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Atlanta Mayor’s Office, Environmental and Faith Groups, and Students Demand Action on Climate Change

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Atlanta Mayor’s Office, Environmental and Faith Groups, and Students Demand Action on Climate Change 
Nov. 29 March Comes Ahead of Critical Climate Talks in Paris

Atlanta, Ga. – One year after the historic People’s Climate March, when 400,000 people crowded the streets of New York City, hundreds of Georgians will take to the streets for the People’s Climate March Atlanta to demand action on climate change.

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Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Announces America Recycles Day Essay Contest Winners

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Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Announces America Recycles Day Essay Contest Winners

Celine Houenou of Pharr Elementary School and Mason Havens of Georgia Southern University Take Home the Top Prizes for their Talented Portrayal of the Unsung Heroes of the Recycling Bin 

Duluth – After 17 years of hosting a traditional community recycling drive in observance of Keep America Beautiful’s national initiative – America Recycles Day, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GCB) made the call to alter the course of the celebration slightly with a “novel” idea.

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Second-annual Christmas in Dacula Scheduled for December 6th

Second-annual Christmas in Dacula Scheduled for December 6th

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Free community Christmas festival features holiday shopping, live nativity, 5K, musical performances and more

DACULA, GA – This year’s Christmas in Dacula, held on December 6th from 3-8 p.m. and hosted by Hebron Church on the corner of Fence and Dacula roads, promises to provide even more family fun than last year’s inaugural event.

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Obituary - Earnest Eugene Poynter

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Obituary - Earnest Eugene Poynter

Earnest Eugene Poynter, 64, of Snellville, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Snellville. Earnie was born on May 18, 1951 in Sarasota, FL to Earnest and Katherine Poynter.

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  1. ​City of Norcross to Make Downtown ‘Sparkle’ For Holiday Season
  2. The City of Duluth’s signature event of the year is right around the corner. The 37th annual Duluth Tree Lighting will surely help bring in the holiday season for many on Saturday, December 5th.
  3. Honors for Assistant Principal Nichols
  4. Toys for Tots in Duluth
  5. Walton EMC Distributing Largest Refund in Co-op’s History
  6. If you could double your closet space!
  7. Hall signs for Toccoa Falls College
  8. GCPS teacher wins regional
  9. Growing Up with Jesus, a new book by Karen Dampier
  10. Student business event Thursday
  11. ‘Tis the Season for the Wonderful Senior Life at Discovery Village at Sugarloaf
  12. Annual Swedish Sankta Lucia celebration
  13. 2015 budget proposal invests in big picture
  14. Aurora Theatre celebrates the season with Christmas Canteen 2015, November 19-December 20
  15. Georgia DOT Showcases Winter Preparations
  16. GCPS Crossing Guard receives honors
  17. Judy Patterson Legacy Memorial Scholarship… Archer remembers community leader
  18. Public service: Working for the County and serving your community
  19. You have the power - Buy American Made!
  20. Veterans Day observance at Georgia Gwinnett College