Jim Simpson

By Jim Simpson
Operation Second Chance is also known as the Jail Dogs program.

By Jim Simpson
The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department partnered with the United Way of Greater Atlanta in 2012 to create the Gwinnett Reentry Intervention Program, or GRIP.

By Jim Simpson
In a small brick building on Buford Highway across from the bustling Town Center Park, Suwanee Chief of Police Mike Jones sits behind an impressive wooden desk discussing philosophy. Not Descartes, Kierkegaard or Kant, but “community policing.”

By Jim Simpson
Gwinnett County is quickly becoming a political battleground. Recent visits by Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to a Lawrenceville high school and Trump daughter/administration advisor Ivanka Trump to a Duluth UPS training facility have put the county in the national spotlight.

By Jim Simpson
Much has changed in Buford over the past 100 years, especially in the shoe business. The Tannery Row campus that today features the eponymous artist colony and ale house, along with office space, was originally home to the Bona Allen Shoe Factory. Built in 1919, the business became immediately successful by using scrap leather pieces from other divisions of the tanner to make and sell their footwear. By 1921 there were 521,000 pairs of shoes produced and sold from the building.

Set to open this summer, Monkey Wrench Brewing is gearing up in a 16,000-square-foot building on Martin Farm Road, a short jog from the Suwanee Creek Greenway or a leisurely bike ride from Town Center Park.

Two months before the October release of her debut solo album, "Navigate the Madness," Asheville musician Eleanor Underhilll woke up at 3 a.m. in a panic. Two years of writing, recording and mixing the biggest project the 37-year-old artist had ever created came down to one dark moment of anxiety.

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To say that Levi Lowrey’s presence looms large is an understatement. Built like a mountain, the man commands attention when he enters a room and can seem intimidating to folks who don’t know him. Appearances aside, it’s his musical stature that ultimately beguiles new listeners. Quite often they become fans for life.

Atlanta native Caroline Aiken is a world-class musician and songwriter. She’s also a gifted storyteller, and if you give her half a chance, she’ll talk your ear off. But what a delightful way to spend an afternoon or evening. There’s a reason she’s been referred to as “a timeless wonder.”

Music has always had the power to bring people together. This is exceedingly true for Eleanor Underhill and Molly Rose, the duo known as Underhill Rose. While attending Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, both met by chance over a Bonnie Raitt cover of a John Prine song.