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FOCUS: Santa arrives at Duluth rail museum on Saturday
By Chuck Miller | The Southeastern Railway Museum (SRM) will welcome the return of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus on Saturday, November 16. The museum’s timetable reports an expected arrival of the festive couple on the #3 Local arriving on Track 22 at 1 p.m. Track 22 is the museum’s current passenger loading area in Building 2, adjacent to Southern locomotive 6901.
NEWS BRIEFS: Christmas Canteen returns to Aurora for 29th year
One of Metro Atlanta’s favorite traditions, Christmas Canteen returns for a 29th year to Aurora Theatre at the Lawrenceville Arts Center to illuminate the holidays. Canteen is a stocking stuffed with a dazzling array of musical numbers, riotous bursts of comedy, a star-studded cast and the perfect sprinkle of nostalgia that delights every generation.
NEW for 11/8: Three reactions to 2024 election results
Click here to read the new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Our country got off the path to freedom Tuesday
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Totally flabbergasted as our nation elects Trump
SPOTLIGHT: Peachtree Campus
ANOTHER VIEW: The Bitter Southerner comment on recent election
FEEDBACK: Wary of the new president, but believes in electorate
UPCOMING: Here are two statements after the transit referendum
NOTABLE: GGC professor talks of giving and saving green
RECOMMENDED: The Revolt of the Public by Martin Gurri
OBITUARY: Charles Marvin (Chuck) Brack
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus dies at 95
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues abound in this mystery with the Ferris Wheel
LAGNIAPPE: Tidal Wave Auto Spa donates $303,351 to Annandale
CALENDAR: Over 100 authors at Snellville Book Festival on Saturday
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 3, 2024
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
– American Poet e. e. commings (1894-1962)
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.
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