Gwinnett County, Georgia
2003 YEAR IN REVIEW
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  FRONT PAGES of 2003

2003 Top Front Pages
GWINNETT - A collection of the best Gwinnett Daily Post Front Pages of 2003.  To find any article published in 2003 you can search our archives. 
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  MUSIC REVIEW OF 2003

The Year In Music - 2003
By Nicole Finley
GWINNETT - Music at the Arena at Gwinnett Center was star studed and nothing short of sensational.  In this section you will see a recap of the concerts hosted by our new center and a breakdown of the best and worst musical celebrities we've had the pleasure of exeriencing.
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  POLITICS IN 2003

2003 In Government & Politics
By Camie Young
Smoking Ban Tops '03 Politics
LAWRENCEVILLE — They say government moves slow, and in some ways Gwinnett County proved them right. In others, though, this suburban government proved them unbearably wrong.  Check out our Top 10 list of political stories for 2003.
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  GWINNENTERTAINMENT 2003

2003 The Year In Movies
By Michael Clark
Through their boutique studios, heavy hitters showed a softer side
In 2003, Hollywood generally stuck to the tried and true, leaving the trailblazing to their offshoot boutique studios.  Every major studio and conglomerate has at least one subsidiary that produces more adventurous, commercially risky art-house fare.
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  2003 IN REVIEW

2003 Year In Review
GWINNETT - The good news: the opening of the Arena at Gwinnett Center and a homegrown football championship win. The bad news: Murders, teen driving tragedies and a lawsuit over the Ten Commandments. In 2003, Gwinnett County and its surrounding area made the news...(continued)
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  2003 BUSINESS REVIEW

The Opening of the Arena at Gwinnett Center
By Douglas Sams
LAWRENCEVILLE  — In 2003, Gwinnett businesses tried to shake off the economic sluggishness from the year before.  The year began with the optimism associated with opening new 13,000-seat Gwinnett Arena, which brought ...(continued)
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  In Remembrance: 2003

A list of celebrities that passed away during the year
The Associated Press
Their lives each lasted more than a century, and what remarkable lives they were.
Bob Hope. Strom Thurmond. Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Leni Riefenstahl — four people who, in different ways, had roles in the upheavals of the 20th century.
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  GWINNETT GROWTH 2003

Gwinnett Growth Still Key in 2003
By Brian Brooks
LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett County continued to grow in 2003, adding residents and homes, shops and offices and infrastructure to support them.  Homes and retail centers replaced stands of trees and open fields farther out in the county.
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  2003 LOCAL/STATE

2003 Top Local/State Stories Broken Down By Month
GWINNETT - A recap of some of 2003's most significant Local/State stories broken down by month. You can find all article published in 2003 by searching our archives.  You can even do very advanced searches based on specific criteria. 
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  2003 HEALTH REVIEW

Top Ten Hospital Health Stories
By Shelley Davis
LAWRENCEVILLE - Health stories made major national headlinbes during 2003 and many of the year's biggest stories - influenza, West Nile, SARS - hit close to home in Gwinnett.
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  CRIME RATE OF 2003

2003 Sees Crime Rate Set Record
By Andria Simmons
LAWRENCEVILLE — The past year brought to a close the lives of 36 people due to untimely deaths, shattering the previous homicide record set back in 1999.  We've assembled a list of top 10 stories from the cops, courts and fire department beat in 2003.
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  2003 GWINNEDUCATION

2003 a Hard Year For Gwinnett Schools
By Jaime Sarrio
LAWRENCEVILLE — Even people who don’t follow education in Gwinnett knew something was awry in April.  Spurred by media inquiries, Gwinnett County Public Schools administrators admitted they failed to report 44,000 discipline incidents to the Department of Education.
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