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Fitch reaffirms Gwinnett’s AAA Rating

August 3, 2014

Fitch reaffirms Gwinnett’s AAA Rating
Notes stable operations and favorable debt position

Lawrenceville – Gwinnett County officials learned on August 1, 2014 that Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed the government’s AAA credit rating with a stable outlook. The rating affirmed Gwinnett County’s debt of $19.1 million in general obligation bonds, $806.3 million in water and sewer bonds and $89.9 millionin development authority bonds.

GBT’s October production “19-20-21” features a unique collaboration between GBT’s Artistic Director Wade Walthall and Gwinnett visual artist Mac Stewart. Pictured in triplicate is dancer Madeline Whitehead. Photo by Richard Calmes

Leaping into a new season

August 3, 2014

Leaping into a new season
GBT launches the 2014-2015 season with three premieres and the area’s biggest Nutcracker
By Holley Calmes

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre might be the oldest performing arts non-profit in Gwinnett, but everything this season is fresh and new! This includes the 33rd anniversary of The Nutcracker, which is the second largest in the metro Atlanta area and a holiday tradition for thousands of families.

Navy Airman Ramiro Alvarez (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward)

Navy Airman Ramiro Alvarez, from Lawrenceville, Ga

July 29, 2014

SAN DIEGO- Airman Ramiro Alvarez, an aviation boatswain’s mate from Lawrenceville, Ga. and 2009 graduate of Phoenix High School, is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Somerset (LPD 25), one of the world’s most modern, networked, survivable, and transformational warships. USS Somerset is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Rotary Club of Gwinnett says thank you to GCPS bus drivers

July 26, 2014

Rotary Club of Gwinnett says thank you to GCPS bus drivers

The Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) professionals who make sure Gwinnett children travel safely to and from school every day will receive a token of appreciation as they get ready for another school year. The Rotary Club of Gwinnett will visit the school district’s bus managers and monitors and say “thank you” to the staff members for the work they do transporting students every day. In expressing their gratitude, the organization is sponsoring lunch for the more than 1,800 staff members.

WW II Veteran recalls time as POW

July 15, 2014

For 90 year-old Lawrenceville resident, Robert L. Norton, life has generally gone along as planned, with the incredible exception of the time spent in the German POW camp, Stalag Luft IV.

Carole Townsend enjoys pre-race track access at Talladega Super Speedway, May 2013

Buckle up and enjoy the ride

July 6, 2014

Buckle up and enjoy the ride
By Auveed Bagheri Cawthon and Beth Volpert

Lawrenceville, GA (July 7, 2014) – What does a suburban empty nester mother of four do when she finds herself bored and looking for something new to do and out of her comfort zone? There are as many responses to an empty nest as there are stars in the sky. Some women buy a new car, others get a total makeover, and some take a seriously long vacation.

“REenACTment”..and loving every minute of it!

July 4, 2014

For Ann Cope Anderson, life has been a series of events not completely out of the ordinary. As a local girl out of high school, she took a job with the family business, married, had kids, ultimately found herself a single mom of two boys, several years apart as well as patching together a trendy multi-generational household with her grandmother, “Precious”.

GMC leadership along with Clyde and Sandra Strickland (center) and the family medicine residents participate in the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Strickland Family Medicine Center, a 9,400-square-foot facility that features 10 exam rooms. It is the primary outpatient training facility for the family medicine residency program.

GMC celebrates its first class of medical residents and opens the doors to the Strickland Family Medicine Center

July 1, 2014

Gwinnett Medical Center presented the organization’s first five family medicine residents who have just embarked on their three-year residency. Each new resident has ties to Gwinnett County.

Veterans to live in houses located in parks

July 1, 2014

Veterans to live in houses located in parks

(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 1, 2014) – Five houses located within Gwinnett County parks will be leased to veterans and their families under an agreement approved by commissioners on Tuesday.