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3/29: Beverage checks; Garland hearing; General Assembly

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Police Checks of Beverage Retailers Continue with GUIDE Funding

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Stubbornness on Garland Hearing May Signal Woes for GOP

ANOTHER VIEW: Wants To See Improvement in Georgia’s General Assembly

SPOTLIGHT: Arbor-Nomics Tree Service

FEEDBACK: Reaction to Article on Driving Under the Influence in Georgia

UPCOMING: Regents Approve Naming of GGC Library for Dan Kaufman

NOTABLE: ARC Recognizes Suwanee Youth Leaders and Lawrenceville’s Prelude

RECOMMENDED: The Remarkable Andrew by Dalton Trumbo

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Peachtree City One of Most Successful Planned Communities

TODAY’S QUOTE: What Teachers Can Do for Aspiring Authors

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Beautiful Picture Asking Where It’s Located

LAGNIAPPE: PCOM Student Heads to Johns Hopkins This Summer To Study Aging

by GwinnettForum · March 29, 2016 · Full issues

FOCUS: Police checks of beverage retailers continue with GUIDE funding

By Jessica Andrews-Wilson | Gwinnett United In Drug Education, Inc. (GUIDE) is a non-profit community-based substance abuse prevention agency that has been serving Gwinnett County since 1986. GUIDE is an expert resource in positive youth development and substance abuse prevention and works together with various community partners to improve community conditions for a safe and healthy Gwinnett.

by GwinnettForum · March 29, 2016 · Today's Focus

2024 GENERAL ELECTION LINKS

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SAMPLE BALLOTS

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MULBERRY CANDIDATES

Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.

>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.

>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot

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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3/29: Beverage checks; Garland hearing; General Assembly

FOCUS: Police checks of beverage retailers continue with GUIDE funding

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