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NEW for 7/16: New GGC coach; Election nears; Stock market

NEW for 7/16: New GGC coach; Election nears; Stock market

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Atlanta native is new GGC women’s basketball coach
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  2024 election is now only 112 days away
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a review of the stock market for first half of 2024   
FEEDBACK: Public housing, a real solution and Stewart Cink
UPCOMING: Japanese coating machine maker to locate in Norcross
NOTABLE: Students participate in Project SEED at GGC
RECOMMENDED: This Fierce People by Alan Pell Crawford
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William McIntosh was controversial Lower Creek chief
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this well-known lighthouse?
CALENDAR:  Posten speaks July 18 at Dacula Library

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by · July 16, 2024 · Full issues
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ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a review of the stock market for first half of 2024 

By Randy Brunson | For the first half of 2024, the S&P 500 was up 14.5 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 3.8 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite was up 18.1 percent. And this after a very solid 2023.

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by · July 16, 2024 · Another View
NEW for 6/11: On buying new home and annoying commercials

NEW for 6/11: On buying new home and annoying commercials

Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  15 considerations before buying your first home
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Pharmaceutical commercials really annoy me
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Changes  coming to Buford Highway and JCB
NOTABLE: PCOM commemorates families of donor bodies
RECOMMENDED: Last House by M.F.K. Fisher
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s rural schools are third largest in the USA 
MYSTERY PHOTO: Quiet harbor is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Bluesberry Beer and Music Festival in Norcross on June 15

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by · June 11, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: 15 considerations before buying your first home

FOCUS: 15 considerations before buying your first home

By Randy Brunson  |  Recently, we had the opportunity to visit with a young couple who are preparing to buy their first home. In the conversation, they asked for our input about how to approach buying their home.

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by · June 11, 2024 · Today's Focus
NEW for 2/2: On tax time, family vacations, mentors

NEW for 2/2: On tax time, family vacations, mentors

Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s tax time; updating what you need to know
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What has been your family’s best vacation ever?
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company 
ANOTHER VIEW: Find it. Ignite it. Do it. Resist…Reclaim…Rebuild
FEEDBACK: Individual homes have limited appeal to some
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers to have new manager for 2024
NOTABLE: Small businesses in Gwinnett get $7 million in grants
RECOMMENDED: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Botanical Garden is in Athens
MYSTERY PHOTO: Don’t let that UGA flag fool you in this mystery
CALENDAR: Celebrate Groundhog Day with Gwinnett Stripers’ Mascot Chopper today 

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by · February 2, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: It’s tax time: updating what you need to know 

FOCUS: It’s tax time: updating what you need to know 

By Randy Brunson  |  “Cola” often brings to mind Atlanta’s favorite soft drink. In this case, we are referring to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) as it applies to any number of federal details which impact each of us.

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by · February 2, 2024 · Today's Focus
NEW for 1/12: Choices, Yule message, a farewell

NEW for 1/12: Choices, Yule message, a farewell

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here are 14 choices you can make in this new year
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Yule message, habits, Chick-fil-A, and speed cameras
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
ANOTHER VIEW: Duluth bids farewell to Nancy Harris’ 16 years as mayor
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Kiwanis plans 15th annual Father-Daughter dance
NOTABLE: Lilburn plans three month moratorium on building Old Town
OBITUARY: Donald L. Thompson
RECOMMENDED: The Joy of Costco by David and Susan Schwartz
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Rivers below Fall Line once were means of transport
MYSTERY PHOTO: What can you tell us about this lighthouse?
CALENDAR: Reception at Braselton Arts Council is tonight from 6-7 p.m.

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by · January 12, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: Here are 14 choices you can make in this new year

FOCUS: Here are 14 choices you can make in this new year

By Randy Brunson  |  Last year we shared a few thoughts on the choices we made. Given its popularity, we decided to share it again as we enter 2024. 

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by · January 12, 2024 · Today's Focus
NEW for 11/28: On celebrations and American judicial system

NEW for 11/28: On celebrations and American judicial system

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents
EEB PERSPECTIVE: American judicial system offers plenty of “Wiggle Room”
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: What can our nation do about harmful carcinogens?
UPCOMING: Suwanee plans veteran’s memorial in new park
NOTABLE: Part of Braselton Highway to get four lanes
OBITUARY: Mary Slade Lail 
RECOMMENDED: The Professor and the Madman, (2019 movie)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Rosalynn Carter was major advocate for mental health
MYSTERY PHOTO: This guy seems mighty proud of what he has caught
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Rotary to present antisemitism talk on Nov. 30 

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by · November 28, 2023 · Full issues
The Byrds in 1965, via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents

By Randy Brunson  |  In late 1965, The Byrds released Pete Seeger’s “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a peace anthem taken almost exclusively from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes. The overarching theme of these eight verses is seasons, with the author describing a time for every season and purpose under heaven.

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by · November 28, 2023 · Today's Focus