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NEWS BRIEFS: PCOM student doctors plan two wellness events, more
Gwinnett County residents will be the recipients of two wellness events planned by PCOM Georgia Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in early December. On Friday, December 3, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., PCOM Georgia DO students, along with faculty members, will take blood pressure readings and distribute blood pressure information at the Jolly Holly Day in Suwanee Town Center, located […]
10/16: GwinnettForum’s 2018 endorsement issue
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | After nearly a full year of people campaigning for election in 2018, the end is near. On November 6, Georgians will vote in the General Election, picking the people to lead our nation in Congress, our state government and our local governments for the short-term future.
Despite all the rhetoric and commercials about the election, we can only hope that our voters will see through the smokescreens and innuendos, and decide for themselves which of the many candidates to support.
GwinnettForum again this year has interviewed state and local candidates—-88 so far—to learn about them so it can select the candidates most worthy of the Gwinnett voter’s choice. What follows is our endorsement of the candidates we think will best serve our area in the coming years. It was a delight to see so many good candidates offer for office.
Order 366 Facts about Gwinnett County, Ga.
GwinnettForum has published a great new book, 366 Facts about Gwinnett County, Ga., that will amaze you every day of the year leading up to the county’s 200th bicentennial in December 2018.
This new book is a 5.5-by-4.25-inch softback book with a fact-a-day about the county beginning on Dec. 15, 2017, and ending on the county’s birthday, Dec. 15, 2018.
You can purchase the book by mail or online for just $7.50 plus $0.45 in sales tax.
Click the headline above to learn how to order by mail or order online.
NEW: Gwinnett history now available as e-book
Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, by Elliott Brack, is now available as an e-book.
Gwinnett County’s most recent history book, all 850 pages, sold out after two printings. But you can purchase the text of the award-winning book now for only $9.99 for your Kindle or Nook reader. (The hard copy edition of the book sold last for $75.)
NEWS: Former County Commission Chair Lillian Webb dies at 87
[UPDATED, 4:10 p.m., Sept. 15] GwinnettForum learned today of the passing of Lillian Webb, 87, former chair of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years, and former 11-term mayor of Norcross.
She was named Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year in 2013. More.
The family will accept visitors on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Crowell Brothers Home, while the funeral will be Saturday, September 17, at 2 p.m. at Norcross United Methodist Church, with burial following at Crowell Cemetery.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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