According to unofficial results, 29-year-old political consultant Austin Wagner has defeated two-term incumbent Andrea Blustein for the Ward 2 seat on the Smyrna city council. Wagner initially appeared to win…
Voters in Smyrna will head back out to the polls Dec. 3 to decide on the city’s first new mayor since 1985. Meanwhile, those in Ward 2 (map available here)…
Andrea Blustein’s eight-year run as a Smyrna city council member is set to end after she was defeated by an extremely narrow margin by challenger Austin Wagner. Blustein has represented…
As part of our ongoing election coverage, the Cobb County Courier has sent a four-part Q&A to each Smyrna city council candidate in a contested race. Beginning last week and…
by Arielle Robinson Smyrna’s City Council tackled multiple issues at its first regular meeting of February, including but not limited to the potential demolition of Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, Black History…
By Arielle Robinson After months of impassioned debate on both sides of the issue, Smyrna’s City Council voted to sell the green space near the city community center so that…
Opinions were split at a public town hall meeting hosted Sunday by Smyrna City Council members Tim Gould and Travis Lindley at which the proposed brewery in downtown Smyrna was…
by Arielle Robinson Smyrna residents crowded a town hall held at Fire Station No. 3 Wednesday evening, most opposing city council’s redevelopment plans, which potentially includes selling downtown land to…
With one member opposed, the Smyrna City Council passed a long-discussed non-discrimination ordinance on Monday night. The policy, which passed 6-1 with Corky Welch voting no, is intended to protect…
Seven city council members, Smyrna’s first new mayor in 35 years, the city administrator, attorney, clerk and a host of judges were all sworn in for new terms before a…