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"The Abbotts Landing community in Johns Creek has this banner displayed at their entrance on Abbotts Bridge Road," wrote Ira Griffith. "A most wonderful gesture, don't you think?"
"The Abbotts Landing community in Johns Creek has this banner displayed at their entrance on Abbotts Bridge Road," wrote Ira Griffith. "A most wonderful gesture, don't you think?"
July 16, 2021

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Joan Coppolino submitted a photo she called "Rock Sofa" from the Kennesaw Mountain Trail taken on Mother’s Day 2020.
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Anita Eidex shared a photo taken in Kenya in 2009 when "We visited our children, who worked with the CDC, were living there," she wrote.
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Lyle Schroeder of Forsyth County shared this photo of turtles basking on a log.
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