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7/12: About the big bike ride, flying money and the national deficit

7/12: About the big bike ride, flying money and the national deficit

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s How the Bike Ride Across Georgia Came Into Being
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What Would You Have Done About All That Flying Money on I-285?
ANOTHER VIEW: Presidential Administrations Who Have Added Most to the Deficit
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: USA IS Using Calculated Cruelty to Manufacture a Crisis
UPCOMING: Grayson Is Site of Gwinnett Medical Center’s Urgent Care Facility 
NOTABLE: Georgia DOT Seeks Input for Widening Scenic Highway Project
RECOMMENDED: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Little Cumberland Lighthouse Owned and Preserved by a Foundation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of Clues Included in This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Nature Produces a Beautiful Red Daylily
CALENDAR: Making Rain Barrels Workshop Is July 13

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by · July 12, 2019 · Full issues
7/2: Living up to expectations; A good life; New amendments

7/2: Living up to expectations; A good life; New amendments

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TODAY’S FOCUS: We Should Not Live Beyond Our Expectations, But Live Up to Them
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Classmate Led Admirable Life, Associated with Girl Scout Camp
ANOTHER VIEW: USA Needs Major Changes, Including Four New Amendment
SPOTLIGHT: J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Jostling with Letter Writer About Services Not Wanting To Pay For
UPCOMING: County Plans Three Hearings on Adjusted Proposed Millage Rates
NOTABLE: Leithead Is New Executive Director of Lilburn Community District
RECOMMENDED: No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Earliest Lighthouse on Georgia Coast Was Constructed in 1736
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tombstone for a Patriot Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett’s historic courthouse
CALENDAR:  What’s going on in Gwinnett

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by · July 2, 2019 · Full issues
6/14: Best drummer-singers; On writing; Impeachment

6/14: Best drummer-singers; On writing; Impeachment

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Considering Some Rock-and-Roll Singers Who Are Drummers
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What’s the Ideal Written Column Length?  Well, That Depends……
ANOTHER VIEW: Makes Case of Letting Impeachment Hearing on the President Begin
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Finds “Good Side” When Continued Attacks and Tragedy Erupt
UPCOMING: Norcross Planning Summer Block Party on June 20 from 5-9 p.m.
NOTABLE: LWV Chapter Requests County Consider Changing Election Policy
RECOMMENDED: The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Ports Authority Operation Dates Back to Creation in 1945
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Sunset Scene Captures the Romance of a Lighthouse
CALENDAR: BookFest Gwinnett Is June 15 at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center

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by · June 14, 2019 · Full issues
5/31, full issue: PCOM grads; Early summer; Dealing with heat

5/31, full issue: PCOM grads; Early summer; Dealing with heat

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TODAY’S FOCUS: PCOM Georgia Holds Commencement for 270 Graduates
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Tidbits of Summer, Including No Hat, No Shorts, No Service
ANOTHER VIEW: With It Hot Outside, Consider These Tips for Staying Cooler
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett 
FEEDBACK: Reader Challenges Conventional Thinking of Winston Churchill
UPCOMING: New Scholarship at Gwinnett Tech Honors Service of Rick Davis
NOTABLE: Johnson To Head DNR Law Enforcement Division in Northeast Georgia
RECOMMENDED: Unexampled Courage by Richard Gergel
GEORGIA TIDBIT: DeSoto’s Expedition Had Enormous Impact on Pristine Native Americans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Determining Where East and West May Help Solve This Mystery
CALENDAR: Adopt-a-Stream Workshop To Be on June 8

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by · May 31, 2019 · Full issues
5/14: Old, but new, church; Shackling juveniles; More

5/14: Old, but new, church; Shackling juveniles; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mary, Our Queen Church Gets New Life Out of Buffalo, N.Y. Church
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Shackling of Juvenile Defendants in Courtrooms Usually Improper
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
UPCOMING: Norcross To Present Findings of Survey of Extended-Stay Motels
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $55,000 to Gwinnett Charities
RECOMMENDED: Streaming television show, Corner Gas.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Federal District Judge Emory Speer Also Headed Mercer Law School
MYSTERY PHOTO: From Monuments and Lighthouses to an In-Floor Design
LAGNIAPPE: Another View of a Movie Star at the Cyclorama at Atlanta History Center
CALENDAR: Ribbon Cutting Soon To Be Held at Renovated Club Drive Park

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by · May 14, 2019 · Full issues
5/3, full issue: On railroads and the hottest day so far!

5/3, full issue: On railroads and the hottest day so far!

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Seminar at GGC Focuses on the Golden Spike and U.S. Railroads
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hurrah for the Arrival of the Hottest Day of the Year So Far in Atlanta!
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Comment on Sen. David Perdue Draws Two Conflicting Views
UPCOMING: Three Juried Shows Are Now On Display at Hudgens Center for the Arts
NOTABLE: Snellville Cracking Down on Unsolicited Advertising Materials
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Ladies in Lavender, from the Short Story by William J. Locke
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ellen Axson Wilson Was First Georgia Native To Become First Lady
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Lighthouse Framed within a Gate, So Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Paul Duke STEM School and Peachtree Corners Note Arbor Day
CALENDAR: Pump Boys and Dinettes Opens at Lionheart Theatre Now

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by · May 3, 2019 · Full issues
3/19: Genealogy sites; Importance of transit vote; Hate crimes

3/19: Genealogy sites; Importance of transit vote; Hate crimes

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Watch Out for the Dangers of Those Many Genealogy Websites
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Transit Question Is Gwinnett’s Most Important Vote of Recent Years
ANOTHER VIEW: No Matter what Tucker Carlson Says, Hate Crimes Are Real
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Suggestion of a Utah Service That Might Help Gwinnett Traffic
UPCOMING: One Woman Erma Bombeck Show at Aurora from March 22 to April 14
NOTABLE: County To Get Four More Locations To Renew Auto Licenses
RECOMMENDED: These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grady Was President of First Professional Baseball League in the South
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Handsome Statue Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Panel Discussion on How Journalism Affects Democracy Coming Soon.

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by · March 19, 2019 · Full issues
2/26: Yes on transit; Turning off “lights;” Dream trip

2/26: Yes on transit; Turning off “lights;” Dream trip

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Vote Yes on Transit for the County, and for Personal Reasons, Too
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Do You Turn Off the “Lights” When You Leave a Room?
ANOTHER VIEW: Dying Husband Quietly Makes Westward Trip a Dream for His Wife
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: To Do Business on the Mainland, Britain Must Accept the Unacceptable 
UPCOMING: New Peachtree Corners Partnership For Self-Driving Shuttles
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $64,000 Grants in Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Atlanta College of Art Dates Back to Founding in 1905
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can a Simple Steeple Suggest To You This Photo’s Location?
CALENDAR: Town Hall meeting Concerning the Georgia Legislature Coming February 28

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by · February 26, 2019 · Full issues
2/15: Hospital merger; Woodall’s announcement; Another view

2/15: Hospital merger; Woodall’s announcement; Another view

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Final Approval Given To Merge Northside and Gwinnett Hospitals
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Surprise Announcement by Woodall May Foretell Good for Democrats
ANOTHER VIEW: Author Gives Her Views on Partial Birth Abortion, An American Issue
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Doesn’t Want To See First Amendment Debased in Discourse
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers Bring Baseball Back on March 3 with Free Party
NOTABLE: Holtkamp Heating and Air, Art Center Announce Continued Partnership
RECOMMENDED: Agatha Christie’s The A.B.C. Murders
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Last Recorded Duel Between Georgians Occurred in 1889
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Mystery Photo, This Something also of a Sculpture
LAGNIAPPE: William Day DAR Chapter of Duluth Announces Essay Contest Winner
CALENDAR: Check out the latest happenings

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by · February 15, 2019 · Full issues
2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Nine Gwinnett Rotary Clubs Work Together on February Projects
EEB PERSPECTIVE: High School Girls Flag Football Completes First Season in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Worries That Military Spending Is an Addiction of the Conservatives
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Was a Beautiful Sight To Watch Buford Father-Daughter Dance
UPCOMING: County Approves $73 Million Expansion of Infinite Energy Center
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Appoints Victoria Jones To Fill One Year Vacancy
RECOMMENDED: Destination: The Jekyll Island Club
GEORGIA TIDBIT: First Camp Meeting in Georgia Was in Hancock County in 1803
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unsuspecting Clue Could Complicate Identification of This Mystery
CALENDAR: Open House Saturday Afternoon at Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford

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by · February 8, 2019 · Full issues
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