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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Japan's coronavirus guidelines encourage people to wear masks but the medical body warned parents not to put them on infants because it makes it difficult to notice changes in face color, expression and breathing, it said in a leaflet. "It is possible that masks make it difficult for infants to breathe and increase the risks of heat stroke," reads the leaflet. Infants...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Two children in Dacula were attacked by a rabid fox Tuesday. Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement captured the fox the same day. But that department, along with the county health department, are advising residents to use caution and avoid animals behaving in unusual ways. The children were attacked by the fox in the Dolostone Way/Austin Crossing area in Dacula. The...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com John was born in Atlanta and have lived in Georgia his whole life. He went to North Gwinnett and Collins Hill High School. He graduated from the University of Georgia where he graduated with a bachelors in business administration with a major in management information systems. He worked in software development for about 15 years. It was during that time that he started...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Florida and Georgia, two states that were among the first to announce the reopening of businesses and public spaces amid the health crisis, have come under scrutiny for their reporting on Covid-19 cases. In Florida, Rebekah Jones, the official behind the state's "dashboard," a web page showing the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Florida that's been praised by Dr...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com That is how many people visited the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville over a period of 10 hours, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Monday to cast their ballots early for the June 9 primary election. It was one of two early voting sites that opened Monday — the other being the county's elections office in Lawrenceville — and it was chosen because it's large indoor sp...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County residents will be able to get food grown in Georgia in unincorporated Lawrenceville later this month as part of an effort to help both residents and farmers who are in need because of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. The Georgia Grown To Go market event is expected to be held from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. May 27 at Coolray Field, Gwinnett Community S...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Joe Allen started his career of service to Gwinnett County in the Tax Commissioner's Office, where he served as Director of Administration and then Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner. Later, he was Gwinnett’s Division Director of Risk Management and Employee Services. Allen also spent a number of years as the Director of Public Affairs and Business Resources for the Gwinnet...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County officials are looking at how to spend a total of about $188.2 million in stimulus funds that are coming from various federal agencies to help deal with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus impact on the county. The largest amount is $163.37 million that the county received from the U.S. treasury department to help communities and businesses during the COVID-1...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County government is planning to step in to pick up where Gwinnett County Public Schools' meal service will leave off when it ends this weekend, making sure kids continue to have access to meals during the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. The county government and school system are working together to transition from the meal service program that the distr...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick has prompted state Rep. Chuck Efstration, R-Dacula, to reiterate calls for the Georgia Senate to pass a hate crimes bill previously passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. Efstration, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, said the Senate should quickly take up House Bill 426 when the Georgia Gener...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com A second large-scale coronavirus testing event will be held at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Friday, Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Director Audrey Arona said. The Friday event has the capacity to test 1,200 people. The first testing event at the venue two weeks ago served about 800 people. Promote health. Save lives. Serve the vulnerable. Visit...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Atlanta Hawks, State Farm and anti-hunger organization Goodr are hosting a free drive-thru grocery store in Norcross this week. The NBA team has been working with the two companies to feed people in metro Atlanta since its season was cut short due to coronavirus on March 11. The need for feeding programs and food banks has grown in Atlanta and nationwide as the pan...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Simon Property Group, which owns the Mall of Georgia in Buford and Sugarloaf Mills in Lawrenceville, reopened most of its malls in Georgia on Monday after being closed throughout late March and all of April because of the pandemic. But, while the malls were open, shoppers were not quick to embrace the opportunity to go shopping. At the Mall of Georgia, for example, whe...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com director-level staff and above are to return to work on-site on Wednesday, May 6. All other staff with the exception of teachers will return to schools on Monday, May 11. Teachers will return to classrooms on Monday, May 18.“We want to make sure it is clear that students aren’t returning to the schools,” said spokeswoman Sloan Roach. “We need teachers to close out thei...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Norcross Community Market has transitioned from an open-air market to a drive-thru market. The public can visit the market’s online store between 9 a.m. Tuesday through 5 p.m. Thursday each week to place an order at www.norcrosscommunitymarket.com . Drive-thru pick up will take place at City Hall, 65 Lawrenceville St., each Saturday between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Custom...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Seventy meals a day, seven days a week, Bruce Kennedy and his employees at Universal Joint in Lawrenceville have been trying to support the workers at Northside Hospital Gwinnett in the way they know best: with food. Universal Joint has been making meals to serve the staff at the hospital in Lawrenceville since late-March through its Feed Our Heroes effort. Costumers a...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com To honor Gwinnett County's frontline workers and to recognize COVID-19 survivors and families who have lost loved ones to the novel coronavirus, community leaders in Gwinnett have launched the “Paint the Town Blue” campaign. “We want them to know we support them every step of the way,” said Paige Havens, spokesperson for GwinnettCares.org. GwinnettCares.org is an initi...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Across the country, tenant advocates and housing lawyers are sounding alarms that an increasing number of renters will not be able to pay rent on May 1st. What's more, they are concerned many renters will lose their homes as suspensions on evictions phase out and rent relief is not widely available. If you can't pay your rent, this is what you should do. Know the tenan...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The board also approved nine ballot drop-off boxes across the county following Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s authorization of the practice last week. Drop boxes are another tool to avoid person-to-person contact that could spread coronavirus. Voters will be able to drop their absentee ballots at the county elections office and all early voting locations once...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Norcross Power customers can defer payments through the end of June if they’re experiencing financial hardships due to the coronavirus. The Norcross City Council passed a measure allowing the payment deferrals Monday night. People and businesses going through financial difficulties can apply for a deferral which would allow them to pause payments for the months of Apri...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County residents are still sheltering-in-place because of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic, but they will get a chance to hear from nearly every candidate running to be the next county commission chairwoman from their homes this week. Five community improvement districts located in Gwinnett County — including the Gateway 85, Gwinnett Place, Evermore,...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com BMarko Structures is building hospital rooms in metal storage units at its Lawrenceville facility. The company usually makes offices, restaurants and other structures from used metal shipping containers. As hospital beds across the country fill up with COVID-19 patients, BMarko has added “liberty pods” to its production schedule. SOURCE: www. AJC.com #GwinnettcountyPod...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Aurora is launching a digital performing arts series to bring arts programs to residents computers for free throughout April. The activities, which include crafting, storytelling and theater games, will be broadcast on the Aurora’s website, auroratheatre.com, as well as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. “Aurora Theatre is home to the highest level of artistic excell...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Collins Hill High School junior Christa Campbell just wants to help her community during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak. Campbell knows several people who work in the health care profession. Some of them are in her own family. Others are parents of friends. That has given her an indication of the demands and stress health care workers are facing on the front...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Lilburn school announced that starting tonight it will turn the stadium lights on at the football and baseball stadiums to honor its seniors. Each week night, the school will turn on the stadium lights at 8:20 (which is 20:20 in military time) and leave them on for 20 minutes and 20 seconds to honor the Class of 2020. "The Big Orange Jungle and Hugh Buchanan Field...