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BRACK: New book of Gwinnett’s transformation raises at least one question
By Elliott Brack | A new book from the University of Georgia Press is entitled “Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the transformation of the American South, 1818-2018.” The book is edited by two professors, Michael Gagnon of Flowery Branch, who is an associate professor of history at Georgia Gwinnett College, and Matthew Hild of Atlanta, a lecturer at Georgia Tech.
NEW for 4/5: Investiture; Anti-crime cameras; Lanier history
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Joseph invested as 3rd president of Georgia Gwinnett College
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Innovative Flock camera system reducing crime in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Firm to conduct interviews on making of Lake Lanier
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Transition to 100% clean energy is not a simple issue
UPCOMING: Five artists featured in spring exhibit at Norcross Gallery
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Fire Services Honors PCOM Georgia
RECOMMENDED: The Little Princesses by Marion Crawford
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Highly successful American playwright was born in Decatur
MYSTERY PHOTO: Dilapidated structure asks for its location
CALENDAR: Poetry and pizza will be Tuesday night at the Hamilton Mill Library
ANOTHER VIEW: Firm to conduct interviews on making of Lake Lanier
By Faith Meader | New South Associates, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, seeks to conduct oral history interviews with persons knowledgeable about the history of Lake Sidney Lanier and will be preparing an informational website on the history of Lake Sidney Lanier.
NEW for 7/30: On Sugar Hill history, Lawrenceville action and a sad story
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sugar Hill area history centers on gold mining and moonshining
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Round of applause for Lawrenceville for its recent action
ANOTHER VIEW: A beautiful baby eventually sinks into death via the drug market
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Remembering those older “IMPEACH EARL WARREN” signs
UPCOMING: Commissioners order operational review of county activities
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC communications team wins national recognition
OBITUARIES: Mary Long
RECOMMENDED: Of Orcas and Men by David Neiwert
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Thomasville’s Bailey White gains fame on National Public Radio
MYSTERY PHOTO: Cooling scene with its own lighthouse is today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Did you see this recent rainbow near Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville?
CALENDAR: Newly-named Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville ribbon cutting
NEW for 1/5: Trump, Gordon and Trump
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TODAY’S FOCUS: President Trump’s legacy is a nightmare in American history
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Unexpected death of J. Terry Gordon shocks Gwinettians
ANOTHER VIEW: Produces List of President Trump’s Notable Accomplishments
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc
FEEDBACK: There may be light at the end of the pandemic tunnel
UPCOMING: County, GGC partnering in Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center
NOTABLE: Virtual Discussion on 14th Colony will be on January 10
RECOMMENDED: The King’s Witch by Tracy Borman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lee County growing and becoming a suburb of Albany
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out what’s going on in this dressed-up auditorium
BRACK: Major Georgia railroad history penned by Loganville’s Hanson
By Elliott Brack | In the mail recently I got a new book by a local author. The author is Robert (Bob) Hanson of Loganville. His new book is a handsome 8.5×11 inches, 156 page “The Railroads of Georgia, 1833-2000.” It’s from Garbely Publishing of Branchville, New Jersey. You can order it from the publisher at $40.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 24, 2024
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
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.
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