February 2024

East Cobb February 10, 2024

Avenue East Cobb announces three new features

A representative for The Avenue East Cobb emailed us the following announcement about three new things coming to the popular shopping and entertainment mall: All photos courtesy of North American…

Men and women wearing yellow safety vests posing after cleanup of Queen Mill Road

Mableton February 10, 2024

Friends of Mableton cleanup plus Lions Club honored at Capitol

Barry Krebs, the vigorous dynamo of important volunteer events in Mableton and other parts of Cobb County, sent the following two messages with accompanying photos. The first is about a…

Three people gathered around a wall-board with various business and industry symbols including gears and charts

Business February 10, 2024

Check out the 65 new businesses licensed in Cobb County for the week ending February 9

Here are the 65 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending February 9, 2024. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue their…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

Marietta February 10, 2024

Black History Month is the theme of Marietta History Center Pop-In

The theme for the February Pop-In event at the Marietta History Center (MHC) is Black History Month. The MHC Pop-Ins are held on the third Saturday of each month, so…

Cobb weather January 6: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Climate and Weather February 10, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Saturday, February 10, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, February 10, 2024, with a high near 69 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be cloudy,…

Left to Right: Officer Bartlett, Brave, Brian Haynes, Vice President Braves Security Dale Bolenbaugh, Vice President Braves Development Company Security, Officer Bultman, Champ

Cobb County February 9, 2024

Braves & Battery Atlanta fund new dog for Cobb police K9 Unit

Left to Right: Officer Bartlett, Brave, Brian Haynes, Vice President Braves Security Dale Bolenbaugh, Vice President Braves Development Company Security, Officer Bultman, Champ (photo provided by the Battery Atlanta The…

A painting of a man in a white smock holding a glass of red wine

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community February 9, 2024

The Butcher on Whitlock: Quality, Convenience and Customer Focused

Image from a painting at the Butcher on Whitlock: used with permission of owner [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] I heard a…

Pets and Pet Adoption February 9, 2024

Cobb County Courier Cat of the Day: “After careful consideration I’ve decided you should adopt me!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a small-sized female tabby calico domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…

Pets and Pet Adoption February 9, 2024

Cobb County Courier Dog of the Day: “I will just about fit in your pocket. So adopt me now!”

Photo from Cobb County Animal Services Shelter website The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a small-sized male white toy breed….

An assortment of geek culture items including a game controller, a comic book and a Dungeons and Dragons die

Geek culture February 9, 2024

Marietta the Gathering celebrates geek culture

Over the next year, the Courier will include more articles about things that fall under the general category of “geek culture,” including but not limited to video games, Star Trek/Star…

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Climate and Weather January 8, 2025

Update on winter storm watch for metro Atlanta and north Georgia

The National Weather Service updated the winter storm watch at 3:10 p.m. The primary change in this update is the forecast of how much snow might fall. The NWS repeated…

Opinion January 8, 2025

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

Immigration January 8, 2025

Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows

by Margot Moinester, Washington University in St. Louis and Kaitlyn Stanhope, Emory University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented…

Environment January 8, 2025

Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards

by Laura Russo, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen….

Literature January 8, 2025

What Shakespeare revealed about the chaotic reign of Richard III – and why the play still resonates in the age of Donald Trump

by David Sterling Brown, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous…

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