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12/23: Lawrenceville’s plans; Dangerous crossing; A friendship

12/23: Lawrenceville’s plans; Dangerous crossing; A friendship

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville Setting Stage For Several Major Projects in 2017
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Dangerous Holcomb Bridge Rail Crossing May Get Relief via Internet
ANOTHER VIEW: How Two Different People Worked Toward a Deep Friendship
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Some Items on the Internet Are Starting to Wear Thin with Her
UPCOMING: Norcross Adopts New Ordinance Concerning Hotel Safety
NOTABLE: Envistacom Names Kalonji Soccer Academy Recipient of Support
RECOMMENDATION: Sunshine’s Cheez-It Grooves
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Here are Some of the Most Wondrous Waterfalls in North Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: ‘Tis the Season to be Plenteous
MYSTERY PHOTO: Gigantic Structure Begs the Question: Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Toy Soldiers Guard Mr. and Mrs. Claus at Historic Courthouse
CALENDAR: PCOM Open House on Horizon in January

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by · December 23, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Dangerous Holcomb Bridge rail crossing may get relief via Internet

BRACK: Dangerous Holcomb Bridge rail crossing may get relief via Internet

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The City of Norcross may get a gift from Google next year. It won’t be something to unwrap, but it could help solve a major problem in the city.

You see, the most dangerous railroad crossing in Gwinnett is in the middle of Norcross, the Holcomb Bridge Road crossing of the Norfolk-Southern rail tracks. The big problem is that the roadbed takes a big dip downward on the westward side.

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by · December 23, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Warbington

FOCUS: Lawrenceville setting stage for several major projects in 2017

By Chuck Warbington, city manager | The year 2016 has been an exciting year for Lawrenceville. From concerts and Clydesdales to new business and future planning, 2016 has set the stage for unleashing the “potential” that has described Gwinnett’s county seat for the last decade.

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by · December 23, 2016 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: How two different people worked toward a deep friendship

HOUSTON: How two different people worked toward a deep friendship

By Debbie Houston, contributing columnist | Mary Lou and I became friends about six years ago. We’re two different people, to be sure. She is Unitarian and I am Baptist. She voted for Bernie Sanders in the Georgia primary; I voted for Marco Rubio.

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by · December 23, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Gigantic structure begs the question: Where is it?

MYSTERY: Gigantic structure begs the question: Where is it?

This appears to be a substantial building, maybe a cathedral, or is it? But can you pinpoint exactly where it is located? Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · December 23, 2016 · Mystery photos
12/20: On national mood, the Internet and the need for solutions

12/20: On national mood, the Internet and the need for solutions

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Editor Gets Discouraged at Courthouse Day of Prayer Event
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Today’s World of the Internet Brings with It Significant Problems
ANOTHER VIEW: What We Need Are Real Solutions That Address Change
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
UPCOMING: Braselton To Conclude Centennial Year with New Year’s Eve Gala
NOTABLE: With 445 Fall Grads, GGC Alumni Now Number Over 4,000
RECOMMENDED: DVD Review: Coffee; The Drink that Changed America
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Has Wide Variety of Waterfalls, Mostly in the Northern Area
TODAY’S QUOTE: Fluency and Reasonableness Do Not Always Equal Justice
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perfectly Framed, Can You Identify This Unique Mystery Photo?
CALENDAR: Want Training in Windows on Your Computer? Session Set in 2017

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by · December 20, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Today’s world of the Internet brings with it significant problems

BRACK: Today’s world of the Internet brings with it significant problems

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | What hath the Internet wrought?

That most marvelous of a new age at our fingertips is a force more fierce than we had thought. It is not just an information source, but appears to be much stronger a media than ever were pamphlets, newspapers, the telephone, radio or television.

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by · December 20, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Purser

FOCUS: Editor gets discouraged at courthouse Day of Prayer event

By Tommy Purser, editor and publisher, Jeff Davis (Co.) Ledger | Several years ago, I made the decision to stop going to the Day of Prayer event held each year at the courthouse. I haven’t been in several years because I don’t feel welcome there.

What caused my feelings took three years to develop. At the very first Day of Prayer event, I went to take photos and participate in a time set aside to pray for our government, our leaders, our country, our schools, our county and city, etc. And, by the way, also for the media.

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by · December 20, 2016 · Today's Focus
WILSON: What we need are real solutions that address change

WILSON: What we need are real solutions that address change

By George Wilson, contributing columnist | We all know about the decline of newspapers, big box stores, long-distance telephone service, bookstores, traditional stockbrokers, record companies, travel agents, pay phones, and movie rental stores. Some declines haven’t been good and even detrimental to the country such as the consolidation of media companies. The reduction in the number of journalists and editors at newspapers has caused news coverage to suffer. Is this the reason for the decline in the trust for the media? Now we have the advent of “fake news” flooding the internet.

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by · December 20, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Perfectly framed, can you identify this unique photo?

MYSTERY: Perfectly framed, can you identify this unique photo?

This edition’s Mystery Photo is one of those which you probably need to have been there to identify. There are several clues of course, but this photo is somewhat unique. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · December 20, 2016 · Mystery photos
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