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NEW for 1/2: Chamber renovation; Good old coat; Democracy
Click here to read the new edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Chamber completes $5.4 million renovation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Throw out this 47 year old coat? Why it won’t happen
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: The way the GOP is going, democracy is in peril
FEEDBACK: Sad to see Mary Kay Murphy leaving School Board
UPCOMING: Norcross Gallery and Studio mark banner year
NOTABLE: Educational neighbors collaborate on STEM programs
OBITUARY: Marcia Lynn Oden
RECOMMENDED: The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory by Tim Alberta
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Detroit group founds Atlanta’s Black Madonna Shrine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Cross on building may be one way for identification
CALENDAR: Detroit group founds Atlanta’s Black Madonna shrine
NEW for 12/12: On health care and remembering an old friend
Click here to read the latest from GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Former President Trump is clueless on health care
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering a close friend of 60 years
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: On national leaders and Rep. Collins
UPCOMING: County awards contracts for several initiatives
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John Stith Pemberton and Coca-Cola
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wow. Look at the gables on this structure!
CALENDAR: Poll worker hiring set for Dec. 18
NEW for 12/8: On democracy, Porter Steel, Collins
Click here to read the latest in GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: The work of American democracy is never ever finished
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Porter Steel Company now operating with second generation
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
ANOTHER VIEW: U.S. Rep. Mike Collins playing politics with crime
FEEDBACK: Local family had one of last audiences at Maranatha
UPCOMING: Ukraine native chosen for statewide institute
NOTABLE: Ghana native finds life at GGC rewarding
RECOMMENDED: Private Domain by Paul Taylor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Musical group, the B-52’s, among Athens’ best known bands
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery location might make a good place to shop
CALENDAR: Snowman Extravaganza is Dec. 8 at Paul Duke STEM School
NEW for 12/1: On Israel and war, a reprimand and race
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Returns from Israel with new understanding of war
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Commission takes unusual action of reprimanding a member
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: In the last decade we have gone backward on race
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Multiple activities going on at Norcross Gallery
OBITUARY: Willard Francis Goodwin
RECOMMENDED: The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter by Marion Woodman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Rosalynn Carter and husband get nation’s highest honor
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wow! Talk about an isolated lighthouse mystery!
CALENDAR: Winter Wonderland craft and art fair in Snellville Saturday
NEW for 11/17: On Supreme Court, Masonic lodges, Norcross school
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Loss of faith in Supreme Court hurting democracy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett County has 10 Masonic lodges in operation
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Everybody Wins produces great result at Stripling school
FEEDBACK: Sends a compliment from home base in Chamblee
UPCOMING: County proposes $2.5 billion budget for 2024
NOTABLE: Marine vet finds new life, heading GGC’s development
RECOMMENDED: Prequel: An American Fight against Fascism by Rachel Maddow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia marble used in many monuments in Washington
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two-fold mystery this time; what is it, and where?
CALENDAR: Festival of Trees underway at Southeastern Railway Museum
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 19, 2024
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
– Nighttime TV Host Johnny Carson(1925 – 2005).
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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