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Talking with parents about issues involving their health, long term care, finances, health care proxies, or their thoughts about their final wishes, can be as difficult as “the talk” you had years ago about the birds and the bees. Yet, these conversations need to occur; and often times, the conversation should occur sooner, rather than later.

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Officer R. McDonald was captured on video kicking a subdued man in the head

Today Gwinnett County Solicitor-General Rosanna Szabo dismissed all cases in which former Officer(s) R. McDonald or M. Bongiovani was the principal officer or a necessary witness. Sixty-three (63) cases were dismissed in Gwinnett County Recorder’s Court and twenty-six (26) cases were dismissed in Gwinnett County State Court. 

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Anyone who strolls the sidewalks along Dogwood Road parallel to Ronald Reagan Parkway in Snellville is familiar with a recent phenomenon that’s become the talk of the town. It seems that an artist with both talent and a sense of humor has begun adorning a certain pine tree with art - curious harbingers of upcoming holidays.

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Tabernacle International Church, a large and inviting place of worship near the corner of Simonton Road and Grayson Highway, was host to The Department of Community Supervision’s (DCS) first GA-PRI Stakeholders Meeting on February 28th. The meeting convened state leaders, resource providers, volunteers, and service professionals to introduce Governor Deal’s new initiative, GA-PRI or GA’s Prisoner Reentry Initiative.

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Since first taking office in 2011, I have made it a priority to find ways to involve a wide variety of Gwinnett residents in county government. It started out with a program called Volunteer Gwinnett that had a goal of engaging residents in meaningful way to help Gwinnett County provide essential services. Now we have a robust and growing community outreach program.

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