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NEWS BRIEFS: Heart procedure at Northside Gwinnett is first in state

NEWS BRIEFS: Heart procedure at Northside Gwinnett is first in state

Northside Hospital Heart Institute in Gwinnett is the first in Georgia to complete a cardiac ablation using the new FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation System for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib). The system was FDA-approved in January and has been used safely and effectively across the globe. 

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by · April 12, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this landmark from the rear?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this landmark from the rear?

Sometimes the back sides of famous landmarks don’t look the same as the front. Can you determine where this particular landmark photograph was taken? Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

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by · April 12, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 4/9: Suwanee Arts Festival, dysfunctional postal service, Hudgens Prize finalists

NEW for 4/9: Suwanee Arts Festival, dysfunctional postal service, Hudgens Prize finalists

Click here to read the full issue of Gwinnett Forum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee hosts annual Arts Festival this weekend
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Your delayed mail may be stuck in a truck in Palmetto
SPOTLIGHT: Sugarloaf Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Four finalists chosen for $50,000 Hudgens Prize
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Most property owners to see hike in assessment
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners now has its own doggie park
RECOMMENDED: Oath And Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grants to focus on underwater archaeology programs
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues to go on for this Mystery Photo
CALENDAR:  Campbell to speak at Men’s Civic Breakfast on Saturday

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by · April 9, 2024 · Full issues
BRACK: Your delayed mail may be stuck in a truck in Palmetto

BRACK: Your delayed mail may be stuck in a truck in Palmetto

By Elliott Brack  |  Postal customers all around Atlanta and in other parts of the country are finding that the old, reliable post office isn’t what it used to be.  

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FOCUS: Suwanee hosts annual Arts Festival this weekend

FOCUS: Suwanee hosts annual Arts Festival this weekend

By Cynthia Hill  |  Get ready for an extraordinary experience as the Suwanee Arts Festival prepares to dazzle as the largest and most culturally diverse event in its history! It will be at Suwanee Town Center Park Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, from noon to 5 p.m.

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by · April 9, 2024 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Four finalists chosen for $50,000 Hudgens Prize

ANOTHER VIEW: Four finalists chosen for $50,000 Hudgens Prize

By Cricket Elliott |  Four finalists have been selected for the 2024 Hudgens Prize, a prestigious visual arts award that carries a cash prize of $50,000 and a solo exhibition at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning.

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by · April 9, 2024 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Most property owners to see hike in assessment

NEWS BRIEFS: Most property owners to see hike in assessment

The Gwinnett County Board of Assessors has mailed approximately 306,000 Annual Notices of Assessment to residential and commercial property owners. 

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by · April 9, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues to go on for this picture

MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues to go on for this picture

Today’s Mystery Photo (at right) is cropped heavily so that you’ll have a difficult time, since there are now few clues.  It’s not every day you see a photo like this. Now, where is it?  Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown. 

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by · April 9, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 4/5: Marketing acquisition, estate workbook, more

NEW for 4/5: Marketing acquisition, estate workbook, more

Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum.” In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Luckie acquires Duluth creative marketing agency
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Local mystery writer’s workbook helps executors
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Seeks comments from readers on reverse mortgages
UPCOMING:12th PGA Tour of Champions set at Sugarloaf April 22-28
NOTABLE: DOT plans two meetings on improving Highway 316
RECOMMENDED: Enough by John C. Bogle 
OBITUARY: Pat Besson Swan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Swamps filter out pollutants, making Flint River pristine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery may prove harder than the previous
CALENDAR: Three memoir writing workshops scheduled in April

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by · April 5, 2024 · Full issues
Stewart

BRACK: Local mystery writer’s workbook helps executors

By Elliott Brack  |  We first heard of author Fran Stewart of Hog Mountain from an announcement about her new book, “After I Die: What my Executor will need to know.”  Then we found out she had authored 28 books, after moving to Georgia from Vermont 30 years ago.

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