Articles by: GwinnettForum

NEWS BRIEFS: Suwanee ClayWorks plans open house on April 27

NEWS BRIEFS: Suwanee ClayWorks plans open house on April 27

Suwanee ClayWorks announces its inaugural Open House event on Saturday, April 27 from noon to 6 p.m. It is located at 4154 Silver Peak Parkway in Suwanee.

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by · April 23, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: This impressive gate has seen lots of history

MYSTERY PHOTO: This impressive gate has seen lots of history

Here is an impressive city entrance gate, no doubt loaded down with history. See if you can identify this photo, and tell what it signifies. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and include the town where you live. 

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by · April 23, 2024 · Mystery photos
NEW for 4/19: More microtransit; Chocolatier to close

NEW for 4/19: More microtransit; Chocolatier to close

Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S ISSUE: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peachtree Corners to lose Peterbrooke Chocolatier
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Local mail now usually postmarked in Palmetto
UPCOMING: GGC to add men and women’s basketball 
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC linemen train on energized power lines
RECOMMENDED: The Lost Empress, by Steve Robinson
OBITUARY: Joe E. McCart
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Masters’ golf course was once a thriving nursery 
MYSTERY PHOTO: What do spring and this building have in common
LAGNIAPPE: Coleman auctioning off his many collections
CALENDAR: Taste of Lilburn is Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church

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by · April 19, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service

FOCUS: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service

NORCROSS, Ga. | Another area of Gwinnett will get microtransit service, starting August 1. Gwinnett County, the Gateway 85 Community Improvement District and the city of Norcross will combine resources to improve mobility in a zone around Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Interstate 85 starting later this year.

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by · April 19, 2024 · Today's Focus
NEWS BRIEFS: GGC to add men’s and women’s basketball 

NEWS BRIEFS: GGC to add men’s and women’s basketball 

College basketball for both men and women is coming to Georgia Gwinnett College. The University System of Georgia recently approved the addition of men’s and women’s basketball teams intercollegiate sports programs, starting with the 2025-26 academic year.

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by · April 19, 2024 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: What do spring and this building have in common?

MYSTERY PHOTO: What do spring and this building have in common?

Springtime brings out lots of winter-delayed activities. Today’s Mystery Photo speaks to that. Just where is this building located, and what is it?  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your home town.

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by · April 19, 2024 · Mystery photos
Joe E. McCart

Joe E. McCart

Joe E. McCart, 82, of Hoschton, died peacefully in his sleep at home on April 13, 2024. Born in Bogart in 1941, Joe was born with a heart condition that he battled all his life.

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by · April 19, 2024 · Obituaries
NEW for 4/16: Third parties, quiet in hospitals, old sign

NEW for 4/16: Third parties, quiet in hospitals, old sign

Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Could third parties cause an earthquake this fall?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s so relatively quiet in hospitals these days
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: From an old roadside sign, to where we are today
FEEDBACK: New question: where do those upset with mid-East go?
UPCOMING: Suwanee plans Glow in the Park this weekend 
NOTABLE: Romi Patel joins Gwinnett Place CID board
RECOMMENDED: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
OBITUARY: Jerry L. Brown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fall line is between mountains and coastal plain
MYSTERY PHOTO: Recognize today’s Mystery Photo? Tell us where it is
LAGNIAPPE:  Hawk is still patrolling around Norcross
CALENDAR: Hazardous Waste Workshop in Snellville on April 18

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by · April 16, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: Could third parties cause an earthquake this fall?

FOCUS: Could third parties cause an earthquake this fall?

By Jack Bernard |  I believe Rita Palma is smoking something (that is still illegal here in Georgia) if she really believes that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can win the state of New York and thus cause neither major candidate (Trump and Biden) to get enough electoral votes to win.

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by · April 16, 2024 · Today's Focus
Sign on Highway 99 in California, March 1937, by Dorothea Lange, via the Library of Congress.

ANOTHER VIEW: From an old roadside sign, to where we are today

By Ashley Herndon  |  Note this picture from times past. Thanks to your parents and grandparents, they got us where we are today. I am old enough to remember seeing that sign and similar magazine pictures and believing them wholeheartedly. The days of good uncensored public educational opportunities made them possible.

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by · April 16, 2024 · Another View