Today’s Focus

FOCUS: Read what these candidates say about themselves

FOCUS: Read what these candidates say about themselves

Today GwinnettForum presents, in their own words, unedited answers from candidates in non-partisan elections in the May 21 Gwinnett voting. Each of the candidates were asked the same four questions.  GwinnettForum presents this as a public service, and at no cost to the candidates. Unfortunately, several candidates did not take the time to respond. 

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by · April 26, 2024 · Today's Focus
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
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
FOCUS: Bedrock values doing better than pundits decry

FOCUS: Bedrock values doing better than pundits decry

By Andy Brack  |  America’s traditional mom-and-apple-pie values appear to be in better shape than many talking heads and pundits decry, according to a big new national poll.

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by · April 12, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Suwanee hosts annual Arts Festival this weekend

FOCUS: Suwanee hosts annual Arts Festival this weekend

By Cynthia Hill  |  Get ready for an extraordinary experience as the Suwanee Arts Festival prepares to dazzle as the largest and most culturally diverse event in its history! It will be at Suwanee Town Center Park Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, from noon to 5 p.m.

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by · April 9, 2024 · Today's Focus
From left are Ed Mizzell; Chairman Tom Luckie, John Gardner, Rob Marbury and Shelly Hoffman. Photos provided

FOCUS: Luckie acquires Duluth creative marketing agency

By Nicholas Wolaver   |  Luckie and Company of Birmingham, Ala., with an office in Duluth, has acquired Marbury Creative Group, a Duluth-based creative marketing agency recognized for its work in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and hospitality industries. 

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by · April 5, 2024 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Mystery shopping firm researching senior living

NORCROSS, Ga.  |  As the senior living industry continues to grow and evolve, mystery shopping programs gain valuable insights into the prospective resident experience.

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by · April 2, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Duluth shifts to rolling carts for garbage on May 1

FOCUS: Duluth shifts to rolling carts for garbage on May 1

By Talore Ruedt |  In partnership with Republic Services, the City of Duluth   will upgrade its waste management system and begin using rolling carts for trash collection. Beginning May 1, 2024, Republic Services will implement the transition from designated trash bags to the standard rolling carts.

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by · March 29, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: How you can be aware of what’s going  on in the world

FOCUS: How you can be aware of what’s going  on in the world

By Raleigh Perry  |  If you are getting your national news from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution (AJC), the Marietta Daily Journal, the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Gainesville Times or any other local newspaper, you are basically unaware of what is going on in this world.  

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by · March 26, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: We must fight for our principles every single day

FOCUS: We must fight for our principles every single day

By Ashley Herndon  |  The United States is a paradox of freedom vs ill-liberal royalists, plantation capitalists, emperors, fascists, and theocratic zealots.  The battle between the Pharisees and Sadducees is still at full tilt.  How many more millions must die to gain personal liberty?

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by · March 22, 2024 · Today's Focus