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Accidentally car-free September 9, 2022

Accidentally car-free: Equipment

[This is an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series visit this…

Riverside Parkway road sign in article about homicde suicide at EpiCenter

Transportation September 7, 2022

Riverside Parkway south of I-20 blocked for emergency water main repairs

Cobb County government announced on its Facebook page that the northbound lanes of Riverside Parkway just south of I-20 in South Cobb have been blocked due to emergency water main…

Accidentally car-free September 6, 2022

Accidentally car-free: Is curbside recycling in Cobb County a dying service?

[This is an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series visit this…

Transportation September 2, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for Saturday September 3 – Friday September 9 2022

The following list of alerts and road/lane closures is reprinted from the Cobb County Department of Transportation Weekly Travel Advisory for the week of Saturday, September 3 to Friday, September…

Superintendents Chris Ragsdale and Grant Rivera were joined by students Madison Drew and Tyvionna Freeman.

Education August 31, 2022

Superintendents Ragsdale, Rivera join students for NAACP education forum

By Rebecca Gaunt Getting back to normal during a pandemic, with the Uvalde school shooting tragedy fresh on everyone’s minds, is no easy task for staff and students, as addressed…

Accidentally car-free August 31, 2022

Accidentally car-free in Cobb County Part 6: a walk to the public library

[This is an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series visit this…

SAE students sit and smile in front of the coating being applied to the school’s basketball court and playground. Photo courtesy of Christopher Cavalier at TwoSenseFilms.

Education August 28, 2022

Mableton school tackles extreme heat by applying colorful, sun-reflective coating to playground

By Arielle Robinson As extreme heat continues to result in historic droughts and deadly temperatures around the globe, more people — especially the most vulnerable, such as children — are…

Transportation August 27, 2022

Lane closures on I-75 in Cobb County this weekend for bridge preservation work

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced in a press release that lane closures will be installed on I-75 in Cobb County for bridge preservation work. The closures began Friday evening…

Transportation August 26, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for August 27 – September 2, 2022

The following list of alerts and road/lane closures is reprinted from the Cobb County Department of Transportation Weekly Travel Advisory for the week of Saturday August 27 to Friday September…

education icon with silhouette of teach in front of class, holding a baton to a board.

Education August 24, 2022

Student loan forgiveness – experts on banking, public spending and education policy look at the impact of Biden’s plan

By Terri Friedline, University of Michigan; Dominique Baker, Southern Methodist University, and John W. Diamond, Rice University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Joe Biden…

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Accidentally car-free: Equipment

Riverside Parkway south of I-20 blocked for emergency water main repairs

Accidentally car-free: Is curbside recycling in Cobb County a dying service?

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for Saturday September 3 – Friday September 9 2022

Superintendents Ragsdale, Rivera join students for NAACP education forum

Accidentally car-free in Cobb County Part 6: a walk to the public library

Mableton school tackles extreme heat by applying colorful, sun-reflective coating to playground

Lane closures on I-75 in Cobb County this weekend for bridge preservation work

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for August 27 – September 2, 2022

Student loan forgiveness – experts on banking, public spending and education policy look at the impact of Biden’s plan