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Marietta February 23, 2023

Marietta The Gathering Coming Soon

[This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] Holy Cosplay, Batman! If you are into anime, video games, tabletop games, or anything geek pop…

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Cobb County Parks February 23, 2023

Meeting with Cobb PARKS and Commissioner JoAnn Birrell to discuss the renovation of Shaw Park with SPLOST funds

Cobb PARKS and Cobb County District 3 Commissioner JoAnn Birrell will host a public meeting on Thursday, March 16, 2023, from 6 to 8 p.m. to discuss and gather input…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County February 23, 2023

Fatal accident on Canton Road at Chastain Corner

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit is investigating a fatal traffic collision that occurred on February 22, 2023 at…

Marietta Police Department February 22, 2023

Fatal accident on I-75 near Bells Ferry Road

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a fatal traffic accident that…

Manufacturing February 21, 2023

Meeting at Chattahoochee Tech will highlight what’s in store for local high-tech manufacturing

The Cobb Chamber and SelectCobb are hosting an Advanced Manufacturing Industry Council Meeting on March 1, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Chattahoochee Technical College North Metro Campus. Attendees will…

Police Chief Scott Hamilton at the State of the Police address

Austell February 20, 2023

Austell police and Advance Auto Parts to offer gift card program to help people correct vehicle maintenance violations

The Austell Police Department issued the following public information release about a new program to help drivers with auto maintenance problems that might result in citation: On March 2, 2023,…

Cobb County Police Department February 20, 2023

Traffic fatality on I-75 southbound at Terrell Mill Road Saturday

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department the department’s STEP (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program) Unit is investigating a fatal traffic collision…

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Music February 20, 2023

Andrew Young to keynote the Georgia Symphony Orchestra Celebrity Luncheon fundraiser

Andrew Young Jr., civil rights icon and former ambassador to the United Nations, congressman and mayor of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker at Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra‘s annual Celebrity…

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Economy February 20, 2023

Georgia gasoline prices fall 3 cents, extending the recent trend

According to the weekly report from AAA, Georgia gasoline prices continued to fall over the past week, extending the recent trend. Georgia drivers are paying an average price of $3.22…

Transportation February 19, 2023

Lane closures on I-75 at Canton Road in Marietta continues through Monday morning

GDOT contractors will be closing lanes on I-75 this weekend in Marietta, Cobb and Fulton Counties as part of a bridge preservation project. Three lanes will be closed on I-75…

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Missing Persons January 30, 2025

Mattie’s Call: Cobb police seek missing 87-year-old man

Photo of John Elmer Eaton, 87, courtesy of the Cobb County Police Department The Cobb County Police Department distributed the following appeal to the public: The Cobb County Police Department…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

by Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Labor January 30, 2025

Philly Whole Foods store becomes first to unionize – a labor expert explains what’s next and how Trump could stall workers’ efforts

by Paul F. Clark, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for fraud in the scientific literature

by Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Georgia January 30, 2025

Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join with Dems to give full Medicaid expansion another go

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 29, 2025 A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto…

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