Latest updates:
Recent posts
NEW for 11/5: On getting started with writing; Election tools
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: You, too, can write; author shows how to get started
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are tools to help you watch election returns
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Keep remembering: the USA is a republic!
UPCOMING: Local DAR sponsors Wreaths Across America Day
NOTABLE: County warming stations open when 35 degrees
RECOMMENDED: The Soaring Earth y Margarita Engle
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Vaccination eliminates smallpox in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where’s this sculpture of soaring arches?
LAGNIAPPE: Several kiosks in Gwinnett offer Covid-19 testing
CALENDAR: Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra performs Nov. 9
NEWS BRIEFS: Local DAR sponsors Wreaths Across America Day
More than two million volunteers and supporters gather each year to honor our veterans buried at cemeteries nationwide and abroad on National Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America, a 501c3 organization headquartered in Maine, has over 4,600 participating locations with the mission to “remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.”
NEW for 11/1: Battle for U.S. Senate; Old Man Sun
Click here to read the new full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Whoever wins could face a Republican Senate
EEB PERSPECTIVE: That old sun moves a lot faster than you realize
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Remember who was first disrespectful of officials
UPCOMING: Rainbow Village moving fast toward raising $15 million
NOTABLE: 4th Harvest Festival in Lawrenceville is Nov. 9
RECOMMENDED: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
OBITUARY: Bob Rule
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Stutzmann is first female to lead Atlanta Symphony
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic building sports colorful shields
LAGNIAPPE: GGC hosts Grizzly networking night
CALENDAR: Local Author’s Day come to Lilburn library
BRACK: That old sun moves a lot faster than you realize
By Elliott Brack | The earth rotates around the sun ever so slowly, but in reality to mankind, it moves pretty fast. That’s the conclusion we got all of a sudden recently. We were resting in a chair in our den, after our morning dog walk. We were possibly nodding, when to our surprise, we felt direct heat on our face.
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.
Our underwriters
Recent Full Issues
Award
Follow Us