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The Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest, rated as the No. 1 Beer Festival in America in 2022 by USA Today, took place in Suwanee Town Center Park with 5,000 tickets sold. Attendees sampled nearly 400 brews from 100 breweries, with nearly 80 Georgia breweries participating. The festival also featured live music, beer pong, miniature golf, giant Jenga, Peach State cornhole, and axe-throwing. The Razzmanian Devil, a raspberry passion fruit sour brewed by Liquid Nation Brewing, won the best beer trophy in the Georgia Brew Battle. The festival was a success for vendors and attendees alike, with many looking forward to returning next year.

Sugar Hill has opened its 9.2-acre Gold Mine Park, which preserves the entrance to what was once one of more than a dozen gold mines in the area while also adding a new leg to the Sugar Hill Greenway. The park is part of a 16.5-mile trail, with Gold Mine Park adding a piece that stretches from the park’s entrance on Level Creek Road to Whitehead Road. With the opening of this leg, Sugar Hill has completed five miles of its greenway trail, constituting the first phase of the trail. The greenway provides an excellent opportunity for the community to explore nature and engage in physical activity.

A man from Duluth  was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his girlfriend at a restaurant in Marietta. According to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, Jose Ramon Lemus shot his girlfriend, Janice Ross, in the neck after becoming angry at her for asking about another woman he had been communicating with. He then fled into the woods but was apprehended by police within an hour with the help of a police K-9. Ross died at the scene of the shooting. During the sentencing, the victim's family members spoke about the impact of losing her, with her 14-year-old daughter saying, "I won't ever get my mom back and it hurts."

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The Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest, rated as the No. 1 Beer Festival in America in 2022 by USA Today, took place in Suwanee Town Center Park with 5,000 tickets sold. Attendees sampled nearly 400 brews from 100 breweries, with nearly 80 Georgia breweries participating. The festival also featured live music, beer pong, miniature golf, giant Jenga, Peach State cornhole, and axe-throwing. The Razzmanian Devil, a raspberry passion fruit sour brewed by Liquid Nation Brewing, won the best beer trophy in the Georgia Brew Battle. The festival was a success for vendors and attendees alike, with many looking forward to returning next year.

Plus, MDJ and Times-Journal, Inc. Sports Editor John Bednarowski continues to take us on a tour of his round at Augusta National, as we continue our Masters coverage presented by Ingles Markets.

Sugar Hill has opened its 9.2-acre Gold Mine Park, which preserves the entrance to what was once one of more than a dozen gold mines in the area while also adding a new leg to the Sugar Hill Greenway. The park is part of a 16.5-mile trail, with Gold Mine Park adding a piece that stretches from the park’s entrance on Level Creek Road to Whitehead Road. With the opening of this leg, Sugar Hill has completed five miles of its greenway trail, constituting the first phase of the trail. The greenway provides an excellent opportunity for the community to explore nature and engage in physical activity.

One of the nation’s largest producers of podcast programming now calls Gwinnett County’s Gas South District home.

Business RadioX, which operates dozens of online radio studios across the U.S., has relocated its Gwinnett studio into the newly renovated Gas South Convention Center in Duluth.

In addition to acquiring more broadcast space, the new studio will produce exclusive programming to promote news and upcoming events on the Gas South District campus, which includes the Gas South Arena, Gas South Convention Center, Gas South Theater, and the Hudgens Center for the Arts. Since opening its doors in 2012, the Gwinnett Business RadioX studio has interviewed more than 3,000 local business leaders while producing some of the network’s most popular programming including the acclaimed “Celebrating Powerhouse Women” podcast series, the Gwinnett Chamber’s “Voice of Business” podcast, and the studio’s long-running award-winning signature show “Gwinnett Business Radio”.

 A man from Duluth  was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his girlfriend at a restaurant in Marietta. According to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, Jose Ramon Lemus shot his girlfriend, Janice Ross, in the neck after becoming angry at her for asking about another woman he had been communicating with. He then fled into the woods but was apprehended by police within an hour with the help of a police K-9. Ross died at the scene of the shooting. During the sentencing, the victim's family members spoke about the impact of losing her, with her 14-year-old daughter saying, "I won't ever get my mom back and it hurts."

Atlanta’s Chick-fil-A is planning a $1 billion expansion to open restaurants in Asia and Europe, with a goal to have a presence in five international markets by 2030. Despite being the third-largest fast-food chain in the US, with more than 2,700 restaurants, only a few of these are overseas. The move is aimed at testing how Chick-fil-A will perform in international markets to learn and innovate, according to CEO Andrew Cathy. Chick-fil-A has previously launched an expansion in South Africa that lasted five years, and in 2019 it opened but soon closed a London-area restaurant due to protests about anti-gay marriage statements made by Chick-Fil-A’s former CEO.

Gwinnett Technical College has experienced a surge in enrollment for the third consecutive semester, with a nearly 10% increase in enrollment numbers for the 2023 spring semester compared to last year. Gwinnett Tech's President, Glen Cannon, credits the increase to the opening of the new Emerging Technologies building and the renovation of other buildings, the Dual Enrollment programs for high school students, and the expansion of academic programs to feed high-demand careers. The enrollment growth indicates that Gwinnett Tech provides the skills needed in today's competitive job market and is on a growth trajectory for the future.

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A Duluth man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his girlfriend in Marietta, according to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office.

On December 6, 2020, Jose Ramon Lemus, 53, and his long-term girlfriend Janice Ross, 43, went to lunch at El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant on Cobb Parkway in Marietta. After becoming angry at Ross for asking about another woman he had been communicating with, Lemus pulled out a gun and shot her in the neck, fleeing into the woods toward the Marietta campuses of Kennesaw State University and Life University, according to the DA’s office.

Lemus was apprehended by Marietta police officers within an hour of the incident with the assistance of a police K-9, prosecutors said. Lemus was identified by restaurant patrons and his Honduran passport, which he left in a backpack as he fled the restaurant. Ross died at the scene of the shooting.

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Former Atlanta Braves and Parkview baseball player Jeff Francoeur is set to return for his sixth season as a lead analyst for Bally Sports’ Atlanta Braves broadcasts. Francoeur will be joined by former Braves infielder and Duluth grad Nick Green who will cover pre and post-game shows. Legendary former Braves pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Glavine also plans to join Bally broadcasts this season after stepping away in 2022. A total of 11 broadcasters will provide coverage for Bally, which will air 149 Atlanta games this season. The first Braves broadcast on Bally Sports will be Opening Day, March 30, as the Braves take on the Washington Nationals.

The Georgia House of Representatives has voted in favor of a bill proposing a new system for compensating wrongfully convicted individuals. The legislation, sponsored by Representative Scott Holcomb, would create a panel of experts in the criminal justice system to determine whether a wrongful conviction had occurred and if compensation was warranted. The Claims Advisory Board would then make recommendations to the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court for inclusion in the state budget. Awards under the new system would range from $50,000 to $100,000 for each year of wrongful incarceration, depending on the panel's decision. The House passed similar legislation last year, also sponsored by Holcomb, but it died in the Senate. This year’s bill is pending before the Senate Appropriations Committee but has yet to get a hearing.

Buford’s boys and girls track and field teams swept the championships at Saturday’s Gulf Shores Invitational in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

The Wolves won the 19-team boys meet with 128 points to finish ahead of the 107 from runner-up Pace from Florida while the girls team won with 128.5. Foley from Alabama was second in the girls meet at 91.5. Buford got girls event wins from Jaci Wright, Dominique Brown,  the 4,000 distance medley relay, the 3,200 relay, the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay.

The Wolves got boys victories from Jayden Ivaniciuc , Devin Williams, Ervin Pearson, the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay.

Monique Lee and Amy Lazic have been appointed as new principals for the North Metro Academy of Performing Arts and Oakland Meadow School, respectively. Lee has worked in education since 1997 and has been with Gwinnett County Public Schools since 2007. She replaces Rodriguez Johnson. Lazic has been with GCPS since 2005 and has worked as a speech language specialist and pathologist before that. She replaces retired Oakland Meadow School principal Sara Clifford. Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Georgia Southern University, her master’s degree in educational administration from Jackson State University, and a specialist degree in educational leadership from Argosy University. Lazic earned her bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from Stockton University, her master’s degree in speech language pathology from Kean University, and a specialist degree in educational leadership from the University of West Georgia.

With less than two weeks left in the Georgia General Assembly session, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones is providing anxious lawmakers with a calming presence. Jones supports a $2,000 pay raise for state employees and a property tax rebate from Georgia's budget surplus. He also supports a sports betting measure and a school vouchers bill, though the latter is criticized by Democrats. Sports betting — after appearing to have died prior to the all-important “Crossover Day” deadline earlier this month– may have gained new life this week when it was tacked onto an unrelated bill about soap box derbies. Jones said he thought it was wise for the legislature to consider sports betting apart from other gambling measures. Jones contends that sports betting proceeds could help increase state revenues for the HOPE scholarship and help pay for expanded offerings such as scholarships for technical schools and early childhood learning.

A strong road midweek starting performance has earned Georgia Gwinnett College sophomore right hander Ben Harris honors as the Continental Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

Harris won his second straight start by matching a career high with seven innings and 11 strikeouts in a key road win against Middle Georgia State University last Tuesday. The right hander did not allow an earned run in the outing. The Crystal Lake, Illinois, native scattered six hits and helped toss six consecutive scoreless frames starting in the second inning. He helped the Grizzlies rally from an early 3-2 deficit, with those runs being unearned, to grab the lead in the fifth inning.

Harris has a 4-0 record this season after starting six games and completing 31.2 innings. He has thrown 48 strikeouts while allowing just 11 walks and eight earned runs.

Maria Moreno joins us to talk about the Nature of Color exhibit at Fernbank. 

As we get closer to the start of the 2023 Masters, Times-Journal Incorporated sports editor John Bednarowski joins the show continue to take us on a tour of Augusta National presented by Ingles.

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Gwinnett County legislators, District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson and U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath participated in a remembrance marking the two-year anniversary of two shootings that shook the local Asian-American community.

The shootings happened on March 16, 2021 at two Asian-owned spas in metro Atlanta, one in Atlanta and another in Cherokee County, and resulted in the deaths of eight people. Many people have labeled the shootings as racially-motivated hate crimes because most of the victims were Asian-Americans. The anniversary brought pledges from elected officials to tackle hate crimes and gun violence. US Representative Lucy McBath, said supporters of gun control legislation must rededicate themselves to fighting for laws to be passed address gun violence. She highlighted the passage, last year, of the Safer Communities Act in Congress.

Gun control is something which has been a signature issue for the congresswoman, who lost her son to gun violence more than decade ago.

It is becoming harder for frontline workers — such as police officers, firefighters, nurses and school teachers — who work in Gwinnett County to also live in the county, according to the head of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Board of Directors.

ARC Board Chairman Kerry Armstrong said housing is a major issue facing Gwinnett County, and the Atlanta region as a whole, as he addressed the Gwinnett Chamber this week. Armstrong said there are a number of issues that face the metro Atlanta region, including transportation, resiliency in areas such as water, homeland security, infrastructure and equal access to opportunity remain challenges the area has to continually address.

But, he added that a lack of affordable housing is an issue that can threaten the region’s sustainability if it not addressed, particularly with metro Atlanta’s population expected to grow by 1.8 million people — the equivalent of metro Nashville’s entire current population — by 2050. The ARC set up the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy a few years back in an effort to address the housing affordability issue on a regional scale. The strategy is designed to provide local government officials with information about their housing situation, and to show them potential solutions that can be used to address affordability issues.

Gwinnett County Police Department officials say violent crime was down in 2022, but they are taking steps to further reduce it by taking a new approach to tackle crimes that involve guns.

The department has created a new Gun Crimes Unit that will use technology and data, as well as intelligence gathered by investigators, to connect the guns used during crimes to criminals. The new unit, which currently has two investigators, was launched on February 1. The Gun Crimes Unit is one step the police department announced it is taking to address violent crimes and solve them. Uniform officers are receiving new training on collecting shell casings from crime scenes and they will work more closely with the department’s Gang Unit to investigate gun thefts, illegal possession and illegal sales cases.

The police department already has some data that sheds light on crimes that involve guns. One such fact that they are highlighting is that 91% of guns which are stolen in Gwinnett County are taken from a vehicle.

That has led to the department’s Community Affairs Section offering firearm safety and security classes, which are available to all Gwinnett residents. The department is also offering residents free gun locks which can be picked up at the GCPD headquarters as well as all of its precincts.

 As a youngster racing Bandolero and Legends cars on Atlanta Motor Speedway, Joey Logano won many races, but as a NASCAR Cup Series driver he never got to victory lane at AMS.

Until Sunday. Logano started from the pole, dominated the first two stages, and led a race-high 140 laps, but it all came down the last lap.

Logano and Brad Keselowski battled the last several laps with Keselowski running the outside line in first and Logano running in second place on the bottom.

On the final lap, Logano was able to take the lead and cross the finish line in first. Logano said with all the memories of him and his dad racing at AMS, getting the win was his career coming “full circle.”

Registration is open for the 2023 Gwinnett Football League season for both youth football players and cheerleaders.

The GFL, which feeds Gwinnett County’s high school programs, features member associations at school clusters around the county. Age groups range from 6- and 7-year-olds up to eighth grade.

For details and registration forms, go to gflsports.com under the Parents tab/page. Each cluster school association’s page will have complete registration details and can be accessed from the main GFL page.

Becca Wilson had a gut feeling that, after her son, Caiden, was hit in the head with a baseball before a game in April 2022, that his injury might be worse than it initially appeared.

Caiden, who plays for North Gwinnett High School’s baseball team, was knocked unconscious after the ball hit him during batting practice before a game against Loganville High School. He had been loading balls into the pitching machine and couldn’t get behind a protective screen in time before a teammate hit a line drive up the middle.

Caiden regained consciousness pretty quickly, but had bruises and was repeating himself, so his mother took him to the hospital. That mother’s intuition turned out to be right. Caiden had suffered a concussion, temporal bone fracture, traumatic epidural hematoma, nasal bone fractures, uncial herniation, and a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

While he was getting a CAT scan in the hospital’s emergency department, his condition began to deteriorate, which doctors refer to as decompensating, and he fell into a coma. Doctors immediately took him into surgery to remove a clot and relieve pressure on his brain. Caiden quickly recovered and is back as the starting third baseman for the Bulldogs, just 10 months after his injury. Caiden said his recovery was tough at first, but the prospect of being an athlete again, and getting back to baseball, drove him to get better.

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The North Metro Academy of Performing Arts and the Oakland Meadow School got new principals on Thursday night.

The Gwinnett County Board of Education approved the appointments of Monique Lee as the new principal for the North Metro Academy of Performing Arts and Amy Lazic as the new principal for the Oakland Meadow School.

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The Gwinnett school board is postponing their decision on a controversial new sex ed and health program; Collins Hill’s Taylor Heinicke comes home to the Atlanta Falcons; And it’s Gwinnett Burger Week!

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Taylor Heinicke, a Lawrenceville native, has chosen to sign with the Atlanta Falcons over returning to the Washington Commanders; Gwinnett's school board has postponed it's decision on a new sex ed and health curriculum; And Gwinnett Burger Week starts tomorrow. 

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Break out the green top hats, wigs, feathered boas, sunglasses, shamrock-themed T-shirts, and whatever else helps you get in touch with your Irish spirit because there are going to be some St. Patrick’s Day parties happening in Gwinnett County this weekend.

There are six main St. Patrick’s events taking place between Friday — which is the actual St. Patrick’s Day — and Saturday. Two of them are in Lawrenceville, two more will happen in Suwanee and the others are in Norcross and Lilburn.

Cosmo’s Pizza + Social is kicking things off on today with the Cosmo’s St. Paddy’s Party, which will begin at 4 p.m. The event will include outdoor patio games, live music, a DJ, green beer, festive drinks, prizes and giveaways, as well as Irish food specials, such as corned beef and cabbage. Cosmo’s is located at 144 Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. On Saturday, there will be events taking place in Lawrenceville, Norcross, Lilburn and Suwanee.

The Suwanee Kiwanis Club will hold its annual Shamrock 5K at Suwanee Town Center Park at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The race, which raises money for the Kiwanis Club, is St. Patrick’s themed. Runners are encouraged to run while wearing the most St. Patrick’s-inspired outfit they can come up with.

Runners have until 9 a.m. on today to sign up. Norcross will hold its annual Irish Fest from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. in historic downtown Norcross. The event will include music, dancing, face painting, a balloon artist, food tastings and other Irish-inspired activities. Attendees are also encouraged to visit downtown Norcross’ shops and restaurants for specials throughout the day. One of the biggest St. Patrick’s traditions in Gwinnett is the annual Suwanee Beer Fest, where attendees are encouraged to show up decked out in green to enjoy a broad array of craft beers.

This year’s event will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday and last until 5 p.m., at Suwanee Town Center Park, which is located at 330 Town Center Avenue in Suwanee. This year’s event will include 350 different beers, as well as food, entertainment and vendors. Tickets cost $70 on the day of the event, but can be purchased in advance at suwaneebeerfest.com. Meanwhile, the annual Lilburchaun St. Patrick’s Celebration in Lilburn will take place from 2 until 5 p.m. at City Park, which is located at 76 Main St.

The event will include a walking parade, which begins at the band shell at 3 p.m., a DJ, the Athens Piper and Leprechaun Fiddler, kids activities, green sweet treats, food trucks and “maybe even a little leprechaun magic, according to city officials.

Parade attendees are asked to dress up in festive St. Patrick’s-inspired attire for the parade. Pets, bicycles, wagons and strollers are allowed in the parade. And, McCray’s Tavern on the Square in Lawrenceville will host St. Patty’s on Perry from 3 until 8 p.m., on the block of Perry Street located between Crogan and Pike Streets. The event will include live music, bangers and mash, corned beef and cabbage, Shepherd’s Pie, and cold beer. An afterparty will be held at McCray’s.

The Salvation Army of Gwinnett County hosted the 9th Annual “Doing The Most Good” Luncheon on March 7 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta NE located in Norcross.

The luncheon supports year-round services provided by The Salvation Army such as housing, utilities, groceries, and emergency disaster services, to local families in Gwinnett County. In addition, local youth are served all year long through a free year-round School for Performing Arts, summer camp and by offering school supplies to those who need them.

In 2022, The Salvation Army of Gwinnett County provided 60,843 pounds of food to 1,018 households, 2,717 nights of shelter, 267 households received rent/mortgage and utility assistance and 566 families/1,464 children received gifts at Christmas through its Angel Tree program.

Guests enjoyed a live and silent auction, a seated lunch, and heard from keynote speakers Chad Gundersen and Chris Juen, the executive producers of the hit series “The Chosen,” about what inspired them to make the show and how The Salvation Army camp in Texas turned out to the be the perfect location for filming. This year’s presenting sponsors are Metro Waterproofing, Inc. and Sandra and Clyde Strickland.

For more information about The Salvation Army of Gwinnett County, and its local impact, visit Gwinnett County Corps salvationarmyatlanta.org.

The City of Norcross recently announced that it has awarded $65,000 in American Rescue Plan Act Small Business Grants to six local small businesses.

Three years after the COVID-19 global pandemic began, aftershocks are still being felt by many small business owners, Norcross officials said.

With award amounts based on 2019 annual revenues, this year’s ARPA Small Business Grant recipients include:

 CNU Medical Institute 

Kiian Silver 

The Local Peach

Silky Corp DBA Ladlee

And HNS Logistics 

To qualify, small business grant applicants must represent a domestic corporation in good standing in the state of Georgia, have an active Norcross business license, have experienced an annual revenue decline of 25% or more for tax years 2019 and 2020 because of COVID-19, and either operate a commercial operation within Norcross city limits with 1-10 full-time employees or a home-based operation within Norcross city limits with 2-10 full-time employees. ARPA grants may be used to pay rent, lease, or mortgage costs; utility bills; payroll; business-related insurance; inventory expenses; and other operating expenses.

Georgia Gwinnett College will host its final in-person Preview Day for the spring semester from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on March 25.

Prospective students will hear from members of the Grizzly family about programs of study, admissions, financial aid, student housing and more. Participants will be able to tour GGC’s campus and talk to student ambassadors about their experiences at GGC. The event will include food, music and fun giveaways. GGC team members will host selected breakout sessions in Spanish. GGC application fees will be waived in March.

You can register for Preview Day at ggc.edu/preview.

The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia will host its Nonprofit Academy: Starting Point on March 23.

Community Foundation officials said the intensive, half-day of learning and networking for nonprofits will be the “starting point” for the rest of the Nonprofit Academy 2023’s events. Held from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Gas South District Convention Center, the event costs $150 for general attendees.

Participants can choose to attend four tracks with two sessions within each track, plus a special panel Q&A open to all attendees for a total of eight session options. The four tracks are fundraising, leadership development, storytelling and organizational development.

Session topics include:

For a full list of speakers and topics and to register, go to cfneg.org/nonprofitacademy.

 A Florida-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain is preparing to expand into Georgia with locations in Peachtree Corners and Johns Creek that are set to open this spring.

Capital Tacos announced the locations will be its first restaurants in the state of Georgia. The Johns Creek location will open first, in April, with the Peachtree Corners location expected to open “soon after,” according to officials with the dining chain.

Capital Tacos was launched in 2013, and features scratch-made dishes using high quality in-house ingredients. The new locations will feature an “Atlanta-inspired” menu item, the Lemon Pepper Wet Taco, which includes fried shrimp coated in garlic butter and topped with a signature creamy slaw, grilled onions, buffalo ranch and a lemon pepper seasoning mix.

Customers can download Capital Tacos’ Capital Rewards app or sign up at CapitalTacos.com to order online, be eligible to earn and use rewards, and take advantage of exclusive offers.

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A Florida-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain is preparing to expand into Georgia with locations in Peachtree Corners and Johns Creek that are set to open this spring.

Capital Tacos announced the locations will be its first restaurants in the state of Georgia. The Johns Creek location will open first, in April, with the Peachtree Corners location expected to open “soon after,” according to officials with the dining chain.

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