Community Life

Cobb Collaborative and friends at the ribbon-cutting for a Little Free Library installation

Community Life May 27, 2025

Cobb Collaborative Receives Little Free Library’s Award for Outstanding Achievement

Photos provided by Cobb Collaborative Cobb Collaborative submitted the following press release highlighting the second award the organization has received recently related to literacy and reading, this one from the…

L to R: John Kone, past president KCMGK; Rosie Teague, KCMGK; Aailyah Reeves, Powers Ferry ES Silver Pen award winner; Jim Perry, past president KCMGK and Philip Gold, VP KCMGK

Community Life, Uncategorized May 24, 2025

Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K presents the Silver Pen Award for 2025

Photo provided by KCMGK: L to R: John Kone, past president KCMGK; Rosie Teague, KCMGK; Aailyah Reeves, Powers Ferry ES Silver Pen award winner; Jim Perry, past president KCMGK and…

Community Life May 20, 2025

Cobb Collaborative Celebrates Georgia Reads Community Award With Students and Local Leaders

Cobb Collaborative submitted the following press release: Austell, Georgia – Earlier this year, Cobb Collaborative was honored as one of ten recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award, a statewide…

Children holding up donation flour baskets at assisted living facility

Community Life May 19, 2025

South Cobb Lions Visit Assisted Living Facility For Mother’s Day

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about a Mother’s Day-themed event at an assisted living center spearheaded by a member of the South Cobb Lions…

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Uncategorized July 18, 2025

No more broadcast of public comments after 4-3 vote by Cobb school board

Photo above: Laura Zhiss By Rebecca Gaunt Following a party line vote of 4-3 Thursday evening, public comments will no longer be broadcast or recorded for the public record by…

Opinion July 18, 2025

Honoring the legacy of Bebe Moore Campbell

By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you’ve never heard of Bebe Moore Campbell, I want to tell you about her. And if you’re not aware that in 2008 Congress declared the…

Weather July 18, 2025

Dangerously high heat index to continue in Georgia on Friday, July 18

A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for north and central Georgia, with isolated to scattered thunderstorms and dangerous heat indices up to 104 degrees expected this afternoon. The National…

Smyrna July 18, 2025

Smyrna firefighters respond to fire thought caused by model rocket chemicals

By Mark Woolsey Smyrna firefighters battled a house fire with an unexpected twist this week-the presence of volatile chemicals. Smyrna Emergency Management officials say fire crews were sent to a…

Libraries July 18, 2025

Vision to Learn has distributed 300 pairs of glasses and county at Cobb libraries

The Cobb County Public Library distributed the following report on the success of its Vision to Learn mobile clinics: Vision To Learn mobile clinics at Cobb County libraries in June…

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Cobb Collaborative Receives Little Free Library’s Award for Outstanding Achievement

Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K presents the Silver Pen Award for 2025

Cobb Collaborative Celebrates Georgia Reads Community Award With Students and Local Leaders

South Cobb Lions Visit Assisted Living Facility For Mother’s Day