Parkside Bakery & Café
Opens in Grayson
 By Sheila Adcock
Parkside Bakery and Café opened on May 3rd in Parkside at Grayson. They are located behind Grayson City Hall in front of Grayson City Park near Salon 124 and Johnny’s Pizza. The menu lists sandwiches, desserts, pastries, special coffees and other goodies in a casual dining format. Owners are Kerry and Carrie Cave, Jeff and Stacey Heaser and co-owner/manager, Marcie Hamilton. More...
Celebrate, remember, fight back at the Gwinnett Relay For Life
 By Phylecia Wilson
When the American Cancer Society’s Gwinnett Relay For Life took place on Friday, May 6 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, it was the 18th year that the event has been held in Gwinnett County. When it was first held in 1993 at Snellville’s South Gwinnett football field, the goal was to raise $43,000. But before the dust had settled on the track the 25 community teams had raised more than $125,000. More...
I meant what I said
 It may not have been love at first sight, but it sure was close. Now, still very much in love and 64 years after they were wed, Jim and Louise Williams spend their nights separated, miles apart. In 1927 Louise Benson and Jim Williams came into the world. She, in Worth County, he, in Fulton County. His upbringing was a bit more difficult. When Jim was five years old his parents divorced. Their separation would have a lasting impact on him. More...
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Mirror Mirror on the Wall
 By Cheryl Copeland
About eight weeks ago when the doctor hit me with the words you've got breast cancer, the first thing I said was, I’m going to Disney World, and not, I’m going to be bald! It wasn’t the most common response given to a cancer diagnosis, but I'm a true believer that every cancer treatment should always begin with a full week’s dose of the Magical Kingdom and as an unpaid advertiser, I wish everyone that was diagnosed with cancer could do the same. More...
Total Learning Concepts celebrates 25 years of success
 By Sheila Adcock
Who would have imagined in 1986, while tutoring on the kitchen table, that Carol Chandler Wood’s Total Learning Concepts (TLC) would grow to its current locations and degree of success? In 25 years, TLC has expanded to three professional learning centers—in Lilburn (the original location), Loganville and Dacula; and employs almost 60 teachers, educational coaches and instructors. More...
Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity/ReStore
 While most people know of the work of Habitat for Humanity, many are not aware that Gwinnett Habitat is a completely separate entity from Atlanta Habitat. Gwinnett Habitat builds an average of 8-10 houses per year, with the latest being a town home project. Gwinnett Habitat has completed approximately 112 houses and has its own budget, raises its own funds and manages its own projects. One board member, who had regularly donated money annually to the Atlanta Habitat, did not realize that Gwinnett Habitat is not part of the Atlanta Habitat. More...
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