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5/17: Quarry Crusher Run; D.C. baseball; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GVCID Presents Quarry Crusher Run To Support Meadowcreek Area

EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Eventful Day at the New Baseball Park in Washington

SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Hardware

UPCOMING: Avoid Lines by Taking Advantage of Early Voting This Week

NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College Graduates 470 Students in 2016 Class

RECOMMENDED: Built From Scratch, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank

GEORGIA TIDBIT: For Nearly 30 Years, Jackson Lee Nesbitt Stops Creating Art

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way To Insure That You Do Not Come Out Well

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Vintage Mill Photo; Where Is It?

LAGNIAPPE: Chihuly Exhibit at Atlanta Botanical Garden Runs Through October 30

by GwinnettForum · May 17, 2016 · Full issues

5/10: Eastside’s new partner; presidential questions; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Eastside Partners with Argosy University For Upgraded Nursing
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Questions Arise Now that Presidential Contest Is Almost Settled
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Suggests Plebiscite Concerning Peachtree Corners Bridge
UPCOMING: Snellville Plans Meeting on May 17 about Its Towne Center Project
NOTABLE: Community Foundation Makes Awards Totaling $288,000 to 24 Agencies
RECOMMENDED: I’m Not Rappaport at the Aurora Theatre
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Big Wetlands Near Valdosta Shows Complex Ecological Structure
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Route To Financial Instability
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just What Geographic Area Does This Structure Serve?
LAGNIAPPE: Four GACS Bandsmen Headed to College To Be in the Band

by GwinnettForum · May 10, 2016 · Full issues

5/6: Survey on Peachtree Corners’ bridge; Our primary endorsements; Cuba

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Survey Says Majority of Peachtree Corners Residents Oppose Bridge
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Consider These Candidates When You Go Into the Voting Booth
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Another Look of Recent Trip to Cuba by Southern Journalists
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.
FEEDBACK: How Patty Davis Says Alzheimer’s Touched Ronald Reagan
UPCOMING: Commissioners OKs $75 Million Addition for Gwinnett Courthouse
NOTABLE: Refunding Water-Sewer Bonds Results in $18.5 Million Savings
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Union Forces Capture Jefferson Davis in Irwin County
TODAY’S QUOTE: Shhh. Or the Whole World May Know!
MYSTERY PHOTO: New Mystery Photo May Bring Lots of Head Scratching

by GwinnettForum · May 5, 2016 · Full issues

5/3: On Peachtree Corners, visit to Cuba, tax breaks

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Mayor Answers Questions on Proposed Bridge

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Visit to Cuba Shows Happy, Friendly People, But Crumbling Buildings

ANOTHER VIEW: State Should Call Bluff of Filmmaker’s Many Tax Breaks in Georgia

SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves

FEEDBACK: Letters On Bridges, Cubans, Artists and Candidates

UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Announced Themes, Times for Summer Acting Camp

NOTABLE: Mural in Toyota Promotion To Remain in Norcross’ Skin Alley

RECOMMENDED: Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew by Michael Morpurgo

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Horace Ware Born Lowly, Rises to Federal Judicial Bench

TODAY’S QUOTE: When To Start on Your Retirement Activity

MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Significant Hints In This Edition’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: Peachtree Corners Rotary Hosts First Career Exploration Night

by GwinnettForum · May 3, 2016 · Full issues

4/26: On artists’ driving forces; A 57-year-old organization

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TODAY’S FOCUS: What Drives the Artists to Keep “Taking a Licking” from Viewers?

EEB PERSPECTIVE: What One Organization Faces After 57 Years of Operations

SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District

FEEDBACK: Idea of a Bridge Across 141 Has Awakened Peachtree Corners as Issue

UPCOMING: County Buys New Devices to Help in Cardiac Arrest Cases

NOTABLE: GACS Announces New Roles for Four Veteran Educators

GEORGIA TIDBIT: World’s First Black Combat Aviator Was Born in Stewart County

TODAY’S QUOTE: What Doing Good in the United States Has Become

MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Clues in This Round-About May Lead You to Solution

LAGNIAPPE: Rotary Honors Connie Wiggins for Her Extensive Service to Gwinnett

by GwinnettForum · April 26, 2016 · Full issues

4/22: Aurora reunites 2; Cagle’s religious liberty; letters

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TODAY’S FOCUS: I’m Not Rapport Presentation at Aurora Reunites Two Actors
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Does Cagle’s Religious Liberty Stand Hurt His 2018 Governor’s Race?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Two Views of Pedestrian Bridge in Peachtree Corners
UPCOMING: Backyard Garden Festival Coming April 24 to Environmental Center
NOTABLE: Nine Agencies Share $113,463 in Jackson EMC Foundation Grants
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Feature of Progressive Movement Was Greater Role of Woman
TODAY’S QUOTE: A Thought from Neil Armstrong on Earth Day (Today)
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Readers Spot Eiffel Tower, Taken from Underneath
LAGNIAPPE: Sandy Creek Student Wins Gwinnett Realtor’s Scholarship

by GwinnettForum · April 22, 2016 · Full issues

4/19: Peachtree Corners bridge; New flooring showroom; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Bridge: From City-Lite to Big Government

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Immigrant Flooring Company Making Progress in Gwinnett

SPOTLIGHT: Renewal by Andersen of Atlanta

FEEDBACK: More Thoughts on North Carolina Legislation about Rest Rooms

UPCOMING: Hudgens Art Center To Hold Solo Exhibit by $50,000 Prize Winner

NOTABLE: Several Places Host Gwinnett for Early Voting through May 20

RECOMMENDED: My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah Oldest Jewish Temple in South

TODAY’S QUOTE: Former New Yorker Cartoonist Remembers His Other Careers

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Metal Showing in This Mystery Photo

by GwinnettForum · April 19, 2016 · Full issues

4/15: Cancer program; 900,000 Gwinnettians; Snellville’s naming

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Medical Center, YMCA Join in Program To Benefit Cancer Survivors

EEB PERSPECTIVE: As of Monday, Gwinnett Population Hits 900,000 Residents

ANOTHER VIEW: Who Named Snellville? Research at National Archives Clears It Up

SPOTLIGHT: Brand Banking Company

FEEDBACK: Assistance After Closing Brings Plaudits from Potential Customer

UPCOMING: Tuesday, April 26, Is Final Date To Register for May 24 Primary Election

NOTABLE: Finalists Told for United Way’s Spark Prize Event of April 28

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Dr. Samuel Nunes of Portugal among Jews Landing in Early Savannah

TODAY’S QUOTE: No Way Mason Brothers Could Lose in Early Business Dealings

MYSTERY PHOTO: Mountain Scene Begs for Identification

by GwinnettForum · April 15, 2016 · Full issues

FOCUS: Medical Center, YMCA join in program to benefit cancer survivors

By Johanna Baidya | Gwinnett Medical Center and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta are teaming up to offer a special exercise program for cancer survivors to help maintain and improve their overall state of wellness during and after treatment. Called GMC at the Y, the program also aims to help survivors lower their risk of recurrence, a key concern for those who have had cancer. The program also aims to improve the strength, stamina, and health of those with active cancer.

by GwinnettForum · April 15, 2016 · Full issues

4/12: Norcross updates; Restroom solution; Discrimination laws

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Update on the New Norcross Branch Library and Highway Improvements
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Seems To Be Simple Way To Solve Which Restroom To Enter
ANOTHER VIEW: What Discrimination Laws Will Do to Some Southern States
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Closed Minds Lead to Destruction, plus Thanking Lilburn Alcohol-Selling Sites
UPCOMING: Upcoming Clean and Beautiful Dinner to Honor Wiggins, Volunteers
NOTABLE: Majority of Gwinnett Real Properties Will See Change in Valuations
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA Has Two Historic Paintings from American Artist George Cooke
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Knowing the Truth Can Do To You
MYSTERY PHOTO: Couple of Clues Awaiting This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Sugar Hill Bringing Back the Popular Thursdays@the Hill

by GwinnettForum · April 12, 2016 · Full issues

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.

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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5/17: Quarry Crusher Run; D.C. baseball; more

5/10: Eastside’s new partner; presidential questions; more

5/6: Survey on Peachtree Corners’ bridge; Our primary endorsements; Cuba

5/3: On Peachtree Corners, visit to Cuba, tax breaks

4/26: On artists’ driving forces; A 57-year-old organization

4/22: Aurora reunites 2; Cagle’s religious liberty; letters

4/19: Peachtree Corners bridge; New flooring showroom; more

4/15: Cancer program; 900,000 Gwinnettians; Snellville’s naming

FOCUS: Medical Center, YMCA join in program to benefit cancer survivors

4/12: Norcross updates; Restroom solution; Discrimination laws

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