Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health of Brentwood, Tenn., have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC to research initiatives for diversity in STEM education
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A cheer for Senator Dixon for proposing higher chair’s salary
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
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UPCOMING: Habitat, Lawrenceville to partner and build four houses
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Stripers have best attendance season since 2016
RECOMMENDED: Movie: I Heard the Bells
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lamar was fourth Georgian named to the Supreme Court
MYSTERY PHOTO: Be careful: don’t jump to conclusions about this photo
LAGNIAPPE: William Day DAR chapter places wreaths at Duluth cemetery
CALENDAR: Remember, Clean and Beautiful will shred your Yule tree for mulch
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Start of Rowen project means new focus for Gwinnett development
EEB PERSPECTIVE: One publisher has new policy: rejecting some political ads
ANOTHER VIEW: AT thru-hikers surprise TV crews awaiting The Freedom Train
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Carpet bombing of TV political advertising leads to flipping
UPCOMING: Georgia Gwinnett researchers study food insecurity
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Chamber announced winners of 10 Small Business Awards
OBITUARIES: James “Jim” Wesley Ellis Jr.
RECOMMENDED: Resie’s Restaurant in Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Architect William Jay designed many historic Savannah landmarks
MYSTERY PHOTO: First, find two people; then tell us where this photo was taken
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Parks plans holiday tour of Gwinnett
By Collin Elder | The growth of food insecurity among families has accelerated in recent years, according to Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) faculty members Dr. Jenna Andrews-Swann and Dr. Gregory Gullette. The pair, who teach anthropology at GGC, along with their students, seek to study the physical, social and emotional effects of food insecurity among underserved populations in the Atlanta metro region (AMR).
“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.”
– Attributed to American Comedian Ellen DeGeneres (1958 – ).
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NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE ANSWERS
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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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