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Calling All Water Sommeliers

on April 25, 2025

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'Hoofed Houdini' Crime Spree Continues Unabated

on April 23, 2025

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Travis Hunter vs. The Lawrenceville Metro Extended Stay Hotel

on April 22, 2025

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I'm Sorry, I Thought This Was America

on April 16, 2025

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Speedy Gonzalez Arrested

on April 10, 2025

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Relic of Bygone Age Unearthed in Buford

on March 30, 2025

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Banana Bandit Still Going Bananas

on March 19, 2025

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This is Not Going to End Well

on March 18, 2025

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Another Mattress Giveaway on Ozora Road

on March 10, 2025

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Local Artist Showcase #2

on March 03, 2025

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Business Spotlight: Shell Food Mart

on March 01, 2025

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Dystopian Gwinnett: The Meadows

on February 23, 2025

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Business Spotlight: Park Avenue Thrift Outlet

on February 19, 2025

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Business Spotlight: Wayne Burnaine, Attorney at Law

on February 11, 2025

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Grave Matters: Loveless Cemetery, Dacula

on February 02, 2025

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Gwinnett County Rebrand Still Confusing Some Gwinnetians

Although Gwinnett County's rebrand is now five years strong, many Gwinnetians remain oblivious to its meaning, or even to the fact that Gwinnett has a brand, despite the fact that countless tax dollars and labor hours have gone into designing the new Gwinnett logo and replacing all county signage with the colorful emblem. We asked The Man On The Street for his thoughts on the matter, and he responded, "To be honest, the first time I saw one of those signs, I thought it was the Google headquarters or maybe we were getting the Olympics or something." Shown above, a typical county sign post-rebrand showing the vibrant color wheel logo that continues to befuddle some locals. We went to the 'Our Brand' section of the Gwinnett County website for some clarification and found the following: We were unable to get a further statement from The Man On The Street because, upon showing him the website, he began laughing uncontrol lably, though it is unclear which part he found...

The Strange Redemption of Lewis Cooksey

Gwinnetians, this is a story 100 years in the making. Seen above, an adolescent named Lewis Cooksey, "the boy that laid the bolt that threw 38". On August 23, 1908, the #38 train derailed at Mangum's Crossing in Sugar Hill, which is now the Buford Drive/Peachtree Industrial intersection. The engineer, Benjamin Dewberry, and his assistant, Mayson Wadkins, were both horrifically scalded to death in the accident, which was blamed on a large bolt that had been placed on the tracks, allegedly by Lewis Cooksey. As the story goes, Cooksey believed the train was carrying fruit (it wasn't) and he hoped to obtain some by derailing the train, though the only fruit of his labors was a couple of felony indictments for murder and train-wrecking. Lewis Cooksey, also spelled 'Louis Cooksie' in publications at the time (both are used in the article above), was acquitted the next month, as seen in the September 1908 article from the Atlanta Journal excerpted above. Twenty years...

Business Spotlight: Park Avenue Thrift Outlet

It's Wednesday, my dudes, and that means it's time for a trip to the Park Avenue Thrift Outlet on Clayton Street in Lawrenceville. What is Park Avenue Thrift Outlet, you ask? It is none other than the dumping ground for everything that can't be sold ... at a Park Avenue Thrift store. That's right, my dudes, if it goes unsold at any of the Gwinnett-area Park Avenue Thrift stores or doesn't meet their rigorous pre-owned merchandise standards, it winds up at the Park Avenue Thrift Outlet. Use your imagination and think of the wares that are unfit for a Park Avenue Thrift, then go lower. But why Wednesday, you ask? That, my dudes, is because the outlet uses flat rate pricing. Everything in the store is the same price! The price varies by day, for example on Saturday everything is $1.75, but on Wednesday, every item in the store is 25 CENTS! No, I am not making this up, and here's what we bought for a quarter today (edited for those with delicate sensibilities): Not...

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