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5 Things to Know This Week

Holiday closings, pet rocks, Fat Tuesday recipes and more.


1. Monday is President's Day - banks, public schools and county offices are closed for the day. Presidents’ Day is not a trash and recycling holiday. The Gwinnett County Solid Waste and Recycling Call Center will be closed Feb. 20, but hauler call centers will be open. Residents can search for their solid waste hauler to get their hauler’s contact information.

2. Early Voting: March 6, 2012 is the Presidential Primary and Peachtree Corners' first city elections. Registered voters may vote in advance now through March 2 at the Elections Office located at 455 Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can also vote on Saturday, February 25 at the Elections office and at satellite locations from Feb. 27 to March 2. Visit www.gwinnettelections.com for locations or call 678.226.7210.

3. The very first meeting of the new Peachtree Corners Business Association is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 7:30 - 9 a.m. at the Atlanta Marriott on S.R. 141. Membership is open to individuals that work and/or live in and around the Peachtree Corners area. For more information, contact PCBA president Michael McLaughlin at president@peachtreecornersba.com.

4. Looking for something to do to keep the kids entertained on their day off from school on Monday? The Peachtree Corners library has just the thing for children age 5-10 - Come to the Spalding Road branch and make a pet rock that you can read stories to - since Reading Rocks!

5. The week in weather - I wish the weather prognosticators could do more than just talk about it - or at least get it right. This week the WeatherBug is predicting highs around 60, lows around 40 all week and rain on Wednesday and Friday. Standby though - that is all subject to change.

5-A - Oops, forgot one more thing, Tuesday is Fat Tuesday - that means we're supposed to stuff ourselves then fast for the next 40 days. Even if you've no intentions of giving up good eating for the next month or so, check out our recipe for a delicious Crawfish Etouffee - it's good anytime of the year.

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flyinby June 15, 2013 at 08:31 pm
evidently just another low-information group. what they need to be focusing on is this: Did youRead More know that in all of the shootings, that the shooters were on one or more of these drugs? Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, Prozac? http://www.antidepressantsfacts.com/2000-05-16-School-Shootings-Psychotropic-Drugs.htm CT Massacre: Therapists laying low on antidepressants because pharma industry owns them (M. Savage) Again... all of the recent shooters have been on these.... it ruins their brains... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTRqgWpjuLY http://youngpatriots.com/2013/01/school-shooters-and-the-pharmaceuticals/ http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/2058168-Lt-Col-Dave-Grossman-to-cops-The-enemy-is-denial/ and the CT shooter violated no less than 43 State, local and Federal laws before he fired the first shot at the school.." So tell me again how more gun laws would have made a difference in the tragedy in CT????
Steve Rausch June 12, 2013 at 11:06 am
This touches one of the problems with a Fri pick up schedule. Folks who take weekend trips areRead More caught with either leaving the cans out or missing out by not putting their trash out. Since homeowners have zero choices under our government mandated trash plan to pay in advance for service without the ability to change carriers with different pick up dates, leaving the cans out is the results. IF the new city can change our pickup day to Mon or Tue this problem would be stopped or reduced
Heff Heffernan June 12, 2013 at 12:43 pm
This is one of those "government mandated" services that actually are worth while. ImagineRead More 5 different garbage collectors going around PC every week stopping at every 5th home. But perhaps the city will attempt to get earlier in the week service for us. My household has good relations with our neighbors and they are more than happy to do the chore for us, as we they.
Judy Putnam (Editor) June 12, 2013 at 02:24 pm
It's my understanding that a Monday or Tuesday pickup day is one of the stipulations in the RFP theRead More city sent out. You can review the RFP on the city's website.
Lacrecia June 5, 2013 at 04:23 pm
Thank you Kristy! I looked at the picture there. The dog I found doesn't have the traditionalRead More Yorkie coloring. Hope I can find the owner!
Lacrecia June 5, 2013 at 08:39 pm
There is a pic of the dog here now!
Judy Putnam (Editor) June 5, 2013 at 08:48 pm
What a cutie!
flyinby May 9, 2013 at 08:56 pm
EX-CELLENT!! we WILL be by. regularly.
Genna Bowman May 10, 2013 at 02:19 pm
Yes, fresh today South Carolina Strawberries!!!
Genna Bowman May 10, 2013 at 02:21 pm
I look forward to seeing you. We post a daily update of items at twitter@freshfarmstand. Working onRead More Facebook.