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NEW for 7/26: Reverse mortgages and water successes

NEW for 7/26: Reverse mortgages and water successes

Click here to read the full new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Adventures of getting through a reverse mortgage
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Why Gwinnett County has few significant water main breaks
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Violent right-wing political speech is too commonplace  
FEEDBACK: Considerations of Gateway Monument coming to CID
NOTABLE: Firms get contracts to rehab three flood control dams
RECOMMENDED: The Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Opera in Atlanta dates back to the late 19th Century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Pouring water may  be this mystery’s best clue
CALENDAR: Jazz in the Alley in Norcross on Saturday

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by · July 25, 2024 · Full issues
Stewart

BRACK: Local mystery writer’s workbook helps executors

By Elliott Brack  |  We first heard of author Fran Stewart of Hog Mountain from an announcement about her new book, “After I Die: What my Executor will need to know.”  Then we found out she had authored 28 books, after moving to Georgia from Vermont 30 years ago.

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by · April 5, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 4/11: Buford raccoon; DA draws 2024 opponent; more

NEW for 4/11: Buford raccoon; DA draws 2024 opponent; more

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Be on the alert; rabid racoon found in Buford 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett DA draws opponent in 2024 Democratic primary
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC 
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County rescinds idea of getting Livesy land by eminent domain
NOTABLE: Tax Agent mails annual notice of property assessments
RECOMMENDED: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mormon missionary killed in 1879 in Whitfield County
MYSTERY PHOTO: Water, waves, rocks, hills dominate this mystery
CALENDAR: Learn more about Social Security April 13 at Five Forks Branch Library

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by · April 11, 2023 · Full issues
MYSTERY PHOTO: Massive, ornate structure is today’s mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Massive, ornate structure is today’s mystery

Today’s mystery is a rather ornate structure with water features. Figure out where this photograph was made, and send your answers to elliott@brack.net and include where you live. 

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by · January 31, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: A few bodies appear to be yearning for attention

MYSTERY PHOTO: A few bodies appear to be yearning for attention

Today we present a more unusual Mystery Photo.  Give us the year and the background (the how and where) of this photograph, if you can. Send your details in to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Yep, the last Mystery Photo was a tough one.  First one in was Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville, who recognized The Arch of Trajan in Ancona, Italy. 

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by · November 4, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this majestic arch near a body of water?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this majestic arch near a body of water?

Today’s Mystery Photo may prove difficult.  We’ll give one clue: it is not in a well known city. You have to take this mystery quest from there. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and also tell us your hometown.

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by · November 1, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: This edition’s photo may prove difficult

MYSTERY PHOTO: This edition’s photo may prove difficult

We’ll label today’s mystery as difficult.  And here’s a hint, that it is in Gwinnett County, but not by any of the main roads. So poke around in your mind where this might be located, and with your answer, send to elliott@brack.net to include your hometown. 

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by · October 18, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s an up front and personal photo about a building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s an up front and personal photo about a building

This is undoubtedly a handsome structure, but sometimes when you get close to one, it’s hard to identify. Can you figure out this puzzle and locate what this photo is about and where it was taken?  Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, including your home town.

First in with the identification of the recent Mystery Photo was Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: “This is the Chateau Vaux le Vicomte…

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by · September 30, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us where you think this architectural gem is located

MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us where you think this architectural gem is located

Today’s Mystery Photo is a distinctive architectural gem, but may be hard to locate. Give it your best effort, and send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.

Last edition had a most difficult photo, with only George Graf of Palmyra, Va. able to solve it. It was the  L.L.Bean Flying Point Paddling Center, in Freeport, Maine. 

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by · September 23, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: This group readying for a day on the water

MYSTERY PHOTO: This group readying for a day on the water

You can’t ask for a better sport than paddling. Here’s a group preparing for a trip on the water. See if you can determine where this photograph was made. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.

Perhaps it’s because so many people have been there, for there were many correct answers(14) to the last Mystery Photo.  It was of Grand Central Station in New York City.

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by · September 20, 2022 · Mystery photos
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