Archive for January, 2008

  • Catching up with the Gwinnett Braves

    Catching up with the Gwinnett Braves

    The Gwinnett County website has several pieces of information about the Gwinnett Braves and their more from Richmond to Gwinnett. There’s video of the press conference announcing the move, drawing of the ballpark, a copy of the feasibility study, an analysis of the financial structure...

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  • 12Stone Church gives away two cars.

    12Stone Church gives away two cars.

    How’s that for generosity? Diane Saintkitts can now take her diabetic 2-year-old to medical appointments and retrieve her other daughters from school when they’re sick. She no longer walks home from work at midnight. John Hylton soon won’t have to get up at 4:30 a.m....

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  • Gladiators fall to Lynx

    Gladiators fall to Lynx

    Lynx come from behind to win: Gwinnett, Ga– For the first time the Augusta Lynx beat Gwinnett 8-6 Tuesday night on the road. It’s the most goals scored by the Lynx this year. Matt Auffrey and Chase Watson each scored twice as six different Lynx...

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  • Dogwood Festival moving to Stone Mountain Park?

    Dogwood Festival moving to Stone Mountain Park?

    Maybe maybe not, but the drought is forcing a lot of things out of Piedmont Park in Atlanta: Organizers of the 72nd annual Dogwood Festival say they may have to move the popular event to Stone Mountain or Lenox Mall this year after they received...

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  • Architect and builder picked for Gwinnett Braves’ stadium

    Architect and builder picked for Gwinnett Braves’ stadium

    Read the entire article here. HKS Inc. of Dallas and Barton Malow Co. of Southfield, Mich., were chosen after a review committee consisting of the convention bureau’s executive committee and others looked at proposals provided by four firms invited to compete for the work, said...

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  • Gladiators defeat Ice Pilots

    Gladiators defeat Ice Pilots

    Click here for the complete story. Craig Kowalski made 33 saves and the Gwinnett Gladiators top power play scored two man advantage goals in a 3-1 win over the Ice Pilots in front of 3,837 at the Pensacola Civic Center. Powered by ScribeFire.

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  • Snow again?

    Snow again?

    From the National Weather Service: Urgent – Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 340 PM EST Fri Jan 25 2008 … Another Round Of Wintry Precipitation Expected Later Tonight… .A Wintry Mixture Of Mainly Sleet And Snow With Some Accumulations Are Expected...

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  • Differing opinions on Braves in Gwinnett

    Differing opinions on Braves in Gwinnett

    From the BravesBlast blog: Atlanta: We’re hearing mostly positive feedback from Atlanta – another baseball team in town can’t hurt, right? Another smaller crowd sees no need to add a third team to Georgia – citing attendance issues for the big league team that would...

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  • Gladiators: Losing streak ends!

    Gladiators: Losing streak ends!

    Gwinnett defeats Columbia 3-2: The teams played to a scoreless overtime period leading to a shootout where the gladiators picked up the win with goals in rounds one and four from Tomas Pospisil and Matt Anderson respectively. Gladiator goaltender Craig Kowalski meanwhile stopped four of...

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  • Gladiators fall again.

    Gladiators fall again.

    Gwinnett falls to third place. MLN Newswire – www.mlntherawfeed.com – Jeff Campbell posted a pair of assists while Lou Dickenson notched a goal and an assist but it wasn’t enough to help the Gladiators past the Stingrays in a 4-3 loss at the North Charleston...

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  • Snow in Gwinnett

    Snow in Gwinnett

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  • Winter Weather headed to Gwinnett.

    Winter Weather headed to Gwinnett.

    It sounds like we’ll actually get some snow this time. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY EVENING…GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO...

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  • Gladiators fall in OT

    Gladiators fall in OT

    Charlotte defeats Gwinnett: MLN – THE RAW FEED – www.mlntherawfeed.com – Charlotte, N.C. – The Checkers would tie the game with less than a minute to go and win it in overtime as Matt Waddell scored the game winning goal giving Charlotte a 5-4 victory...

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  • Be careful on your way home tonight.

    Be careful on your way home tonight.

    From the National Weather Service: At 305 PM est…National Weather Service radar indicated widespread sleet mixed with snow across north Georgia. Movement is to the north…northeast at 30 mph. A band of moderate snow was draped from La Grange to Griffin. Through 400 PM est…light...

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  • Well that was quick.

    Well that was quick.

    The Gwinnett Braves already have a website and you can make a deposit on tickets.

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  • Winter weather headed to Gwinnett?

    Winter weather headed to Gwinnett?

    From the Lawrenceville Weather Blog: It looks like things could get fairly nasty Wednesday Night and into Thursday for much of the Atlanta area north of Interstate 20, and especially for the northeast counties, including Gwinnett. An incoming low pressure system in the Gulf of...

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  • Gwinnett Commission to purchase land for Gwinnett Braves’ stadium.

    Gwinnett Commission to purchase land for Gwinnett Braves’ stadium.

    County to purchase 12 acres of land on Buford Drive new Old Peachtree Road. Other details of the term sheet, which will be discussed at a 3:30 p.m. news conference announcing the minor league team’s relocation to Gwinnett: • The agreement lasts 30 years and...

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  • Richmond Braves to become Gwinnett Braves?

    Richmond Braves to become Gwinnett Braves?

    According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Braves will move their Class AAA minor-league team to Gwinnett County, according to two people familiar with the situation. The Class AAA Richmond Braves, the organization’s highest-level minor-league affiliate, could play in Gwinnett as soon as 2009. The Braves’...

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  • Gladiators fall to Ice Pilots

    Gladiators fall to Ice Pilots

    Gladiators lose 3-1 Saturday night: Pensacola got out to an early 1-0 lead with a goal at the 8:58 mark of the first period. From the left side of slot, Bryan McGregor fired a shot over Craig Kowalski’s left shoulder that found the back of...

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  • Gladiators beat Ice Pilots in first of two weekend games.

    Gladiators beat Ice Pilots in first of two weekend games.

    Gladiators win 3-1 MLN Newswire – mlntherawfeed.com – DULUTH, GA – Lou Dickenson scored the go-ahead goal 1:36 into the third period as the Gwinnett Gladiators took the first of back-to-back games with the Ice Pilots 3-1 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Powered by...

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  • Daytime delays  on 85, 316

    Daytime delays on 85, 316

    Watch out for construction delays on I-85 and 316: “The holidays are over and with the warm weather, we are back in your way,” DOT spokeswoman Teri Pope said in a statement. Pope said contractors have resumed work on a reconstruction project. As weather permits,...

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  • Atlanta Vision to play in the Gwinnett Arena

    Atlanta Vision to play in the Gwinnett Arena

    Visit the Atlanta Vision’s website for more information. Gwinnett’s own professional basketball experience, will play home opener in their new home venue, the Gwinnett Convention Center, on Friday, January 11th at 7:30pm. Basketball fans will enjoy a double header weekend as the Vision host division...

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  • Gladiators fall in shootout.

    Gladiators fall in shootout.

    3-2 in Pensacola: MLN Newswire – mlntherawfeed.com – PENSACOLA , FL – Erik Fabian and Luke Erickson scored third period goals to rally the Ice Pilots from a two goal deficit and earn a point in a 3-2 shoot out loss to Gwinnett at the...

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