Cobb Senior Service launches financial assistance program for Cobb seniors
If you or a family member is 60 years old or over, and in need of help with prescriptions, medical supplies, hearing, dental and vision services, you might want to…
February 2022
Paper shredding event in Marietta
Do you have sensitive documents you need to shred, or are heaps of papers just piling up in file cabinets and boxes around your home? Keep Marietta Beautiful might be…
Plant Vogtle delays and ballooning costs since 2012 unveiling like ‘groundhog day’
by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]February 18, 2022 Further setbacks at the snakebit Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion are reportedly expected…
What’s insider trading and why it’s a big problem
By Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University and Marketa Wolfe, Skidmore College [first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There’s a growing bipartisan push to prohibit members of Congress from…
Cobb weather February 20
According to the report from the National Weather Service, the weather in Cobb County tomorrow, Sunday, February 20, will be the same as yesterday’s forecast, sunny with a high near…
Cobb BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid extends COVID Declaration of Emergency
Cobb County posted the following notice to its website: Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid signed a second extension to the Declaration of Emergency concerning the ongoing COVID-19…
Two Wellstar nurses inducted into inaugural Georgia Nursing Hall of Fame
Two nurses from Wellstar Health System were honored by being among the first ten inductees into the Georgia Nursing Hall of Fame, organized by the Georgia Nurses Foundation (GNF). The…
Interview with Joyce McMurrain: inductee into Georgia Nursing Hall of Fame
Joyce McMurrain, MSN, RN is one of the two inductees into the inaugural Georgia Nursing Hall of Fame from Wellstar Health System, organized by the Georgia Nurses Foundation (GNF). The…
GSO’s “Beethoven at the Beach” coming February 26
You might not think of landlocked Marietta as a setting for a performance called “Beethoven at the Beach,” but the Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra has an explanation for that. “In…
Cobb weather February 19: sunny skies and a high near 57 degrees
According to the weather report from the National Weather Service, we’ll see sunny skies in Cobb County on Saturday February 19 with a high temperature of near 57 degrees. 7-day…