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MYSTERY: Modernistic building design seen in many buildings

MYSTERY: Modernistic building design seen in many buildings

Today’s Mystery Photo looks to be a smaller version of the design of buildings from not too many years ago. Somehow, it reminds us of a onetime look of the Norcross Post Office, before it was re-vamped to the present Norcross City Hall. Send in your guess as to where this is to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · June 3, 2016 · Mystery photos
6/1: On Norcross market, line  insurance, blame

6/1: On Norcross market, line insurance, blame

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside:

TODAY’S FOCUS: Redefined Norcross Community Market To Open Saturday, June 4
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Letter Offering Water Service Line Insurance Gets To Me
ANOTHER VIEW: Get Off the President’s Back and Put the Blame Where It Belongs
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Thought on Changing Voting Dates and A Bridge Too Far
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Hosting Two Adjunct Hiring Fairs in June
NOTABLE: GGC School of Business Names Dr. Tyler Yu as Its New Dean
RECOMMENDED: An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emma Cheves Wilkins of Savannah Achieves Artistic Legacy
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something You May Not Have Realized About Comic Strips
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s All Sorts of Converging Bits of Architecture to Give You Clues
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth DAR, City of Dacula Remember Veterans

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by · June 1, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Letter offering water service line insurance really gets to me

BRACK: Letter offering water service line insurance really gets to me

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Every now and then, something comes along that really gets under my skin. One recent letter did it. It was from a company called “HomeServe,” and listed a local post office number in Marietta to reply to. We found the firm was out of Norwalk, Conn. See if this letter gets you going …

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FOCUS: Redefined Norcross Community Market to open Saturday, June 4

FOCUS: Redefined Norcross Community Market to open Saturday, June 4

By Connie Weathers | “A place to imagine.” It’s a simple phrase that evokes emotion and a sense of pride for families living in Norcross.

Beautifully maintained and passionately promoted, the City of Norcross is a community where anyone could imagine themselves happy, healthy and thriving. Those are the same feelings that Sustainable Norcross, the local nonprofit hosting the market, hopes to extend to the Norcross Community Market opening on June 4.

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by · June 1, 2016 · Today's Focus
LEAPHART: Get off the president’s back and put the blame where it belongs

LEAPHART: Get off the president’s back and put the blame where it belongs

By Alvin Leaphart, attorney-at-law, Jesup, Ga. | At the time Bill Clinton left office and George Bush took over, this country was on a sound financial footing. During the Bush administration we suffered the 911 Attack. As the result we attacked Iraq, destroyed the Iraqi Army, essentially killed Saddam Hussein, and destroyed the balance of power in the Mid-East.

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by · June 1, 2016 · Another View
PHOTOS: Converging bits of architecture offers clues

PHOTOS: Converging bits of architecture offers clues

Today’s Mystery Photo doesn’t give you much of a landmark that you can easily identify, but one thing we can tell you: it’s not taken in our hometown of Allentown, Ga. See if you can figure out where all these converging bits of architecture is located. Send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown. ALSO: Duluth DAR places flags on vets’ graves; Dacula hosts Memorial Day Parade.

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by · June 1, 2016 · Mystery photos, Photo essay
5/27: On FDR Memorial; Safeguarding baggage; Cold calling; more

5/27: On FDR Memorial; Safeguarding baggage; Cold calling; more

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside:

TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering the FDR Memorial and the Ideas Behind His Life

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a New Way to Safeguard Your Baggage While Traveling

ANOTHER VIEW: Learning from a Manhattan Guy the Success of Cold Calling

SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

FEEDBACK: Peachtree Corners Mayor Posts Q&A Proposed Bridge

UPCOMING: Fallen Heroes Memorial To Add Name of the late Kyle E. Gilbert

NOTABLE: City of Suwanee Open Space Bond Refinancing Saves $3 Million

RECOMMENDED: Lighthouse by P.D. James

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Oglethorpe Power Company Owned By 39 Georgia EMCs

CALENDAR: Memorial Day Services, Gwinnett Pools Open and Many Other Activities

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Man’s View of What Anarchism Means

MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo May Prove as Tough as the Last One

LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville DAR Member Wins First Place in National Competition

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by · May 27, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: New way to safeguard your baggage while traveling

BRACK: New way to safeguard your baggage while traveling

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | You know the uneasy feeling at the airport: you’re waiting for your luggage to arrive on the baggage claim area, hoping your bag will be next, and hoping it’s not lost. You are a little uneasy, since you know bags can be lost or tampered with.

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FOCUS: Remembering the FDR Memorial and the ideas behind FDR’s life

FOCUS: Remembering the FDR Memorial and the ideas behind FDR’s life

By Catherine Brack, Washington D.C. | As a resident of our nation’s capitol for more than 18 years, I have been to the Clinton, Bush and Obama White Houses, experienced 9/11 in a way that was far too close for comfort, cheered a visit by the pope, and witnessed an earthquake, hurricanes and tornadoes. I also have shoveled more snow than I ever thought possible.

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by · May 27, 2016 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: Learning from a Manhattan guy the success of cold calling

HOUSTON: Learning from a Manhattan guy the success of cold calling

By Debra Houston | During my 18-year career at a telecommunications company, I worked for some good managers and some not-so-good. One of the good ones grew up in Alabama. When I left public relations for sales, he hoped I’d work for a New Yorker. “You could learn how to succeed from them,” he said.

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by · May 27, 2016 · Another View