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9/8: Cop cab, transportation options, McKoon, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s Another Way To Send a Message to Auto Drivers Who Drink
SECOND FOCUS: Gwinnett Citizens Want Options When It Comes to Transportation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Senator McKoon’s Far-Out Views Could Benefit the Democrats
FEEDBACK: Commenting on Hospital Merger, Food Trucks and Traffic Signs
UPCOMING: City of Sugar Hill’s Ice Rink To Return on November 13
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Seeks Nominees for Heritage Trail Medallions
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: A Walk in the Woods film from a book by Bill Bryson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Immigrants to Early Georgia Came from Entire Atlantic Basin
TODAY’S QUOTE: What It Takes for an Actress To Be a Success
MYSTERY PHOTO: Bunch of Bicycles Wasn’t Enough of a Clue for Readers
LAGNIAPPE: Just Another Typical Crowded Day at Spaghetti Junction

by GwinnettForum · September 8, 2015 · Full issues

8/14: STEM award finalists; roundabouts; 911-texting

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Schools, Organization Among Finalists for STEM Awards
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Roundabouts Getting More Popular for Safety, Moving Traffic
ANOTHER VIEW: Regarding a 911-Texting System for Gwinnett County
UPCOMING: Suwanee Has First Gwinnett Car-Charging Service; Wi-Fi in Snellville
NOTABLE: Brenau Gallery To Hold Exhibit of Famous New York Painter
RECOMMENDED READ: The Valley Where They Danced by Emory Jones
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Author Lillian Smith Early on Denounced Racial Segregation
TODAY’S QUOTE: An Advantage That Both Adam and Eve Had
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few People Recognized What Canoes Meant in Picture
LAGNIAPPE: Little Free Library Recognized in Snellville

by GwinnettForum · August 14, 2015 · Full issues

8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee’s Ga-PCOM Observes 10th Anniversary in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Contributed Column Highlights Book by Former Gwinnettian
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Lawrenceville Attorney and Judge Gene Reeves
FEEDBACK: Both Parties Fudge on Their Historical Accomplishments
UPCOMING: Lilburn Woman’s Club Planning Seminar on Suicide Prevention
NOTABLE: Ivy Prep Names Recognized Education Leader as Director
RECOMMENDED READ: Andrew’s Brain by E. L. Doctorow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Fall Line Important in Transportation Efforts
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Groucho Marx Might Have Been President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nearby Falls Easily Recognized by Several People
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Re-bidding Veteran’s Memorial at Towne Center

by GwinnettForum · August 11, 2015 · Full issues

8/7: Transportation conversations; Civil Rights museum

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Group Seeks To Stimulate 50,000 Conversations on Transportation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: On Visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Downtown Atlanta
FEEDBACK: On Violence, Civil Rights and When National Park System Started
UPCOMING: Scientific Study on Water Reuse in Gwinnett Gains Major Grant
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville’s Johnson Is Top Police Chief in Georgia
RECOMMENDED READ: What Pet Should I Get? By Dr. Seuss
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Bernstein Praises Wallingford Riegger for “Musical Modernism”
TODAY’S QUOTE: What One Guy Observes Is on the Other End of the Fishing Pole
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Waterfalls in Idaho Stumped Our Mystery Experts
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnettians Enjoy Nights Out with Good Music, and Food

by GwinnettForum · August 7, 2015 · Full issues

JULY 10: Songwriters at Brenau, surprises, politics, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Brenau in Gainesville Hosts Summer Songwriters Series Tonight
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Surprises, Along with Politics and Origin of Duluth Name
FEEDBACK: More on Term Limits and Georgia Transportation
UPCOMING: Second Criterium Bicycle Racing Coming to Duluth July 18
NOTABLE: County To Refurbish South Gwinnett Park; Bridge Work Awarded
RECOMMENDED READ: Puddn’Head Wilson by Mark Twain
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Horticulture Is Increasing Beneficial to Georgia Farmers
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thomas Edison on Modern Medicine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not Much of a Clue in This Edition’s Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Daisy Troop 3031 Help with Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful

by GwinnettForum · July 10, 2015 · Full issues

15.10: On Eagle Ranch, homeowner’s insurance, Deal’s rights

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Making Life Better for Children Is Goal of Eagle Ranch
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Homeowner Contents Insurance Premiums Are Too High
ANOTHER VIEW: Gov. Nathan Deal Entitled To His First Amendment Rights, Too
FEEDBACK: Remembers Her Days of Driving To Nursing Clinicals
UPCOMING: Liberian Ambassador To Give Commencement Address at GGC
NOTABLE: Jennifer Stephens New ACE Fellow; Structures Win Preservation Awards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel by Anita Diamant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: There’s Learning from Georgia Past Through Archaeology
TODAY’S QUOTE: You’ve Got It Made If You Live Past 100 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognized “Jardin du Luxembourg” in Paris

by GwinnettForum · May 5, 2015 · Full issues

15.07: Interstate truckers; Shivers down spine; Guns and ammo

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Why Interstate Truckers Don’t Buy Much Gasoline in Georgia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Situation That Really Send Shiver Down My Back
ANOTHER VIEW: Tax Guns and Ammunition to Fund Security Measures
UPCOMING: Grayson Seeks Vintage Photographs; Ballet Offers Summer Program
NOTABLE: Allgood Expands into Knoxville, Tenn.; Sugar Hill Youth Council Is Active
RECOMMENDED READ: Amish Confidential by Levi Stoltzfus and Ellis Henich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Erskine Caldwell Is Prodigious Author, Writing about the South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why It’s Better To Know Some of the Questions
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Recognized Casablanca Mosque

by GwinnettForum · April 24, 2015 · Full issues

15.03: Grayson Day; Tidbits; Another view; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Coming Soon: the 36th Annual Grayson Day Celebration
EEB PERSPECTIVE: From Cell Phones, Scholarships and Seniors to the Falcons
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Legislature To Meet More, Not Less
FEEDBACK: Another Take on Legislature Meeting Less Often
UPCOMING: Aurora Opening, Barefoot Coming Soon, and Candidate for Mayor
NOTABLE: Forest Service Jobs, Suwanee Adds More Art and Water Council Openings
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Poetry Society Meets Quarterly Around the State
TODAY’S QUOTE: Can You Recall Anything Funny from Richard Nixon?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two People Recognized This Landmark
LAGNIAPPE: Look on Bright Side Is Focus of Kudzu Art Zone show

by GwinnettForum · April 10, 2015 · Full issues

15.02: Big Cheesy Festival; empty rail cars; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: “Big Cheesy” Festival Inaugurates in Suwanee on April 18EEB PERSPECTIVE: About Empty Rail Flat Cars, Legislative Dress and Apple ProblemsFEEDBACK: Easter Season Now Underway, and Lasts in 2015 Until May 23UPCOMING: Incubator Program, Sports Hall of Fame and Tax Notice Soon ArrivingNOTABLE: Walton EMC Announces Big Solar Program; Gwinnett an Innovation CountyRECOMMENDED READ: Truman by David McCullough
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Kaolin Is $1 Billion Industry in State, Centered in Middle Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Early Observation of American Politics by Alexis de Tocqueville
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Recent Photo Was from Amelia IslandLAGNIAPPE: The Blooming of Trees near Centennial Park at Easter

by GwinnettForum · April 7, 2015 · Full issues

14.100: Remembering Claude Sitton, Georgia’s legislature

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Colleagues Remember Veteran Newspaperman Claude Sitton
EEB PERSPECTIVE: More Reasons Georgia’s Legislature Should Meet Every Two Years
FEEDBACK: Commuter Rail, Animal Abuse and Reflections on Hillary Clinton
UPCOMING: Two PCOM Students Find Common Ground; Stuart Woods To Appear Soon
NOTABLE: Students Win DAR Writing Contest; Reed Joins PCOM Staff
RECOMMENDED READ: A White Man’s Woman by Malvin Williams-Tyson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Architect Thornton Marye Raises Many Notable Atlanta Buildings
TODAY’S QUOTE: Reflections on Springtime from Lewis Grizzard
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized Astoria, Oregon
LAGNIAPPE: Wayward Bird Spotted in Rhodes Jordan Park

by GwinnettForum · March 24, 2015 · 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.

Search Results for: "Historic Savannah Foundation"

9/8: Cop cab, transportation options, McKoon, more

8/14: STEM award finalists; roundabouts; 911-texting

8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

8/7: Transportation conversations; Civil Rights museum

JULY 10: Songwriters at Brenau, surprises, politics, more

15.10: On Eagle Ranch, homeowner’s insurance, Deal’s rights

15.07: Interstate truckers; Shivers down spine; Guns and ammo

15.03: Grayson Day; Tidbits; Another view; more

15.02: Big Cheesy Festival; empty rail cars; more

14.100: Remembering Claude Sitton, Georgia’s legislature

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