By Elliott Brack | This South Georgia community got something no other city in Southwest Georgia has on Tuesday — a medical school. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), which has had a campus in Suwanee since 2005, opened a South Georgia campus on Tuesday. Classes will begin for 59 freshmen students on Monday.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Wonders What Kind of Governor Brian Kemp Will Be
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Music of the Christmas Season Can Bring Joy to Us
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Detailed Look at Gwinnett County from an Outsider
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Notes Work of Gwinnett Archaeology Society and Ft. Daniel Foundation
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Historical Society Honors Several; Gilbert To Be New President
NOTABLE: Ordner Gift Allows Family Promise To Move Toward Fund Goal
RECOMMENDED: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: CARE Seeks Lasting Solutions Worldwide Out of Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: See If You Can Determine Where This Early Building Is Located
CALENDAR: The latest events around the county
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Hudgens Center Announces Finalists for Its $50,000 Art Prize
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Oh, The Times Have Changed Quite Quickly in Politics in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Bet He Has Tongue-in-Cheek About Blue-Ribbon Government Panel!
UPCOMING: 23rd Annual Christmas Canteen Returns To Aurora Another Season
NOTABLE: Ex-Lilburn Mayor, Longtime Public Servant, Diana Preston, Has Died
RECOMMENDED: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gov. Ellis Arnall’s Political Tenure One of Most Unusual Circumstances
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two Big Clues Should Guide You To Answer This Mystery
CALENDAR: Democrats in Gwinnett Plan Victory Breakfast This Saturday
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Keeping Church and State Separate Is Best for our Nation for all Sakes
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking at the Races for Governor, 7th District Congressional Seat
ANOTHER VIEW: Southern Custom of Stopping for Funerals In Danger of Disappearing
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Watch Out! That Former Lilburn Web Site Is Now an Escort Service
UPCOMING: Tickets Ready August 14 for Annual Decatur Book Festival
NOTABLE: Three in Entrepreneur Competition Got Start in Snellville Shark Tank
RECOMMENDED: The Only Story by Julian Barnes
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Bleckley County Named for Extraordinary Jurist Logan Bleckley
MYSTERY PHOTO: Creature Rising out of Water is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Annual Button Down Dash Will Be at Chamber on August 11
“As long as you’re working, you stay young. When I’m in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
– American Actor and Comedian George Burns (1896-1996).
Below are links to the ballots Gwinnett voters face in the May 21 voting.
NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE ANSWERS
To read answers to four questions posted by GwinnettForum to non-partisan candidates, click here. Answers in partisan races are forthcoming.
ENDORSED CANDIDATES
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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