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Dr. Haynes and his wife Beverly at the celebration of his 31 years at Salem Missionary Baptist Church.

Reverend Dr. Richard B. Haynes celebrates 31 years

Reverend Dr. Richard Haynes has been Senior Pastor at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Lilburn for 31 years. He preached his first message as a candidate for the pastor on the first Sunday in October 1987. Since 1987, he has led that church to grow in amazing ways.

Diana Plazas, Director of the Gwinnett Chapter of GenRx, holds an EMMY award for the 30-minute documentary produced at CETPA, a nonprofit providing drug abuse and mental health counseling services in Norcross.

GenRx in Gwinnett — Changing Perceptions and Re-educating a Community

Changing perceptions and debunking myths about prescription drug use is something Diana Plazas, Director of the Gwinnett Chapter of GenRx, does every day.

She had already been to three schools delivering informational materials and setting up parent workshops when she met with the Gwinnett Citizen at CETPA, a mental health and addiction counseling non-profit out of which she operates.

Runners enjoyed clear skies at Dacula High School’s first CURE Color run.

Student Council Organizes Dacula High School’s First CURE 3k Color Run

When tragedy struck the close-knit community of Dacula, everyone felt it. When cancer claims a child’s life, it affects everyone — the parents, teachers, friends — the whole community grieves. But where some despair, others find opportunity to come together and make a difference.

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Walton EMC Named Solar Energy Leader in the Southeast

Facebook partnership helps Georgia cooperative earn top mark

Consumer-owned Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is leading all Southeast utilities in solar power development, according to a newly published report by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE).

April (left) stands with her mother Angela Bennett Robinson at her booth at West Main Trade in Buford, Ga.

Sweet Tea & Sisters | Keep sakes from a stay-at-home mom turned entrepreneur

Sipping sweet tea and long conversations on Sunday afternoons are some of April Robinson’s most cherished childhood memories. So, when the former stay-at-home mom was thinking of what to name her jewelry business in September of 2017, she could think of no better name than “Sweet Tea and Sisters”.

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Lilburn Woman’s Club Presents Check to Brookwood Aquaponics Class

Brookwood High School offers a ground-breaking new course called Natural Resource Management. It is an applied science course where students learn about environmental science through an entrepreneurial lens. Students design products for your garden, home and body all using sustainable agriculture. All products are made in the classroom by teaching kids entrepreneurship skills.