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NEW for 6/25: Aurora’s new season; Preservation board member; Grasping at past

NEW for 6/25: Aurora’s new season; Preservation board member; Grasping at past

Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Lawrenceville’s Aurora Theatre kicking off 29th season
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Norcross resident new Preservation Board member
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
ANOTHER VIEW: Polarized politics grasping at past won’t come back
FEEDBACK: Buying first home is a matter of making choices
UPCOMING: Projects along Ronald Reagan Parkway funded
NOTABLE: Gwinnett becomes first BioReady area in Atlanta
RECOMMENDED: I Shall Not Be Moved, Poems by Maya Angelou
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pretty Woman was Julia Roberts’ first big hit
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just one hint about today’s mystery
CALENDAR: Taste of Peachtree Corners will take place Thursday night

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by · June 25, 2024 · Full issues
The Wilkinson County, Ga., field where Will Brack grew cotton in the 1930s. Photo by Andy Brack.

ANOTHER VIEW: Polarized politics grasping at past that won’t come back

By Andy Brack |  Ninety years ago, the red, sandy field in middle Georgia buzzed with agricultural activity as a grandfather worked the land to coax cotton out of 12 acres.  It was hard work for a man who left school after seventh grade.  After ginning a crop and paying back a government loan for seed and fertilizer, he pocketed about $50.  For the year. 

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by · June 25, 2024 · Another View
NEW for 2/13: Ethics for Supreme Court; Quilting; More

NEW for 2/13: Ethics for Supreme Court; Quilting; More

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Congress must devise ethical standards for SCOTUS
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Old time quilting was a necessity for cold nights
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Saving two ways: via LED bulbs, and cutting out cable
UPCOMING: Bill creating the City of Mulberry goes to governor
NOTABLE: Jono Davis is new general manager at Aurora Theatre
RECOMMENDED: 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pam Durban wins recognition for southern fiction
MYSTERY PHOTO: Previous traditional, this architecture is modern
LAGNIAPPE: Two groups will work on “Missing Middle” housing
CALENDAR: Mardi Gras bingo luncheon in Pinckneyville on Tuesday

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by · February 13, 2024 · Full issues
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BRACK: New literary magazine for the South has unique funding

By Elliott Brack  |  A new literary magazine for the South is finding great acceptance these days, putting out its first two in-print issues, after publishing its stories on the Internet since its founding in 2013.  It’s called The Bitter Southerner, published out of Athens, Ga.

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by · February 4, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
11/5: On closure for U.S.; Twitter’s move; Rabbit holes

11/5: On closure for U.S.; Twitter’s move; Rabbit holes

Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: The Country Needs Closure: Schedule Impeachment Hearing Soon
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Twitter Shows the Way, While Facebook President Offers No Solutions
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back at How One Idea Leads to Another in the South
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Citizens’ Climate Education Group Plans Three Meetings in Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Peach State Credit Union Honors GGC Dean with Naming Scholarship
RECOMMENDED: A Word’s Worth by Susan Larson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Wiregrass Region of Georgia Among Slowest To See Development
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Mansion Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Color Finally Coming to Trees of the Area
CALENDAR: Holocaust Survivor Speaks Sunday at Peachtree Corners City Hall

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by · November 5, 2019 · Full issues
1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

1/25: Trump’s first 2 years; Void McGill left; Our Maginot Line

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: An Assessment of President Trump’s First Two Years in Office
EEB PERSPECTIVE: There’s No One in the South Filling the Void that Ralph McGill Left
ANOTHER VIEW: The USA Essentially Has Its Own Version of The Maginot Line
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Transit Proposal Can Fulfill Promise of Effective Regional System
UPCOMING: 22nd Annual North Atlanta Home Show in Duluth February 8-10
NOTABLE: Chamber Announces That Dan Kaufman Will Retire in Mid-2019
RECOMMENDED: Well of Rage, by Lynn Hesse
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Political Cartoonist Mike Luckovich Has Won Two Pulitzer Prizes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Statues of Two People Beg the Question: Who and Where is This?
CALENDAR: Soap Making Class Coming to Environmental and Heritage Center

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by · January 25, 2019 · Full issues
McGill

BRACK: There’s no one in the South filling the void that Ralph McGill left

By Elliott Brack | |  It’s fulfilling and fun to go back and re-read some of what you have read before. Heading for a doctor’s appointment, and not having a book for the waiting room, at the GwinnettForum office I pulled from the shelf a small book from more than 50 years ago. Its title was “The Fleas Come with the Dog,” by the late editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Ralph McGill, a giant of a man.

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by · January 25, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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