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The City of Duluth launches new App

User-friendly App

Duluth – The City of Duluth is excited to announce the release of their new app. The “Be Duluth” City app was created to provide a better experience for the user.

Lalit Patel and staff with Grayson’s Mayor Allison Wilkerson, City Administrator Laura Cone, and Community Development Director Gail Lane.

Grayson BOOST awards grants to small businesses

Grayson –  Throughout the spring and summer, Main Street Grayson representatives put together a board of community investors that included individuals and citizens, business owners, and civic organizations.

Duluth Fall Festival Concert featuring On the Border

Duluth SummerStage Concert Season Finale 

Duluth – The ultimate Eagles Tribute band will wrap up Duluth’s SummerStage Concert Series for 2016. On the Border will perform on Duluth’s Festival Center Stage, September 10th. The Duluth Fall Festival sponsors this September concert each year. 

International grief expert offers insight to community

International grief expert offers insight to community

Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation hosts free event 

Lawrenceville – According to Mental Health America, an organization founded in 1909 and dedicated to wellness, the loss of a loved one is life’s most stressful event.

Jeannie Walters, Vada Timberlake and James Walters, holding banner upon their arrival at Inchon Airport.

George Norton Walters remembered

My sister, Vada Timberlake, my wife, Jeannie, and I returned in late June from a week in South Korea .  We were there at the invitation of Sae Eden Presbyterian Church in Seoul, which is the largest congregation in Korea. 

Rock’n Ribville coming September 17th

Rock’n Ribville coming September 17th

The City of Lawrenceville will soon be hosting the 9th annual Rock’n Ribville event on Saturday, September 17th on the Lawrenceville Lawn. Join in the fun as barbeque culinary artists, both professional and amateur, serve up the best barbeque, brisket and ribs in Georgia!

Left to right: Dr. Hubert Tucker, Harold Williams and Wayne Mason

Annual Williams Reunion

William Pittman Williams was born in 1814 in Oglethorpe County and came to Gwinnett as a youth.  He married Elizabeth Weems at the age of 17.  William fathered eighteen children, ten with his first wife and eight with his second wife, Sarah Pogue.

Charles Max Mount, Sr.

Obituary – Charles Max Mount, Sr.

Charles Max Mount, Sr., age 75 of Lawrenceville passed away Mon., July 18, 2016. Max is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jean Mount; daughter and son in law, Starla and Andrew David; sons and daughter in law, Max Mount, Jr., and Marc and Pam Mount; 1 sister, Teresa Harrison; 5 grandchildren; and 1 great grandson.