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NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Stripers to have new manager for 2024
New manager of the Gwinnett Stripers for 2024 will be former G-Braves pitcher Kanekoa Texeira, 37. He will be the eighth manager in Gwinnett history and the second to have also played for the club, joining the man he replaces, Matt Tuiasosopo. Following three seasons in Gwinnett, Tuiasosopo will be the Atlanta Braves’ third base coach.
NEW for 1/23: On the Big Band sound, New Hampshire, robotic surgery
Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gransden trying to keep Big Band music alive
EEB PERSPECTIVE: And now there are two; which will be the nominee?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: First of kind robotic surgery occurs in Georgia at Gainesville
FEEDBACK: Condos vs. apartment suggestion really resonates
UPCOMING: Stripers, Coca-Cola team up for stadium Front Porch
NOTABLE: Ora Douglass is first Peachtree Corners Black council member
RECOMMENDED: We’re out of suggestions. Send us your book, movie or other reviews
GEORGIA TIDBIT: DeForest Kelley best known as Star Trek doctor
MYSTERY PHOTO: Snowy scene of winter asks for your recognition
CALENDAR: Free open house at Pinckneyville Park on Jan. 27
NEWS BRIEFS: Stripers, Coca-Cola team up for stadium Front Porch
The Gwinnett Stripers, in conjunction with Diamond Baseball Holdings, have announced the first major renovation project in the 15-year history of Coolray Field. The Stripers are teaming up with Coca-Cola to create a new space, the Coca-Cola Front Porch, opening this spring in the seating bowl behind home plate.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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