Local News

Elections office hosts poll official hiring events

Lawrenceville – Gwinnett citizens who want to serve the community and be engaged in the electoral process are encouraged to attend Gwinnett County’s poll official hiring events on April 10 in Duluth and April 12 in Buford.

Carolyn Bagheri

Carolyn Bagheri to retire after 30 years in publishing

Gwinnett Citizen Co-Publisher Has Been A Treasured Storyteller Through the YearsGwinnett Citizen Co-Publisher Has Been A Treasured Storyteller Through the Years

LAWRENCEVILLE – Carolyn Bagheri has been a media icon in the Gwinnett community for three decades. In 1988, when her daughter Auveed Cawthon founded The Snellville Citizen, Carolyn enthusiastically slid in alongside her serving as Co-Publisher and Co-Editor to embrace the entrepreneurial venture.  

City of Norcross to Celebrate Spring with an Easter Egg Hunt on March 31

Free event includes photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny and an eggs-tra special hunt for children with special needs

The Easter Bunny will be hopping his way to @CityofNorcross on March 31 for an Easter Egg Hunt in Rossie Brundage Park! Bring your camera for photo ops with the Easter Bunny! #nopeeking #aplacetoimagine www.norcrossga.net

Norcross – The Easter Bunny is hopping his way to downtown Norcross for an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31 at 10 a.m. As long as there is no peeking, the Easter Bunny will be hiding all of his eggs in Rossie Brundage Park, 350 Autry Street.

City of Norcross to Host Clean-Up Day on April 14

One-day event to include electronics recycling, document shredding and collection of non-hazardous items

Norcross – As winter makes its exit, it’s time to get started on a little spring cleaning. A time to clean and purge items in our homes and neighborhoods. To help keep Norcross ‘clean and beautiful,’ the City of Norcross is pleased to host a Neighborhood Clean-up & Recycling Day on Saturday, April 14th where residents can bring in documents to be securely shredded, haul in non-hazardous bulk items, and recycle electronics.

Kendra Womack, 2018 Brookwood High School Girls Varsity Roster 2018

Brookwood High School junior aces tennis and sportsmanship

It is a beautiful combination when you find a person who is as talented as she is kind, which is exactly how Kendra Womack’s tennis coach, Claudia Trandafir describes her. Womack is a junior at Brookwood High School, and she has been playing tennis for almost ten years.

Third, Fourth and Fifth grade students from Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood gathered in the school cafeteria to discuss the importance of setting goals on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 during Professional Development Wednesday.

Girls learn the power of S.E.L.F. through goal-setting and sisterhood

A Lawrenceville mother learned through her former role as a stay-at-home mom of two young daughters, there is truth in the adage, “necessity is the mother of invention.” Toyasha Vaughn was inspired to develop S.E.L.F., an empowerment program for girls ages 5-18 after experiencing a few challenges of her own.

Barbara Howard receiving the Legacy Award at the GMC Foundation Gala. L-R: Dr. Carlton Buchanan, Barbara and Phil Wolfe

Barbara Howard – One of Gwinnett’s Greatest Treasures

For the past several decades Gwinnett County has been showered with amazing people who have shared their time, their talent and their wealth to make the county a better place for its citizens to live.  Few have made a greater impact than Barbara and her late husband, Henry Howard.