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Duluth Fall Festival is Saturday, Sunday
The 40th annual Duluth Fall Festival lis just around the corner on Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1. There will be hundreds of displays of arts , crafts , holiday items, food, outdoor events, sponsor booths and more with many exciting new vendors. Entertainment on two stages is set, along with the parade, opening ceremony and road race.
Take advantage of the FREE shuttle service Saturday and Sunday from these area schools: Duluth Middle on Pleasant Hill Road, Chattahoochee Elementary on Albion Farm Road or Mason Elementary on Bunten Road. Ride in comfort to and from the festival, and don’t worry about parking at all!
NEWS BRIEFS: Johns Creek Symphony opens its 17th season Sept. 30
Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra is ready to ignite the area with a dynamic concert performance, featuring Mark Wood, the original string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. “The Mark Wood Experience” will be held on Saturday, September 30 at 7 p.m. in Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek.
NEWS BRIEFS: Two from Gwinnett to named to Veterans Hall of Fame
Two military veterans from Gwinnett are among the 15 people that will be inducted in the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame for 2023. The two are Air Force Lt. Col. James Wesley Williams who now lives in Norcross, and is a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, and Army Sgt. Carvis Pittman Williams of Snellville, who served in World War II, and will be honored posthumously.
NEWS BRIEFS: Lawrenceville plans its linear mural on Jackson Street
The Lawrenceville Arts Commission (LAC) is launching the city’s first community mural project to transform a main throughway along Jackson Street into an artistic area. The mural, to be created by artist Teresa Abboud, will be located on the low wall adjacent to the Post Office between Pike and Crogan Streets.
Gwinnett Forum | July 19, 2024
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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