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NEW for 4/19: More microtransit; Chocolatier to close
Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S ISSUE: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peachtree Corners to lose Peterbrooke Chocolatier
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Local mail now usually postmarked in Palmetto
UPCOMING: GGC to add men and women’s basketball
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC linemen train on energized power lines
RECOMMENDED: The Lost Empress, by Steve Robinson
OBITUARY: Joe E. McCart
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Masters’ golf course was once a thriving nursery
MYSTERY PHOTO: What do spring and this building have in common
LAGNIAPPE: Coleman auctioning off his many collections
CALENDAR: Taste of Lilburn is Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church
FOCUS: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
NORCROSS, Ga. | Another area of Gwinnett will get microtransit service, starting August 1. Gwinnett County, the Gateway 85 Community Improvement District and the city of Norcross will combine resources to improve mobility in a zone around Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Interstate 85 starting later this year.
NEW for 4/16: Third parties, quiet in hospitals, old sign
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Could third parties cause an earthquake this fall?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s so relatively quiet in hospitals these days
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: From an old roadside sign, to where we are today
FEEDBACK: New question: where do those upset with mid-East go?
UPCOMING: Suwanee plans Glow in the Park this weekend
NOTABLE: Romi Patel joins Gwinnett Place CID board
RECOMMENDED: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
OBITUARY: Jerry L. Brown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fall line is between mountains and coastal plain
MYSTERY PHOTO: Recognize today’s Mystery Photo? Tell us where it is
LAGNIAPPE: Hawk is still patrolling around Norcross
CALENDAR: Hazardous Waste Workshop in Snellville on April 18
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- 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.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
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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