Keep Georgia Beautiful has recognized Lilburn's Gregory Jacquet as code enforcement official of the year. Jacquet earlier this year led a community-wide volunteer effort to revitalize a 100-year-old home on Main Street. The home, owned by an elderly couple, got a new roof, shutters, front and back porches, landscaping and driveway. Jacquet was recognized for his ongoing dedication to the job at an awards luncheon.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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