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NEW for 11/19: From infrastructure bill to leaf-blowing
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TODAY’S FOCUS: New national infrastructure bill welcomed by wide majority
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Norcross and Buford homeowners benefit from leaf vacuuming
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Gwinnett League of Women Voters issues statement on legislation
UPCOMING: Wade Trim is first sustaining partner in Gwinnett’s Water Tower
NOTABLE: County budget for 2022 up 7.8 per cent, but no millage increase
RECOMMENDED: Republican Rescue by Chris Christy, and, Betrayal by Jonathan Karl
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Max Cleland wins close race for seat in U.S. Senate
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big clue awaits you in today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Frank Sharp’s new photo shows opens November 22 at Duluth Library
BRACK: Norcross, Buford homeowners benefit from leaf vacuuming
By Elliott Brack | Norcross and Buford residents enjoy a special “Cadillac service” three months out of the year. These two cities send around a truck to vacuum up leaves raked to the curb. No other Gwinnett homeowners enjoy such a service. The different county waste haulers require homeowners in other areas to bag their leaves before pick up.
NEW for 7/20: New superintendent; Long-serving official; Stuck
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett schools pick Dr. Calvin Watts as next superintendent
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Philip Beard is longest serving city official in Gwinnett: 46 years
ANOTHER VIEW: Duluth family find themselves stuck in an elevator at French rail station
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Georgia needs to improve on getting Covid vaccinations
UPCOMING: Four new members join board of Leadership Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Norcross Episcopal church seeking to sell part of its property
OBITUARIES: Joel Hudson
RECOMMENDED: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta Motor Speedway popular stop on circuit
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s something unique about today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: U.S. Navy commissions ship named the USNS John Lewis
CALENDAR: Stripers open home stand against Norfolk tonight
BRACK: Beard is longest serving city official in Gwinnett: 46 years
By Elliott Brack | Buford’s Philip Beard feels that he has not one, but two distinctions: he has served consecutively as a city official for 46 years, longer than anyone in Gwinnett. He’ll start his 47th year on September 1, 2021. All this time he has been the chairman of the City Commission, and also chairman of the Buford City Schools Board.
NEW for 12/1: From vote-counting to junk calls
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering vote counting in the ‘60s and sometimes bedsheet ballots
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sunday afternoon junk call interruption really steamed me!
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Appreciates recent column about a dog scammer in Virginia
UPCOMING: Suwanee renovates old city hall, to get three story mural
NOTABLE: Gwinnett budget for 2021 totals $1.9 billion, up 3.7 percent
RECOMMENDED: Thank you, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jeanes Supervisors in Georgia help improve African American schools
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple frame building has some clues as the Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Wetlands cleanup produces 9,650 pounds of trash
CALENDAR: Deck the Halls coming to Duluth this Saturday, December 5
2/5: Kaufman backs MARTA vote; Buford’s bum rap; SCORE’s importance
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chamber President Urges Voting ‘YES’ on March 19 Transit Referendum
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It Appears To Me That the City of Buford Is Getting a Bum Rap
ANOTHER VIEW: For New Entrepreneurs, SCORE Provides the Help for Success
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Brexit Reminds Us That Washington Warned of Entangling Alliances
UPCOMING: Suwanee Seeking Vendors for Farmers Market Beginning This Spring
NOTABLE: Two Different Websites Name Buford Schools Best in Georgia Again
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Wife from the title by Meg Wolitzer
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler Is Nationally Significant
MYSTERY PHOTO: We’re Back to Statues for This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Visits Santa Fe, New Mexico
CALENDAR: Check out interesting area events
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