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NEW for 6/3: Bourdeaux, weekly newspapers, training
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Statement from Carolyn Bourdeaux on recent primary
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Internet moguls may not realize weekly newspapers exist
ANOTHER VIEW: Pivots during pandemic, and becomes better-trained woman
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Why do microwave ovens have such loud beepers?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett homeowners eligible for $4 million in grants
NOTABLE: Special Needs Schools gets $50,000 from Jackson EMC
RECOMMENDED: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Union Navy eventually takes control of Georgia coast line
MYSTERY PHOTO: No lighthouse, but how about another covered bridge?
LAGNIAPPE: James Walters recognized for 14 years at cemetery service
CALENDAR: Cornhole tournament upcoming in Snellville
NEW for 5/20: New foundation CEO; When will Gwinnett have 1 million people?
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TODAY’S FOCUS: DePriest Waddy new CEO of NE Community Foundation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Prediction: exact date Gwinnett will have 1,000,000 residents
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Lacking Social Security number, many cannot access Internet
UPCOMING: Commission approves reorganization of Juvenile Court system
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC participating in 68-megawatt solar project
RECOMMENDED: All That We Hold Dear by Kathryn Lynn Davis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William Walsh writes of many well known authors
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this most distinctive photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Jackson EMC crew is top team in Georgia Lineman’s Rodeo
CALENDAR: Chabad Center groundbreaking will be May 25 in Peachtree Corners
NEW for 4/22: New manager, taped P.O. boxes, constitutional carry
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Jackson EMC names Fennell new Gwinnett district manager
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Taped Post Office boxes, Freeman, old businesses and passports
ANOTHER VIEW: Having Alice around is the only good side of “Constitution Carry”
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
FEEDBACK: Reaction to comments about New Mexico’s college funding
UPCOMING: GGC prof studies impact of scientists in climate change
NOTABLE: Gwinnett County employees getting 8% pay raise
RECOMMENDED: The Second Mrs. Astor, A Novel of the Titanic by Shana Abe’
GEORGIA TIDBIT: State’s antebellum newspapers were mostly political in nature
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this beautiful pot of flowers located?
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville artist’s work on display at City Hall
CALENDAR: Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee will be April 23 in downtown Norcross
NEWS BRIEFS: 5 artists featured in spring exhibit at Norcross Gallery
Norcross Gallery and Studios is welcoming spring with a new exhibit which focuses on five selected artists. The works of Lucy Brady, Kathy de Cano, Barbara Fraher, Jeannie Fortin and Chitra Ramanathan are spotlighted in the show, which opened on March 31 and will run until Saturday May 7. There will be a festive reception free and open to the public on Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 10, 2024
“The need of quiet, the need of air, the need of exercise […] the sight of sky and of things growing seem human needs common to all.”
– British social reformer and philanthropist Octavia Hill (1838 – 1912).
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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