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Leaders & Legends: Dr. William L. Sheals

There’s a framed illustration on the wall outside the office of Dr. William L. Sheals. It’s a rough pencil sketch of a church building and adjoining architecture on the back cover of a legal pad. Across the roof of one building are the words “ED. BLDG,” and on the other, “ADM. BLDG.”  Across the...

Heroes Project 2022: Sandra Strickland

There is a moment that repeats itself in the lives of people all over the world. It’s a moment that divides time – cutting a clear path that creates two distinct portions of one’s life: the time before and the time after it occurred.  It happens in a hospital room, with antiseptic scents and...

Relay For Life of Gwinnett Returns Saturday, May 7! Sign Up Now!

Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. Join Relay For Life of Gwinnett's highly anticipated return - the cancer-fighting community organization's first in-person Relay since 2019! SIGN UP HERE! Event Details:Saturday, May 7, 20224 p.m. – 10 p.m.Lanier High School918 Buford HwySugar Hill, GA Presented by Primerica and Northside Hospital For...

Excelsior! Free Comic Book Day Grows Every Year in DTL!

In this episode of the Lawrenceville Bicentennial Podcast, we talk about all the new events coming to Free Comic Book Day in Lawrenceville with Galactic Quest owner Kyle Puttkammer, his daughter Andrea Puttkammer and the city’s resident comic book and geek culture advocate Lindsey Curnow, Event Coordinator! In addition, we fan out a...

Journey Back to the Top: Relay For Life of Gwinnett Gears Up for Major Comeback!

For years, Relay For Life of Gwinnett reigned as the largest Relay For Life in the world. Year after year, the local powerhouse would attract thousands of enthusiastic participants and often raise well over $1 million (sometimes over $2 million) toward fighting cancer. Relay For Life of Gwinnett hasn’t just been setting the global standard for community-driven...

Leaders & Legends: Nick Masino

Ask Nick Masino about the importance of human connection. Masino – a man to whom conversation seems as natural as the next breath, who strings words together with effortless aplomb, who assembles spoken sentences and paragraphs, hands gesturing in vigorous punctuation all the while – will get to the point soon enough.

Leaders & Legends: Wayne Mason

You can try to keep up with Wayne Mason, but you’ll fall behind. Even at 82, Mason is a human calculator, solving problems in his head with a nimble precision that’s almost uncanny. His mind shines. You can see it in his eyes. They are alive and bright as he speaks in a swift...

Leaders & Legends: Dr. Calvin Watts

It’s 2018.  Dr. Calvin Watts and J. Alvin Wilbanks sit together in a crowded conference room filled with fellow leaders from 26 other school districts around the country. It’s a reunion of sorts. Watts hasn’t seen Wilbanks for some time now – having left his post as assistant superintendent at Gwinnett...