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FOCUS: Freeing Georgia’s children from anxiety

By Kim Normand Dobrin  |  What does it mean to have dreams? Dreams represent potential, opportunity, and the ability to overcome obstacles. Every child holds the ability to dream big, achieve and evolve. However, anxiety and fear can restrict their potential and limit their opportunities.

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by · March 12, 2024 · Today's Focus
Paige Havens administering polio vaccine  |  Provided.

FOCUS: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone

By Paige Havens  |  As a member of the Rotary Club of Gwinnett for 19 years, I’ve been actively engaged in Rotary’s mission to eradicate polio from the face of the earth. I’ve loyally given to the End Polio Now campaign, as well as championed polio education and awareness events.

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by · March 8, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Bet you have had these types of robo calls!

FOCUS: Bet you have had these types of robo calls!

By Raleigh Perry  |  Since I am home all the time and within an arm’s reach of the telephone, I will answer 99 percent of the calls.  Today there are two calls on specific topics that are of interest to me.  

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by · March 5, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Recent comment suggests Banana Republic elements

FOCUS: Recent comment suggests Banana Republic elements

By Jeff Gorke  |  It’s easy to demagogue and name call without providing cites, facts, or being accurate. That way you can’t be refuted and the echo chamber dutifully nods. If you disagree with the direction of our country, you’re a Fascist, neo-Nazi, fill-in-the-bad-name here.

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by · March 1, 2024 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Remembering the artistic talent of Cal Warlick

By Hoyt Tuggle  |  Former Art Director for the Gwinnett Daily News, Cal Warlick, passed away on Feb. 14, 2024. 

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by · February 27, 2024 · Today's Focus
Soto

FOCUS: Gwinnett microtransit expansion is vital for Gateway85 

By Jocelyne Soto  |  One of the hallmarks of independence is the ability to get from one place to another, on your schedule and within your means.

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by · February 23, 2024 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Elevate your garden’s beauty this spring

By Matthew Tuel  |  With spring around the corner, your garden plants are getting ready to “wake up.”  Now is the best time to start tackling any of these four simple projects that could spruce-up your yard.

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by · February 20, 2024 · Today's Focus
A monument to Alexander Stephens fronts his home in Crawfordville, Ga. Via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Plantation capitalism being pushed on us again

By Ashley Herndon  |  If our citizenry does not think “Plantation Capitalism” is being pushed upon us again, we need to review U.S. History, not the conflated opinions of Tea Partiers, Neo-Cons, Qanons, Proud Boys, Trumpsters/Neo-Fascists, et al.  

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by · February 16, 2024 · Today's Focus
U.S. Supreme Court

FOCUS: Congress must devise ethical standards for SCOTUS

By Raleigh Perry  |  Our government is set up on checks and balances, supposedly.  But consider: at this point there are no rules, per se, controlling the ethics and morals of members of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

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by · February 13, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Realize big savings by using LED light bulbs

FOCUS: Realize big savings by using LED light bulbs

By Jerry Robb   |  Light bulbs are heavily regulated by environmental policies of federal and state governments. Invented by Thomas Edison, the standard-type light bulb has become an extinct species, thanks to climate change, man-made or natural.

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by · February 9, 2024 · Today's Focus