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NEW for 4/11: Buford raccoon; DA draws 2024 opponent; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Be on the alert; rabid racoon found in Buford
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett DA draws opponent in 2024 Democratic primary
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County rescinds idea of getting Livesy land by eminent domain
NOTABLE: Tax Agent mails annual notice of property assessments
RECOMMENDED: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mormon missionary killed in 1879 in Whitfield County
MYSTERY PHOTO: Water, waves, rocks, hills dominate this mystery
CALENDAR: Learn more about Social Security April 13 at Five Forks Branch Library
MYSTERY PHOTO: A few bodies appear to be yearning for attention
Today we present a more unusual Mystery Photo. Give us the year and the background (the how and where) of this photograph, if you can. Send your details in to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Yep, the last Mystery Photo was a tough one. First one in was Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville, who recognized The Arch of Trajan in Ancona, Italy.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s an up front and personal photo about a building
This is undoubtedly a handsome structure, but sometimes when you get close to one, it’s hard to identify. Can you figure out this puzzle and locate what this photo is about and where it was taken? Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, including your home town.
First in with the identification of the recent Mystery Photo was Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: “This is the Chateau Vaux le Vicomte…
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us where you think this architectural gem is located
Today’s Mystery Photo is a distinctive architectural gem, but may be hard to locate. Give it your best effort, and send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Last edition had a most difficult photo, with only George Graf of Palmyra, Va. able to solve it. It was the L.L.Bean Flying Point Paddling Center, in Freeport, Maine.
MYSTERY PHOTO: This group readying for a day on the water
You can’t ask for a better sport than paddling. Here’s a group preparing for a trip on the water. See if you can determine where this photograph was made. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Perhaps it’s because so many people have been there, for there were many correct answers(14) to the last Mystery Photo. It was of Grand Central Station in New York City.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues abound in this tightly-cropped photograph
Clues, clues, clues along this walkway invite your attention. Lots of people, too. So figure out where this is, and send us your idea to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown.
It’s good to have people outside the regular spotters recognizing the Mystery Photos. Stewart Ogilvie of Lawrenceville recognized the battery and lighthouse at Cape May State Park in New Jersey. The photo came from Bob Foreman of Grayson.
Gwinnett Forum | April 26, 2024
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
– The 40th president of the United Sates, Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
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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