The Snellville Police Department will be out in force, hosting its annual Public Safety Night June 5.
The free event, also sponsored by the Snellville Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni Association, will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the Towne Green in front of City Hall.
Insureon, the nation’s leading online provider of small business insurance, announced the winners of its spring 2018 Small Business, Big Impact scholarship competition: Desiree Townsend of Laguna Niguel, California, and Ethan Norton of Buford, Georgia. Each student will receive $2,500 to help pay for tuition and other educational expenses.
Mary Hester, CEO of LAN Systems in Berkeley Lake, greets guests on a sunny Friday afternoon, playing the role of hostess at her company’s annual Earth Day observance. Once a year, on the Thursday or Friday before Earth Day, LAN Systems opens its doors to the public, for both a cookout and the opportunity to bring any old or unwanted electronics for recycling. The event, offered to the public every year since 2008, is a real and necessary observance of Earth Day.
Classes Connect Cultural Heritage and Healthy Eating
Norcross – Norcross Community Market, in partnership with Summerour Middle School and Boston-based food and nutrition nonprofit Oldways, is bringing “A Taste of African Heritage” community cooking classes to Norcross this summer. The six-class series will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays from June 4 through July 16, excluding July 2, at Summerour Middle School, 321 Price Place, in Norcross.
As the last bell rings for the 2017–18 school year, 522 veteran educators and support staff members will mark their retirement from Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS). In total, our 2017–18 retirees have contributed a collective 12,813 years of their lives to education, and a total of 10,204 years to Gwinnett schoolchildren.
Lawrenceville – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday took several actions intended to enhance tourism and to support the expansion of the Infinite Energy Center, an important local amenity, and regional tourist attraction.