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(GCPS) New starting date 2014-15 school year

April 14, 2014

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has released a revised 2014-15 school calendar that calls for the district to return to school on Tuesday, August 5 – one day earlier than originally scheduled. The change in the calendar is due to the need for a student/teacher holiday on November 4, which is Election Day. This day was originally slated to be a school day; however, as this year’s election includes several major races, including contests for Governor and a vacated U.S. Senate seat, election traffic is likely to be high.

Charlotte Nash, Chairman Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

Volunteers working for our community

April 14, 2014

The first full week in April is National Volunteer Week, so this seems a good time to share a story of how one volunteer can make a real difference in helping local government operate more efficiently.

2014 Atlanta Promise Walk for Preeclampsia

April 11, 2014

Atlanta Family Making Strides to Raise Awareness of Preeclampsia Taylor Family Named the Atlanta Promise Walk for Preeclampsia Mission Family to Help Call Attention to Serious Pregnancy Disorder Affecting Mothers, Babies.

GFWC Lilburn Woman’s Club held an Easter Bonnet

April 11, 2014

Members of the GFWC Lilburn Woman’s Club held an Easter Bonnet decorating contest hosted by our Public Issues Program Co-chairmen, Nancy Chilcoat and Lee Jurjevich to raise money for our USO partnership.

State offers residents online voter registration

April 11, 2014

State offers residents online voter registration

(Lawrenceville, April 11, 2014) – Gwinnett’s Voter Registrations and Elections Supervisor Lynn Ledford said that 139 Gwinnett residents have already registered to vote using the Georgia Secretary of State’s new online voter registration feature that was launched on March 31. The state also offers an interactive mobile application that has all the capabilities of the “My Voter Page” elections information page on the Secretary of State’s website.

Cardiac treatment options expand in North Metro Atlanta

April 11, 2014

Gwinnett Medical Center adds electrophysiology services

Lawrenceville, Ga. – Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) has announced it has expanded cardiac services to include electrophysiology (EP), which is the diagnoses and treatment of heart arrhythmias, or problems related to the heart’s rhythm. Located on the Lawrenceville campus, the expanded program features two state-of-the-art labs, fully dedicated to electrophysiology. This latest addition further rounds out the offerings at the Strickland Heart Center, which opened in January 2012.

Club members Jeannie Schweck, Nadine Bily, Patty Gabilondo and Trish Biemiller

Little Free Library returns to Lilburn area this summer

April 11, 2014

Our fabulous dedicated volunteers from the GFWC Lilburn Woman’s Club (LWC) Education Program are bringing back the Little Free Library to Lilburn this summer. Bring a book, read a book and then return a book (or multiples) to encourage reading and fight illiteracy in our community.

Deer dangers you don’t know – and what to do about them

April 10, 2014

It’s hard to live in suburbia these days and be unaware of the difficulties deer can cause homeowners. They lunch on your landscape and brazenly cross busy roads at the worst possible times.

GTC students (left to right) Raj Patel, Computer Maintenance, Silver Medal; James Stephens, Computer Programming, Gold Medal; and Aaron Beraki, Computer Programming, Silver Medal

Gwinnett Tech Students Shine at SkillsUSA State Competition

April 10, 2014

State winners headed to national event

Lawrenceville –Gwinnett Tech students had a strong showing at the state SkillsUSA competition, with 13 placing in the competition and five earning gold medals to advance to the national competition later this summer.