Tom M Wages, A Family Company
April 8, 2017
Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, a family company, is always trying to be a good steward in Gwinnett and surrounding communities.
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Former BHS Broadcast Journalism Teacher Launches First Young Adult Novel
April 8, 2017
Ellen and the Three Predictions is a young adult novel set in 1950’s Alabama. It is available at Cactus Moon Publications and Amazon.
Former BHS Broadcast Journalism Teacher Launches First Young Adult Novel
By Katie Hart Smith
Staff Correspondent
Alayne Smith, a former broadcast journalism teacher at Brookwood High School, launched her first young adult novel, Ellen and the Three Predictions, this month.
Police to host drug prescription drop-off April 29
April 8, 2017
SNELLVILLE – The Snellville Police Department will be participating in the National Drug Take Back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 29 at the Snellville Police Department, 2315 Wisteria Drive.
Senior Maggie Wincek of Mill Creek High School Wins $1,000 in International Art Competition
April 8, 2017
On Tuesday, April 12th during a special presentation, Maggie Wincek of Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, Georgia, was named the winner of the Senior Division of The ArtEffect Project – an international competition for students in grades 6-12 hosted by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes (LMC), located in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Georgia Power Issues Scam Alert
April 8, 2017
There have been several recent incidents where customers have been approached by people pretending to be from Georgia Power.
Country Church on Hill Celebrates 194 years
April 7, 2017
Fairview Presbyterian Church, the country church on the hill, will celebrate its 194th birthday in August 2017.
County seat coming full circle
March 23, 2017
The Cornett Hotel circa 1914 sits on the corner of Crogan and Perry Streets. It was also known as the Hotel Pharr and Button Gwinnett Hotel. Today, the corner has been remodeled, housing Dominick’s Italian restaurant.
Lawrenceville, Georgia, located approximately thirty miles east of the city of Atlanta, is the county seat of Gwinnett County. The municipality was named in honor of Captain James Lawrence, a naval officer during the War of 1812 who commanded the Chesapeake.
Gwinnett’s Brooks Coleman: ‘‘Make your own luck”
March 20, 2017
First STEAM school in the county opened this year in Duluth on the site where Brooks Coleman started teaching in 1963 and where he had his first principals job.
Peachtree Corners “whiz kid” brings home $20,000 from popular game show
February 22, 2017
Who wants to be a millionaire? Duluth Middle School student Naman Shah does, that’s who.
