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3/19: Genealogy sites; Importance of transit vote; Hate crimes

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Watch Out for the Dangers of Those Many Genealogy Websites
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Transit Question Is Gwinnett’s Most Important Vote of Recent Years
ANOTHER VIEW: No Matter what Tucker Carlson Says, Hate Crimes Are Real
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Suggestion of a Utah Service That Might Help Gwinnett Traffic
UPCOMING: One Woman Erma Bombeck Show at Aurora from March 22 to April 14
NOTABLE: County To Get Four More Locations To Renew Auto Licenses
RECOMMENDED: These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grady Was President of First Professional Baseball League in the South
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Handsome Statue Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Panel Discussion on How Journalism Affects Democracy Coming Soon.

by GwinnettForum · March 19, 2019 · Full issues

2/19: Outside view on MARTA vote; Media fairness; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Looking at MARTA Referendum in Gwinnett from Afar
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s Not Always Easy To Be Fair to All in the Media Business
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Thousands Spent To Save Children with Permanent Birth Defects
UPCOMING: Lilburn Is Erecting Gateway monument On U.S. 29 at Pleasant Hill Road
NOTABLE: GGC’s Dr. Binh Tran Wins University System’s Highest Award
RECOMMENDED: Life Is Hard, Soften It with Laughter, by Marlene Buchanan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit Is Greeted with Controversy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps Today’s Mystery Photo Is Too Obvious
CALENDAR: MARTA Discussion at United Peachtree Corners Association Feb. 25

by GwinnettForum · February 19, 2019 · Full issues

2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Nine Gwinnett Rotary Clubs Work Together on February Projects
EEB PERSPECTIVE: High School Girls Flag Football Completes First Season in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Worries That Military Spending Is an Addiction of the Conservatives
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Was a Beautiful Sight To Watch Buford Father-Daughter Dance
UPCOMING: County Approves $73 Million Expansion of Infinite Energy Center
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Appoints Victoria Jones To Fill One Year Vacancy
RECOMMENDED: Destination: The Jekyll Island Club
GEORGIA TIDBIT: First Camp Meeting in Georgia Was in Hancock County in 1803
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unsuspecting Clue Could Complicate Identification of This Mystery
CALENDAR: Open House Saturday Afternoon at Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford

by GwinnettForum · February 8, 2019 · Full issues

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

by GwinnettForum · February 5, 2019 · Full issues

1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

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TODAY’S FOCUS: An Assessment of President Trump’s First Two Years in Office
EEB PERSPECTIVE: There’s No One in the South Filling the Void that Ralph McGill Left
ANOTHER VIEW: The USA Essentially Has Its Own Version of The Maginot Line
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Transit Proposal Can Fulfill Promise of Effective Regional System
UPCOMING: 22nd Annual North Atlanta Home Show in Duluth February 8-10
NOTABLE: Chamber Announces That Dan Kaufman Will Retire in Mid-2019
RECOMMENDED: Well of Rage, by Lynn Hesse
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Political Cartoonist Mike Luckovich Has Won Two Pulitzer Prizes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Statues of Two People Beg the Question: Who and Where is This?
CALENDAR: Soap Making Class Coming to Environmental and Heritage Center

by GwinnettForum · January 25, 2019 · Full issues

1/18, full issue: On MARTA referendum; Remembering Dr. King: Constitutional wall

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SURVEY: Last chance to share your priorities
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here Are Multiple Reasons To Approve MARTA Referendum
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Six Fundamental Principles Guided Dr. Martin Luther King’s Mission
ANOTHER VIEW: Long Term Constitutional Wall Threatened by Religious Libertarians
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.
FEEDBACK: Story of Home Intruder Brings Comment from Two Readers
UPCOMING: Former Councilwoman Barbara Bender Is Snellville’s New Mayor
NOTABLE: Snellville’s Microtransit System Gets Six Month Extension
RECOMMENDED: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Moina Michael Inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement in 1999
MYSTERY PHOTO: Eerie Lights Add Unusual Color to This Edition’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Lilburn Accepting Applications for Police Academy

by GwinnettForum · January 18, 2019 · Full issues

1/8 full issue: Berryhill to coach again; Oldest law firm; Blue wave?

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Damon Berryhill Returns to Manage Gwinnett Stripers for Third Season
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Powell and Edwards Continues Run as Longest Ongoing Law Firm
ANOTHER VIEW: Were the Midterms a Blue Wave or Just New High Water Level?
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: Gwinnett County Budget for 2019 Is $1.82 billion, Up 4.8 Percent
NOTABLE: Deadline is January 31 for Submitting Snap Suwanee Photographs
RECOMMENDED: The Journey, a film.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: W.E.B. Dubois Had Productive Years Working in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues include Harbor, Water and Boats in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s why Gwinnett Place Area Roads Stay So Clean
CALENDAR: A New Year Brings More and More Upcoming Events

by GwinnettForum · January 8, 2019 · Full issues

12/21: On new governor, Christmas music, outside perspective

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Wonders What Kind of Governor Brian Kemp Will Be
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Music of the Christmas Season Can Bring Joy to Us
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Detailed Look at Gwinnett County from an Outsider
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Notes Work of Gwinnett Archaeology Society and Ft. Daniel Foundation
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Historical Society Honors Several; Gilbert To Be New President
NOTABLE: Ordner Gift Allows Family Promise To Move Toward Fund Goal
RECOMMENDED: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: CARE Seeks Lasting Solutions Worldwide Out of Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: See If You Can Determine Where This Early Building Is Located
CALENDAR: The latest events around the county

by GwinnettForum · December 21, 2018 · Full issues

12/11: Gwinnett’s Bicentennial; Runoff results; Decision tips

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Year-Long Bicentennial of Gwinnett To Close Saturday Night
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Democratic Euphoria Evaporates Looking at Runoff Results
ANOTHER VIEW: Three Reasons on How Local Officials Should Make Decisions
FEEDBACK: Let Not the Baton Be Dropped When Remembering George H.W. Bush
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
UPCOMING: Charlotte Nash To Be Speaker at Georgia Gwinnett Graduation
NOTABLE: GGC’s Annual Impact on Gwinnett Totals $464 Million
RECOMMENDED: The Soul of America by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah Artist Gains Fame; Part of Collection at Frick in New York
MYSTERY PHOTO: Animal Casting May Give You a Clue on Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Check out coming happenings

by GwinnettForum · December 11, 2018 · Full issues

11/20: Walton EMC responds; Congressional seats; Anti-Semitism

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Assists Six EMCs in South Georgia in Restoring Power
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Congress Is Sole Judge of Who Should Be Seated in Both Houses
ANOTHER VIEW: Anti-Semitism Growing: When Good People Fail to Act, Evil Grows.
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Instant Family
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River Forms the Boundary with South Carolina
MYSTERY PHOTO: Menacing Giant Spider Seeks Someone To Figure Where Located
LAGNIAPPE: Ten GACS Athletes Win College Scholarships
CALENDAR: Nature Photo Workshop To Be November 30 at Suwanee Library

by GwinnettForum · November 20, 2018 · Full issues

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.

Post Tagged with: "Jack Bernard"

3/19: Genealogy sites; Importance of transit vote; Hate crimes

2/19: Outside view on MARTA vote; Media fairness; More

2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending

2/5: Kaufman backs MARTA vote; Buford’s bum rap; SCORE’s importance

1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

1/18, full issue: On MARTA referendum; Remembering Dr. King: Constitutional wall

1/8 full issue: Berryhill to coach again; Oldest law firm; Blue wave?

12/21: On new governor, Christmas music, outside perspective

12/11: Gwinnett’s Bicentennial; Runoff results; Decision tips

11/20: Walton EMC responds; Congressional seats; Anti-Semitism

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