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Education August 19, 2022

Cobb school bus drivers to get pay bump; Mableton school renamed

By Rebecca Gaunt Bus drivers will receive raises of $5.25 per hour in an effort to combat the shortage of 200 drivers that is straining the Cobb County School District….

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Accidentally car-free August 18, 2022

Accidentally car-free part 3: A shopping trip to the East West Connector

[This is the third installment in Accidentally car-free, a diary of my experiment in getting around in Cobb County without a car] In the last installment of Accidentally car-free I…

11 teens in front of a large DELTA Airlines sign

Education August 18, 2022

11 STING, Inc students attend EGG program at Bethune Cookman University

STING Inc distributed the following announcement about a trip to Daytona Beach by 11 of their students to participate in the EGG program at Bethune Cookman University. 11 STING Inc….

Road sign at South Cobb Drive and Calibre Lake Parkway

Accidentally car-free August 14, 2022

Accidentally Car-free part two: a two-hour walk along South Cobb Drive and Oakdale Road

I didn’t expect to write my second installment of Accidentally car-free so soon, but this morning I decided to do a one-hour out, one-hour back walk along Oakdale Road and…

Transportation August 12, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for August 13 – August 19

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 13 to Friday August…

Transportation August 12, 2022

GDOT announces Saturday lane closures on Macland Road/SR 360 for continuing $88.2 million lane widening and sidewalk project

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced in a press release that GDOT contractors will close lanes on State Route 360 (Macland Road/Powder Springs Road) this Saturday for land widening and…

Education August 9, 2022

Rep. David Scott announces STEM app-building competition for middle and high school students in Georgia’s 13th District

Rep. David Scott, of Georgia’s 13th U.S. Congressional District, announced a competition for technology-minded middle and high school students in the district. The goal of the competition is to create…

Transportation August 5, 2022

Lane closures on SR 360 between Lost Mountain Road and SR 120 Saturday

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced in a press release that lane closures will be installed on SR 360 between Lost Mountain Road and SR 120. The scope and schedule…

Transportation August 5, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for August 6 – August 12

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 6 to Friday August…

Education August 5, 2022

CCSD’s pursuit of case against student who had expulsion overturned called retaliatory by SPLC

By Rebecca Gaunt The Southern Poverty Law Center is representing a former Campbell High School student who was expelled, but was found by the state board of education to have…

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