City of Suwanee
NOTABLE: Snellville Police Seek To Help Those with Criminal Records Find a Job
RECOMMENDED: Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ivey and Crook Architectural Firm Excelled in Traditional Design
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Abraham Lincoln Thought Made Him Successful
MYSTERY PHOTO: Why Is This Photograph So Blotchy, and Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Simpsonwood Park Chapel Area Gets New Irrigation System
CALENDAR: Saturday, May 13, is Train Day at Vines Garden Park

by GwinnettForum · May 12, 2017 · Full issues

5/9: A school “share table;” Enjoyable performance; Symphony music

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Fifth Grader Recognizes Need, Gets “Share Table” for School Cafeteria
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Throwback at Duluth Theater Last Weekend Quite Enjoyable
ANOTHER VIEW: Summerour Eighth Graders Enjoy Music with Symphony Players
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
UPCOMING: Three Different Outdoor Festivals in Buford, Duluth and Suwanee This Week
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Place CID Launches Monthly Photograph Contest
RECOMMENDED: General and Madame de Lafayette by Jason Lane
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Earliest European Explorers of Georgia Were from Spain
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s a Thought Most Useful in Atlanta These Days
MYSTERY PHOTO: Locomotive Is the Basis of Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Ruth Bridges Is Eastside’s Humanitarian Volunteer Winner
CALENDAR: Rep. Dewery McClain Hosts Senior Health and Safety Event Thursday

by GwinnettForum · May 9, 2017 · Full issues

5/5: Aurora expansion; Groundbreaking changes; Sugar Hill’s interns

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville Moves Forward To Expand Aurora Theatre Facilities
EEB PERSPECTIVE: MY, MY, MY, How Official Groundbreakings Have Changed!
ANOTHER VIEW: Sugar Hill Finds Success in Providing Internship Program
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Agrees That Political Signs Need More Code Enforcements
UPCOMING: Spring Planting Festival To Be Saturday at McDaniel Farm Park
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Sets Record of Providing More than 200 Scholarships
RECOMMENDED: Twilight of The Elites, America after Meritocracy by Christopher Hayes
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ocmulgee River Forms in Three Counties in North Central Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Oh, Somebody Always Puts Out What Seems an Easy Solution
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Vital Clue To This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Take Back Program Records over a Ton of Drugs
CALENDAR: Pizza with Police in Lawrenceville Coming on May 11

by GwinnettForum · May 5, 2017 · Full issues

5/2: New PC city hall; Charm of an older hotel; Data and guns

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners To Buy Building in Technology Park for City Hall
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Stay at Older Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. Proves To Be Memorable
ANOTHER VIEW: Good Data Equals Good Public Policy in Gun Debate
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech To Host Coding Youth Camps This Summer
NOTABLE: Eastside Medical Center Proudly Flies Donate Life Flag
RECOMMENDED: This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Artist Find Acceptance, Including Major Work Done for Coca-Cola
TODAY’S QUOTE: Problems With Having an Open Mind
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us Who This Bust Represents and Where It’s Located
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Frank Sharp Visits Zoo Atlanta
CALENDAR: Paper Shredding at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lilburn on May 13

by GwinnettForum · May 2, 2017 · Full issues

4/28: On controlling political signs, dark money and more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Voting Season Gives Rise To Proposal To Control Those Political Signs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Book Puts Light on the Way Big Money Influences Politics
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Values Academic Freedom and Open and Vigorous Debate of Issues
UPCOMING: GEHC Plans GreenFest on April 30 to Commemorate Earth Day
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Foundation Awards the first Nana Grant to Amber Aur
RECOMMENDED: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Italian Born Artist Athos Menaboni Finds Success in Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Does Mankind Recognize This But Acts the Way It Does?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Neat Building Begs You To Identify Where It’s Located
CALENDAR: ArtFest on the Lawrenceville Lawn Saturday, April 29

by GwinnettForum · April 28, 2017 · Full issues

4/25: Potter’s ornament; Braves and pencils; Fewer traffic problems?

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee Potter Produces Leaf Ornament for Art on Limb, 2017
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Atlanta Braves Quiz, Just One Word Error and about Pencils
ANOTHER VIEW: What’ s This? Fewer Problems in Traffic after I-85 Falls?
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Suggests Program of Freedom of Movement Across Our Borders
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library Launching Program To Access Wi-Fi Hot Spots
NOTABLE: GACS Junior Parker Jennings Wins Second Shuler Award
RECOMMENDED: Hemingway’s Cats by Carlene Fredericka Brennen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Augusta Native Became Military Aide to Two U.S. Presidents
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sometimes You Should Just Leave Your Enemy Alone
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stunning Whiteness Stands Out in This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Spring Gala of Norcross High School Foundation Is This Weekend

by GwinnettForum · April 25, 2017 · Full issues

4/21: Cleaning up a creek; A business success story

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Takes Aim at Cleaning Bromolow Creek
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Hispanic Businessman Finds Success in Gwinnett and Southeast
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
UPCOMING: Gwinnett To House More State-sentenced Inmates at Correctional Unit
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Cities Named Among Top Ten Best Suburbs for 2017
RECOMMENDED: Darktown by Thomas Mullen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gov. Samuel Elbert Oversaw Chartering of University of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Ideals and the Stars Are Alike
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Identify This Historic House and Tell Its Significance?
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Woman’s Club Gets Allstate Helping Hands Grant
CALENDAR: Bed Race Around Gwinnett Historic Courthouse Is This Weekend

by GwinnettForum · April 20, 2017 · Full issues

4/18: Dream Keepers’ unveiling; and more on Jim Ellis

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TODAY’S FOCUS: The “Dream Keepers of Tomorrow” To Be Unveiled in Duluth on April 29
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why Jim Ellis Concentrated Dealerships on Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Californian Remembers First Meeting with Jim Ellis Years Ago
UPCOMING: Snellville Police Plan Drug Take-Back Event on April 29
NOTABLE: Solicitor Dismisses 89 Cases Involving Dismissed Gwinnett Policemen
RECOMMENDED: HotRocks Grill in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Banker Mills B. Lane Had Major Impact on Many Atlanta Activities
TODAY’S QUOTE: There’s a Tragic Flaw In the Constitution of the United States
MYSTERY PHOTO: Banker Mills B. Lane Had Major Impact on Many Atlanta Activities

by GwinnettForum · April 17, 2017 · Full issues

Continuing objectives

Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:

Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
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.
21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.

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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5/19: Harvest Farm’s public orchard; Gwinnett’s exciting cities; more

5/16: Gwinnett Tech grant winner; Spring student recitals; more

5/12: New Interstate interchange; Holtkamps find success; more

5/5: Aurora expansion; Groundbreaking changes; Sugar Hill’s interns

5/2: New PC city hall; Charm of an older hotel; Data and guns

4/28: On controlling political signs, dark money and more

4/25: Potter’s ornament; Braves and pencils; Fewer traffic problems?

4/21: Cleaning up a creek; A business success story

4/18: Dream Keepers’ unveiling; and more on Jim Ellis

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