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NEW for 11/2: GGC soccer; Scam warranties; Ties
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Parkview five reunited on Georgia Gwinnett soccer team
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Some extended car warranties are probably pure scams
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking at the ties between religion and abortion
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Gwinnett household saved $376 on lower fire insurance rating
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville offers glass recycling to all Gwinnettians
NOTABLE: GGC offers no-cost application in November
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD: Language A to Z by John McWhorter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA’s Press shares Open History Library with readers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo appears to be a recreation center
LAGNIAPPE: PCOM “all in pink” hikes to help raise money to enhance mammography
CALENDAR: Gwinnett’s Christmas tree arrives Tuesday at Historic Courthouse
NEW for 10/29: On GGC drumming, fire department, Rainbow Village award
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC halls resonate with rhythmic sounds of drumming
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s pride shows through its modern fire department
ANOTHER VIEW: Rainbow Village honors Stricklands with first Humanitarian Award
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: After reading Forum, feels better on hanging up on scammer calls
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville adopts downtown master plan update
NOTABLE: Hydroponic farm begins operations in Peachtree Corners
RECOMMENDED: The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel, with Bret Witter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Richard Russell father of national school lunch program
MYSTERY PHOTO: Critter alongside a road is today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Norcross officials cut ribbon for opening of its new library
CALENDAR: Norcross to hold first Deutsche Klassic Autoberfest on Saturday
NEW for 7/16: GGC Second Chance; Gwinnettian’s success
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC’s “Second Chance” helps students hit hard by Covid-19 time
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Andrew Haskell is another Gwinnettian who finds successful career
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Finds two items left out in comment about Post Office
UPCOMING: New Entrepreneur Center offers jumpstarts for businesses
NOTABLE: Tips offered to prevent your vehicle being broken into
RECOMMENDED: All the Best, George Bush by George H. W. Bush
GEORGIA TIDBIT: By age 35, architect W.T. Downing had established his reputation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to figure out where this Mystery Photo church is located
CALENDAR: Water Conservation District supervisors to meet July 21
NEW for 7/2: On GGC tutors, Fourth Estate, civics
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC students tutoring GCPS students over the summer
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fourth Estate is losing ground, which hurts democracy
ANOTHER VIEW: Better teaching of civics and government would help us all
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Will a new generation erase values of an older generation?
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre planning barnburner events this summer
NOTABLE: Explore Gwinnett awards arts agencies $50,000 in grants
OBITUARIES: Grace Long Clower
RECOMMENDED: The Dogs that Made Australia by Guy Hull (from Louis Young)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia officials indignant about movie about chain gangs
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo asks what type are these airplanes
CALENDAR: Signage renaming the Gwinnett Arena as the Gas South District will be July 7
NEW for 6/1: On researching traffic, paintings, PCOM accreditation
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC team researching decisions on real-time traffic
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What’s on your home’s walls? Two of our paintings have stories
ANOTHER VIEW: Physical Therapy program at PCOM gains accreditation
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Greg Perry is the new police chief in the City of Snellville
NOTABLE: County adopts new noise control ordinance as of June 1
RECOMMENDED: The Children’s Book by A. S. Byatt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Refounded Oglethorpe University opened doors in 1916
MYSTERY PHOTO: Natural light streams in from above in this Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Check out photos from the new Duluth Public Library on Main Street
NEW for 3/30: Diversity, city taxes, courts
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Burgeoning diversity is part of the Gwinnett School Board issue
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Flap develops over cost of collecting Gwinnett city taxes
ANOTHER VIEW: Developments make you wonder if our courts are bought
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Questioning Dr. Fauci was a comment that was highly misplaced
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers will honor frontline workers on May 28
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Library among 30 finalists up for 2021 national honor
RECOMMENDED: In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emory University Hospital dates back to beginning in 1904
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo has blue element as part of bridge
LAGNIAPPE: Norcross Library making progress, to open in fall
NEW for 2/12: On the GOP; Rural broadband; Diversity at GGC
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TODAY’S FOCUS: You wonder if the Republicans are still the Grand Old Party
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Rural Georgia needs speedy expansion of broadband internet
ANOTHER VIEW: GGC program seeks to meet emerging needs through diversity
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Repudiate Trump, save the GOP and salvage your reputation
UPCOMING: Transit System plans second “Stuff-a-Bus” food drive
NOTABLE: Hudgens exhibition features artist’s work about birds
RECOMMENDED: The Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Guitarist Chet Atkins from Tennessee, but later lived in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: No scenic place Mystery Photo, but raising a question: what’s this?
CALENDAR: Hazardous waste collection at Fairgrounds on February 20
Gwinnett Forum | May 17, 2024
“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).
2024 PRIMARY CANDIDATES
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
- Click here to read about Gwinnett candidates endorsed by GwinnettForum.
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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