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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County, GA – With schools and many businesses closed and the rate of unemployment increasing each week, families are finding it harder and harder to provide basic necessities for their household. In a collaborative effort to provide meals for families, LETTUM EAT! Inc. has partnered with the Gwinnett County NAACP, First Baptist Church Snellville, Guardian Fina...

www. GoodMoringGwinnett.com The Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Boards of Health have reached an agreement with Gwinnett convention officials to use the Infinite Energy Center as a remote site for testing people for the COVID-19 coronavirus disease — if it is needed. Health department spokesman Chad Wasdin said agreements were reached with the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth and the Georgia Interna...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia’s top legislative leaders jointly announced Wednesday they will extend a statewide public health emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic through May 13. Kemp first declared a public health emergency back on March 14 as COVID-19 began taking hold in Georgia. Lawmakers ratified the governor’s order two days later during a one-day s...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County commissioners remain on track to put transit expansion on the November ballot, but they did so by delaying a final decision about exactly what will be in the referendum. The commissioners will vote Tuesday to approve a comprehensive project list that will be sent to the ATL board for approval. Any projects that go before voters in November must be on th...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Lawrenceville is offering $2 million worth of assistance to utility customers who are having trouble paying their gas and electric bills because of the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance includes credit deposits, payment plans and a program that will pay for one monthly bill. Th bill payment program, funded with $100,000 from The Salvation Army, covers the cost of on...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he will issue a statewide shelter in place order that will go into effect Friday, and he is issuing an order today for schools to close for the remainder of the school year. The shelter in place order will be signed by Kemp on Thursday, and will remain in effect until April 13. The order to close schools for the remainder of the...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County has issued a boil water advisory for a community at its southern tip because of a water main break. The advisory covers multiple streets in the Norris Lake area, near Snellville and in the southernmost part of Gwinnett sanwiched between DeKalb and Rockdale counties. Residents in the affected area should not drink the water or wash dishes cook, make ice,...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Solicitor General Brian Whiteside's office is taking its role in preventing the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, seriously. The Gwinnett County Solicitor General’s Office announced Sunday it will prosecute all individuals who violate the stay-at-home order issued by Gwinnett County Chairman Charlotte Nash and all 16 cities within Gwinnett County. Wa...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Salvation Army Gwinnett County Corps is one of the community organizations that exist year-round to help residents in need and who are seeing their abilities taxed more due to the impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on the economy as businesses shut down and workers are laid off. Fortunately for the Salvation Army, there is a stockpile of food gathered as part o...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com While still serving to-go meals, Universal Joint in downtown Lawrenceville has tried to transform itself into a contactless one-stop shop. Customers can order pounds of ground beef, bags of produce and rolls of toilet paper from the restaurant’s “pantry” alongside takeout orders, family-size meals and to-go beer and wine. Employees load everything into a customer’s tru...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Eastside Urgent Care announced its new telehealth "virtual visit" option for patients on Monday. Officials said it gives people a way to be evaluated by an urgent care physician without having to visit an urgent care clinic. If a doctor decides the patient's condition requires in-person treatment, they will directed to a nearby medical facility. Eastside officials see...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Eastside Urgent Care announced its new telehealth "virtual visit" option for patients on Monday. Officials said it gives people a way to be evaluated by an urgent care physician without having to visit an urgent care clinic. If a doctor decides the patient's condition requires in-person treatment, they will directed to a nearby medical facility. Eastside officials see...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain are two of 23 spots around Georgia where state officials will conduct remote testing for the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. But not everyone in those areas will be able to get tested at these sites. The testing priority at these sights will be given to certain groups, such as the elderly or heal...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com A new website has been launched to help Gwinnett residents find ways to help their community during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19. GwinnettCares.org was announced Friday as the “go-to webpage” for information about resources available to the Gwinnett community as well as ways to help out during the outbreak. The effort is a product of a part...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Georgia Gwinnett College said the decision came as the college continues to follow the guidance put forward by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Department of Public Health and the University System of Georgia regarding closings and other matters to allow for further state assessment of COVID-19. Spring commencement was originally scheduled to tak...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com With schools closed in an attempt to impede community spread of the virus, school employees are bringing the meals to the students. Monday was the first day Clavijo, her colleagues, Berkmar administrators and support staff helped load eight buses with boxes of sack lunches to deliver to students. Clavijo said they are producing far fewer meals than they would on a typi...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Residents can renew their tags, file a change of address, pay insurance fines, pay property taxes, apply for a homestead exemption and complete many other tasks from home using GwinnettTaxCommissioner.com. Customer service agents are available by phone or email if you have questions. Assistance with property tax is available at tax@gwinnettcounty.com or 770-822-8800 an...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Two patients at Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Braselton have tested positive for the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, hospital officials have announced. Northeast Georgia Health System said it was notified Sunday that two people had the disease. They are being treated at the Hall-County-based hospital system's Braselton campus. It was not immediately clear if...

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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Throughout my career, I have continued to stand up for progressive causes. As a constant advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, I continuously opposed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. In 2003 and 2004, I led the fight against the state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. I also co-sponsored legislation to address hate crimes, bullying and voting rights. As a legisl...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Lawrenceville and Smith Douglas Homes officials held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday for the first set of town homes to open in the Southlawn mixed-use development south of the Lawrenceville Lawn. Smith Douglas Homes is building both townhomes and single family detached homes for the master developers, which are the Novare Group and George Berkow Inc. “We’re so excited to...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com ATLANTA — Budget writers in the Georgia House of Representatives Monday cut in half the teacher pay raise Gov. Brian Kemp proposed in January. Reducing the salary hike from $2,000 per teacher to $1,000 would allow lawmakers to restore spending cuts the governor recommended in other areas of his $28.1 billion fiscal 2021 budget plan, including funding for programs that...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett and the city of Lawrenceville recently received a $10,000 grant from Food Well Alliance for a new community garden near the Lawrenceville Senior Center at Rhodes Jordan Park, 100 East Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. The alliance’s City Agriculture Grant will support construction of the Lawrenceville Community Garden and the development of an urban agriculture pla...

www.goodmorninggwinnett.com . Nicole is no stranger to the Gwinnett Community. She has dedicated nearly 15 years to serving the citizens of Gwinnett County in many different capacities and has led efforts to ensure that a diversity of voices were reflected in decision-making at all levels. Nicole is a bridge builder and the “Go to” person for all things Gwinnett. With a global community represente...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to force Gwinnett County to add an extra week of early voting at seven satellite voting sites ahead of the March 24 presidential preference primary. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia Thursday night by Washington D.C.-based organization The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on...