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NEW for 6/26: On Bus Rapid Transit study, monuments and protesters

NEW for 6/26: On Bus Rapid Transit study, monuments and protesters

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County, Three CIDs Team Up for First BRT Study in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: If Statues Should Come Down, It Should Be by Petition, Not Mob Rule
ANOTHER VIEW: Pleased To See Younger Protestors Standing Up for Beliefs
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Recognizes the Importance of Mass Transit for Gwinnett County
UPCOMING: County Adds 11 Other Location for Pick Up of Summer Meals 
NOTABLE: Walton EMC Has Annual Meeting—with Members in Vehicles 
RECOMMENDED: What the Lady Wants by Renee Rosen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Navy’s Last US Savannah Was DeActivated in 1947 
MYSTERY PHOTO: What Do You Suppose These Guys Are Talking About?
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Frank Sharp Has Exhibit at Grayson Library

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by · June 26, 2020 · Full issues, Uncategorized
NEW for 5/1: New scam; Sugarloaf’s name; Doing something

NEW for 5/1: New scam; Sugarloaf’s name; Doing something

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Telephone Scam Afoot; Targets Elderly, So Hang Up on ‘Em 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sugarloaf Parkway: Name Came from the Rollins Farm Horse Stables
ANOTHER VIEW: Each Should Do Something To Bring Us Through Pandemic
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: It Might Help Us All in These Times To Simply “Rant!”
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Bar Association Releases Poll on Judicial Qualifications
NOTABLE: GACS Teacher Drives 245 Miles Delivering Bags to Students
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD Review:  Sister Queens by Julia Fox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Forester Leon Neel Was Leading Advocate for Ecological Management
MYSTERY PHOTO: More Than You Might Imagine in Today’s Mystery Photo

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by · May 1, 2020 · Full issues, Uncategorized
Candidates in the June 9, 2020 Georgia primary

Candidates in the June 9, 2020 Georgia primary

Co. Commission Chair Nicole Love Hendrickson (Dem) Andy Morgan (Dem) Desmond A. Nembhard (Dem) Curt Thompson (Dem) Lee Thompson Jr. (Dem) George Awuku (GOP) Marcia L. Neaton (GOP) David Post (GOP) Commission District 1 Kirkland Carden (Dem) Laurie McClain (GOP) Jacqueline Tseng (GOP) Commission District 3 Roger Marmol (Dem) John Henry Moye Jr. (Dem) Justin Walsh (Dem) Jasper Watkins III […]

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by · March 12, 2020 · Uncategorized
2/25: On Duluth First United Methodist Church and why you live where you do

2/25: On Duluth First United Methodist Church and why you live where you do

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Duluth First United Methodist Church and Its Town Grow Up Together
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Have You Ever Considered Why You Live Where You Do? 
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC 
FEEDBACK: Making a Candid Assessment To Some Previous Letters
UPCOMING: Here Are Details About the 2020 Election Season for Local Candidates
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Community Bank Now a Division of Raleigh, N.C. Bank
RECOMMENDED: Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mary Telfair Best Known as the Benefactor of the Telfair Museums 
MYSTERY PHOTO: A Bridge Might Give a Clue for This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Sugar Hill Become Another Tree City, USA

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by · February 25, 2020 · Full issues, Uncategorized
11/12: Remembering Barbara Howard and Bill Bates; More

11/12: Remembering Barbara Howard and Bill Bates; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Barbara Howard Was Example of a Life Well Lived in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Bill Bates Was The Epitome of a Good Public Relations Person
ANOTHER VIEW: Delving into the Theory of The Big Lie, According to Mein Kampf
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Having Fun by Giving Robocallers Back Their Due 
UPCOMING: Volunteer Gwinnett To Recognize Selfless Efforts on November 17
NOTABLE: Transit Review Committee Report Expected by the End of 2019
RECOMMENDED: The Eagle Theatre in Sugar Hill
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Child Actor Georgian Jane Withers Has Long Movie Career
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Here’s an Aerial View for This Issue’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Who Are These Good Guessers Who Get the Mystery Photos?
CALENDAR: Volunteers Needed at Bryson Park in Lilburn for clean-up on November 16

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by · November 12, 2019 · Full issues, Uncategorized
BRACK: Slight possibility Georgia’s political season could extend to December

BRACK: Slight possibility Georgia’s political season could extend to December

By Elliott Brack  | Competitive election races may stir interest in politics, but you can also bet that it can also turn off people — with the continued barrage of political advertising, some of it hard-hitting. They may end up voting while pinching their nose.

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by · October 11, 2018 · Uncategorized
8/10 issue: New Hudgens show; Florida’s primary; Crumbling city

8/10 issue: New Hudgens show; Florida’s primary; Crumbling city

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Show for Lauri Stallings, 2017 winner of Hudgens Prize, opens Aug. 11
EEB PERSPECTIVE: August 28 Florida Primary Progressing Similarly to Georgia’s
ANOTHER VIEW: From Shining City on the Hill, to the City Crumbling on the Hill
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Reasons for You To Vote Republican or Democrat in the Fall
UPCOMING: Groundbreaking is August 13 for new Lilburn Police Headquarters
NOTABLE: City of Lawrenceville Approves $152 million (10 Month) Budget
RECOMMENDED: MOD Pizza in Chamblee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sun Trust Bank, 14th in Size, Holds of 48 Million Shares of Coca-Cola:
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Trees Almost Hide This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia Plans Celebration

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by · August 10, 2018 · Uncategorized
Order new book of Gwinnett facts

Order new book of Gwinnett facts

GwinnettForum has published a great new book, 366 Facts about Gwinnett County, Ga., that will amaze you every day of the year leading up to the county’s 200th bicentennial in December 2018.

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by · December 17, 2017 · Uncategorized
5/13: On Norcross muralist; passing school buses; more

5/13: On Norcross muralist; passing school buses; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norcross Picks Artist for Depicting a Mural on Its Skin Alley

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Passing Stopped School Buses More a Problem Than You May Imagine

SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC

FEEDBACK: Outsider’s View of Proposed Bridge for Peachtree Corners

UPCOMING: Gwinnett Village Names Anderson-Bomar Sole Finalist as New Director

NOTABLE: Snellville Swears In Tadia Whitner as Associate Judge of City Court

RECOMMENDED: The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jackson Lee Nesbitt Finds First Work with Etching Commission

TODAY’S QUOTE: The World of Theory, According to Yogi Berra

CALENDAR: Find the latest events in Gwinnett

MYSTERY PHOTO: Is This Photograph of a Familiar Scene That You Recognize?

LAGNIAPPE: NSDAR Chapter Recognizes Miriam S. Machida for Community Service

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by · May 13, 2016 · Uncategorized
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Yule by GPS

McLEMORE’S WORLD: Yule by GPS

A holiday cartoon from Bill McLemore.

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by · December 22, 2015 · Uncategorized
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