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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com School supply donations are needed by July 17. New book bags are needed for all ages, but especially for middle and high school students. Sponsorships are also available for the Book Bag Bash special events by emailing Kim Phillips at kphillips@ngcoop.org . Details, including a list of needed supplies: www.ngcoop.org . SOURCE: www. GwinnettDailyPost.com Become a suppor...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Adrian Green says “I spent 22 years as a firefighter, emergency medical technician, fire apparatus operator, fire academy instructor, and eventually a Fire Inspector in the Gwinnett’s Fire Marshall’s Office,” Green said. “It gave me a greater sense of community and the people I’ve had the privilege to serve.” He has served his community in an additional way by celebrat...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Cosmo's Pizza & Social is a pizzeria and sports bar in downtown Lawrenceville. We have been in business for almost 20 years. Social is an expansion to the original Cosmo's and offers a more adult environment with plenty of TVs, events and live entertainment on weekend. Come out and join us and enjoy a our new small plate menu items, outdoor games, giveaways and prizes...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Lawrenceville and Auburn will kick off the local celebrations with events taking place Friday night. FIREWORKS: Your guide to Independence Day celebrations in and around Gwinnett County ENTERTAINMENT FIREWORKS: Your guide to Independence Day celebrations in and around Gwinnett County Todd Cline Auburn’s Independence Day celebration will take place at 5 p.m. at 1369 4th...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com An agreement has been reached to let one of three bail bonding companies, which had sued Sheriff Keybo Taylor over his decision to not renew their certification to issue bail bonds in Gwinnett, resume handling bonds in the county. The agreement means Anytime Bail Bonding of Gwinnett Inc. can resume work they did before Taylor decided to not renew the company’s certific...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson as signed an agreement to support R.E.D. which stands for Rehabilitation Enables Dreams. RED creates a classroom atmosphere inside the courtroom and treats program participants as students rather than criminals. RED’s curriculum is structured to develop a student’s social, civic and financial literacy through task-oriented learning...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County sheriff's deputies handle arrest warrants and help catch bad guys in the county, but the Sheriff's Office is looking to tackle another issue facing the Gwinnett County community: mental health. On Tuesday, Sheriff Keybo Taylor announced the creation of a new Mental Health Task Force. The task force is meant to serve as an intermediary force, helping peo...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com A national grocery chain plans to hire 100 workers for a new store location in Gwinnett County. Sprouts Farmers Market, marketed as a natural and organic grocer, will open August 4 at The Exchange at Gwinnett mixed-use development in Buford. The store is hiring for both full- and part-time positions, including cashiers and clerks. SOURCE: www. AJC.com Become a supporte...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com After nearly three years of talking about opening a homeless shelter, Homefirst Gwinnett is just about to cross the finish line. Officials with the group, which was established in summer 2018 and is part of the United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Gwinnett County wing, said they anticipate opening their shelter in Norcross sometime this summer. It will be the only homeless...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Randall Toussaint is the Director of Economic Development at Partnership Gwinnett. Randall oversees the organization’s project management team and cultivates project wins for Gwinnett County in five target industries: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology, Life Science, and Corporate Headquarters. Randall previously served as the Director of Corporate Solutions & Cyb...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the owner of a major shopping center near Mall of Georgia into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court filings. Washington Prime Group — which operates Mall of Georgia Crossing in Buford as well as 101 other shopping centers nationwide — made its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Te...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett Solicitor General Brian Whiteside raised questions Monday about the Gwinnett County Public Schools Police Department's handling of security at the May 20 county Board of Education meeting. Whiteside said he'd heard reports that officers with the school district's police force were not immediately taking reports from attendees at the meeting who claimed they ha...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The board created earlier this year to advise the Gwinnett County Police Department and county commissioners on policy matters is on the cusp of finalizing its recommendation that Gwinnett leaders decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. The Gwinnett Police Citizens Advisory Board voted last month to recommend county commissioners to change Gwinnett Coun...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Northside Hospital Gwinnett needs a $400 million expansion simply because it's become too crowded, according to a state filing last week by the facility's parent company. Last month, Northside Hospital filed a letter of intent with the Georgia Department of Community Health to build a 10-story patient tower at its Lawrenceville facility, the largest hospital in Gwinnet...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County residents can meet with officials working on the sprawling Rowen research and knowledge community project in eastern Gwinnett to learn about the development this week. The Rowen Foundation will host a community meeting to discuss the project from 6:30 until 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the Dacula Park Activity Building, which is located at 2735 Old Auburn...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Solicitor General Brian Whiteside will offer past defendants a chance to get misdemeanor charges on their criminal records hidden from the public eye this weekend during a Juneteenth kick-off celebration that the Promised Land community in south Gwinnett is holding. Whiteside announced his office will gather information from past defendants who qualify...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Auburn City Council held off Thursday on making decisions to allow developers to construct two large subdivisions. These projects combined would add almost 1,000 new homes to the city, which has a population of less than 8,000 people. About 15 Auburn residents packed into the small Council Chambers to express their varying opinions on the proposed developments. Some pe...

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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Public Schools is facing a review from its accrediting agency a year earlier than scheduled because of complaints that have been filed against the district. Cognia spokeswoman Mariama Tyler confirmed the accrediting agency has received “several” complaints about the district, with at least one of them being about governance, which refers to the Board of...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Asian American and Pacific Islander community are a key part of Gwinnett County, according to county commission Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson. That was part of the message she delivered recently as she issued a proclamation to close out Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which was observed in May. The proclamation was presented to leaders in t...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator (NSEI) is a six-month program designed to help community members who have served time in jail or prison to create their own businesses. With this initiative, the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL) hopes to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with the tactics and tools to develop a small business and overcome barriers to...

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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com It is a group that has spent the past two years making its way through high school during a pandemic. But despite the unexpected and ever-changing events it faced, the Class of 2021 has persevered. And this week those students graduate. And they get to do so during live ceremonies (with limited attendance and following COVID-19 protocol) that begin in earnest on Wednes...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Visitors to Gwinnett County government-owned facilities no longer have to wear a face mask to get in the front door. The county announced on its website Friday that Commission Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson issued an executive order a day earlier to rescind the mask mandate she put in place earlier this year. In the new order, Hendrickson cited a decline in the num...