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Chick-fil-A Leader Academy™ – Brookwood High School’s Servant Students

November 3, 2016

Chick-fil-A Leader Academy™ is a national high school leadership program focused on impact through action. Brookwood High School (BHS) partnered with local Chick-fil-a store located at 1559 Scenic Hwy North in Snellville and their franchise operator, Tom Balsamides, to develop their leadership program to cultivate servant students at BHS dubbed ‘BOSS,’ Brookwood Organization of Servant Students.

Sen. Renee Unterman Hosts Press Conference to Discuss Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund

October 27, 2016

Sen. Renee Unterman (R– Buford), along with Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D – Decatur) and several other key stakeholders, hosted a press conference to discuss the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund.

Rare opportunity to see Shakespeare’s First Folio at Emory’s Carlos Museum Free to the public

October 27, 2016

From Nov. 5 through Dec 11, 2016, the Michael C. Carlos Museum will host First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a traveling exhibition from the Folger Shakespeare Library that inspired Emory’s yearlong celebration of the Bard.

Eastside Medical Center helps make wishes come true

October 26, 2016

Eastside Medical Center teamed up with Make-a-Wish Georgia September 30, 2016 for the grand finale to the hospital’s Make-A-Wish campaign. Members of the Eastside Leadership team and Tim Early, CEO of Make-A-Wish Georgia, blazed through the obstacle course during the tricycle race.

Runell Brooks Foster, Third Known Oldest Person in Georgia, Gone Home to Her Lord and Savior

October 24, 2016

Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt to a host of nephews and nieces, and devoted dear friend, Runell “Mrs. Nell” Brooks Foster, age 110, Matriarch of Loganville, Georgia (Rosebud Road and Highway 78) and the third known oldest person in the State of Georgia, went home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, October 21, 2016.

Georgia Angler Award Program celebrates your great catches!

October 21, 2016

Each year, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division recognizes anglers for outstanding catches. Anglers who catch a fish that meets or beats a specific weight or length limit for that species are eligible for a free Angler Award.

Gwinnett opens two additional advance voting sites Monday

October 21, 2016

Starting Monday, Gwinnett County voters will have two more places where they can cast an early ballot for the 2016 General Election.

Trout streams provide perfect fall fishing opportunities

October 21, 2016

The north Georgia mountains make a great fall destination, and what better excuse to plan a trip than to take advantage of the many available trout streams, including five delayed harvest trout streams that open Nov. 1?

Bobbie Menneg (Center) with two Paint Gwinnett Pink 5K participants/survivor.

Gwinnett Breast Cancer Awareness month kicks off in style

October 20, 2016

Lawrenceville – Saturday, Oct. 1 dawned sunny and a little cool, a perfect day for a walk. At least, that’s what more than 800 men, women and children thought as families and friends flocked to Coolray Field for Gwinnett County’s first annual “Paint Gwinnett Pink” 5K Run and Walk for Breast Cancer. Gwinnett Medical Center partnered with Paint Georgia Pink, Inc. to present this day of fellowship, exercise, celebration and honoring (and of course, some fundraising).