The City of Suwanee has emerged victorious over Sugar Hill in the second annual friendly “Community Food Fight.” This friendly competition pits the two cities against each other to see who can gather the most donations to support the North Gwinnett Co-Op, which provides vital services to the communities of Suwanee, Sugar Hill, and Buford.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s background on future use of Olympic site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The travels that the Apostle Paul took got my interest
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: What on earth happened to the Grand Old Party?
FEEDBACK: Animal shelters are full; please consider an adoption
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill unveiling web-based Digital Budget Book
NOTABLE: PCOM Student Shares his Success with First Generation Students
OBITUARY: Stephen Willis Day
RECOMMENDED: We’re about out; send your recommendations!
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah College of Art and Design has 16,000 students
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this roaring stream over rocks?
CALENDAR: America Recycles Day at Gwinnett Fairgrounds is Nov. 4
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett’s Fire Department marking 50th anniversary
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sugar Hill’s downtown has amazing growth in 10 years
ANOTHER VIEW: Stephens’ “Cornerstone” speech part of today’s thinking
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Questions high density housing apartments with high fees
UPCOMING: County needs poll workers; plans three hiring events
NOTABLE: Peach State Credit Union marks 60th year; Contributes $360,000
RECOMMENDED: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Right to vote for women in Georgia was slow process
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another lighthouse for you to determine its location
LAGNIAPPE: Check out photographs of inside the new Aurora Theatre
CALENDAR: Ribbon cutting today at Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility
By Elliott Brack | If you haven’t been to Sugar Hill in a few years, you will find it difficult to believe how much this fourth-largest city in Gwinnett has blossomed. In the last 10 years, the City Council has brilliantly created a new downtown area, now teeming with about 2,000 people living within a half mile of City Hall and enjoying the “Sweet Life.”
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sugar Hill area history centers on gold mining and moonshining
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Round of applause for Lawrenceville for its recent action
ANOTHER VIEW: A beautiful baby eventually sinks into death via the drug market
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Remembering those older “IMPEACH EARL WARREN” signs
UPCOMING: Commissioners order operational review of county activities
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC communications team wins national recognition
OBITUARIES: Mary Long
RECOMMENDED: Of Orcas and Men by David Neiwert
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Thomasville’s Bailey White gains fame on National Public Radio
MYSTERY PHOTO: Cooling scene with its own lighthouse is today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Did you see this recent rainbow near Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville?
CALENDAR: Newly-named Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville ribbon cutting
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett To Issue Bonds To Buy Key Site for Possible Film Production
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wally Eberhard: A Person Instrumental in Changing My Own Life
ANOTHER VIEW: Finds a Reason Why She’s Always Asked Questions When Voting
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Watch Two Upcoming Debates Concerning Governor’s Race
UPCOMING: Rotary Clubs To Hear Epidemiologist on Worldwide Polio Initiative
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech, The Citadel, Team Up for Credits Toward Degree
RECOMMENDED: The Honest Spy, by Andreas Kollender
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pine Mountain Based Author New Inductee of Ga. Writers Hall of Fame
MYSTERY PHOTO: Familiar Scene Asks for Its Location
CALENDAR: Check out the “Name a Robot” Contest October 25 at Eastside Medical Center
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Water Seen as Unifying Force as It Will Flow Through Sugar Hill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Great Diversity Makes One Newcomer Feel Comfortable
ANOTHER VIEW: The Joys of a Five Year Old Being Buried on the Beach Up to His Head
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Peachtree Corners Council Determined To Build Unwanted Bridge
UPCOMING: Aging Expo for 50 and Over at Infinite Energy Center on June 3
NOTABLE: Snellville Resident Wins Highest Honors Award at VMI
RECOMMENDED: OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
GEORGIA TIDBIT: From Daguerreotypes to Kodachrome, See 18,000 Photos of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Working at a Fire Hydrant Factory Produces
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Memorial Day Weekend, Where Is This Memorial?
LAGNIAPPE: Clean-Up of Bromolow Creek Wetlands Proves Successful
CALENDAR: PCOM Awards Degrees to 265 Students on Friday
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
ENDORSEMENTS
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SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
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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
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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