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The Ocmulgee River curls around Ocmulgee Mounds

NEWS BRIEFS: First national park in Georgia may be in Macon

From the Saporta Reports | Georgia is on the verge of getting its very own national park through the Ocmulgee Mounds Park, located in Macon, which looks to become a national park pending final approval from Congress.

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by · January 3, 2025 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Double mystery — where is it and what happened?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Double mystery — where is it and what happened?

Something memorable happened in this house. See if you can locate the house and tell what the significant event that took place here. Send  your answers to ebrack2@gmail.com to include your hometown.

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by · January 3, 2025 · Mystery photos
NEW for 12/24: On Antarctica and Charles Wesley

NEW for 12/24: On Antarctica and Charles Wesley

Click here to read the latest new edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: A trip in the early spring to the deep s0uth: Antarctica 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Appreciating Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
ANOTHER VIEW: There are tax benefits for owning a business
FEEDBACK: Thinking about other survivors at Christmas
UPCOMING: GGC grant of $2 million enhances HACER program
NOTABLE: Aylo Health expands to add practice in Suwanee 
RECOMMENDED: The Country Girls, by Edna O’Brien
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Radium Springs has been an attraction near Albany
MYSTERY PHOTO: More mystery photos needed by GwinnettForum
LAGNIAPPE: Recycle Christmas trees at “Bring One for the Chipper”

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by · December 24, 2024 · Full issues
Portrait of Charles Wesley by John Russell, 1771.

BRACK: Appreciating “Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing”

By Elliott Brack  |  It was in Savannah in the early days of Georgia, that German-born Moravian Peter Böhler said to Charles Wesley:  “If I had a thousand tongues, I would praise Christ with them all.”

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by · December 24, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: A trip in the early spring to the deep south: Antarctica 

FOCUS: A trip in the early spring to the deep south: Antarctica 

By Norm Zoller  |   Unless you have traveled to one of our planet’s poles, you can’t fully appreciate that Antarctica and its vistas are astonishingly majestic, superbly stark, stunning, and in fact, unique, in the dictionary meaning of that word.

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by · December 24, 2024 · Today's Focus
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ANOTHER VIEW: There are tax benefits for owning a business

By Randy Brunson |  Many of you may know the tax benefits of business ownership. If you do, this will be a refresher. If you don’t, this information may help reduce your tax bill. 

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by · December 24, 2024 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: GGC grant of $2 million enhances HACER program

NEWS BRIEFS: GGC grant of $2 million enhances HACER program

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has secured a $2 million transformative grant that will enhance two groundbreaking initiatives aimed at improving student success over the next three years.

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by · December 24, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify this classic building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify this classic building

Here’s a classic-looking building that may be closer than you think.  Send your guess about this holiday mystery to ebrack2@gmail.com.  Happy holidays.

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by · December 24, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 12/20: Rowen update; John Wesley; Ukraine

NEW for 12/20: Rowen update; John Wesley; Ukraine

Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Rowen Foundation reflects on past year’s activities
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Remembering John Wesley at this Christmas season
SPOTLIGHT: NDIMaxim Real Estate LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Don’t forget the people of Ukraine, still in war
FEEDBACK: Need to find ways to curb corporate rental housing
UPCOMING: Lucky Shoals Assn. wins $20 million Change Grant
NOTABLE: DAR lays wreaths at two cemeteries in Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Inman Park was Atlanta’s first planned suburb
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nothing modern about looks of this structure
LAGNIAPPE: Salvation Army to distribute Angel Tree gifts 
CALENDAR: Christmas Carol at Christ Episcopal Church  on Dec. 21

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by · December 20, 2024 · Full issues
BRACK: Remembering John Wesley at this Christmas season

BRACK: Remembering John Wesley at this Christmas season

By Elliott Brack  |  December 18 (Wednesday) was the birthdate of one of the more famous ministers of the Protestant church, John Wesley. He was born in England in 1707. He is known as the founder of the worldwide Methodist church, although he remained a staunch Episcopalian his entire life.

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by · December 20, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective