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MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual sculpture asks where it is located
Today’s mystery is a stand-alone piece of art work. There might be a few clues for you as to where this is located. See if you can figure this mystery out of where it is, and why. Send in what you learn to elliott@brack.net and include which town you live in.
Historian Gene Ramsay, Norcross, who gives tours of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta regularly, identified the recent mystery photo: “That’s the bell tower at Oakland Cemetery.
NEW for 7/18: On foster children, Finger Lakes, renewed bridge
Click here to read the latest full edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Because One Matters goal is to help foster children
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Visiting the Finger Lakes region in New York
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER STORY: Reconstructed Rogers Bridge opened after 15 years
FEEDBACK: Watch out! “Moms of Liberty” chapter is in Gwinnett
UPCOMING: New parking deck opens in downtown Sugar Hill
NOTABLE: Gateway85 CID votes to lower millage rates
RECOMMENDED: Past Lives by Celine Song
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Veteran Georgia political journalist Bill Shipp dies
MYSTERY PHOTO: This nearby scene may prove a difficult mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn twins win awards at DAR national convention
ANOTHER STORY: Reconstructed Rogers Bridge opened after 15 years
By Talore Ruedt | Rogers Bridge over the Chattahoochee River between Duluth and Johns Creek is now open, after a ribbon cutting last week. The pedestrian bridge connects Duluth’s Rogers Bridge Park to Johns Creek’s Cauley Creek Park. The work was done by the two cities, in partnership with Gwinnett and Fulton counties.
NEWS BRIEFS: New parking deck opens in downtown Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill residents and visitors will have more places to park now with the opening of the new parking deck in Downtown Sugar Hill. The deck is jointly owned by Sugar Hill’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and Solis Sugar Hill, an apartment facility. Of the 650 parking spaces, 250 are owned by the DDA and 300 spaces are for Solis Sugar Hill.
MYSTERY PHOTO: This nearby scene may prove difficult
Today’s mystery photo might turn out to be difficult. So here’s one hint: it’s around here nearby. Put on your thinking cap, figure out the clues, and tell us where this photograph was taken. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include the town where you live.
Ruthie Lachman Paul of Norcross recognized the recent photo, that of a new museum of Liverpool, England.
NEW for 7/11: Pet adoption, Oscar Peterson, Pharma, more
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Consider improving your life by adopting a pet
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Enjoy our favorite Canadian, Oscar Peterson
SPOTLIGHT: Centurion Advisory Group
ANOTHER VIEW: Pharma lobby harming our people and our nation
FEEDBACK: More on Social Security and Medicare “entitlements”
NOTABLE: Sugar Hill gets new wine and cheese boutique
RECOMMENDED: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Foxfire program is dynamic approach to education
MYSTERY PHOTO: Swooping roof line stamps this as unusual Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Lionheart Theatre debuts House at Pooh Corner on July 13
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 14, 2025
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), 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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