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Transportation October 7, 2021

Lane closures on Veterans Memorial again this weekend

Once again Veterans Memorial Highway will have lane closures each weekend night from Friday until Sunday. Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will continue milling, inlay and resurfacing….

Transportation October 7, 2021

Road widening project on Powder Springs Road continues this weekend

The road widening work will continue on Powder Springs Road / SR 360 this weekend with daytime lane closures on the stretch of the state road between New Macland Road…

Education October 6, 2021

Guest Opinion: Why I’m voting yes for the ED-SPLOST on November 2

[This is a guest opinion article by John Loud of Loud Security Systems, Inc., Chairman of the Cobb Chamber. His column appears monthly in the Cobb Business Journal published by…

Education October 6, 2021

Cobb Chamber salutes teachers at Oct 6 and 26 events

The Cobb Chamber announced in a press release (reprinted below) that they are celebrating year 32 of Give Our Schools a Hand (GOSH). The Teacher of the Year the Chamber…

Transportation October 5, 2021

Marietta to hold public meeting on traffic calming options for Charles Avenue

The City of Marietta announced on its website that a public meeting will be held on Thursday, October 14th from 6 – 7 p.m. to consider traffic calming options on…

Education October 4, 2021

Cobb school district sends out details of elementary school virtual learning lottery

The Cobb County School District emailed the following notice to parents of elementary school students: Dear Cobb Schools Community,As Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced during the August Cobb Schools Board of…

Transportation October 3, 2021

The Exchange closed due to a sinkhole

The Exchange, a roadway near Windy Hill Road and Cobb Parkway, is closed due to a sinkhole that opened up during last month’s flooding. Cobb County posted the following notice…

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

Transportation October 2, 2021

The origin of South Cobb Drive

This is mostly a reprint of an article published in the Courier when the news site was called River Edges, and mostly concerned itself with the communities in Cobb adjacent…

Transportation October 1, 2021

Friday and Sunday lane closures on SR 360 Powder Spring Road

There will be another set of lane closures on Powder Springs Road (SR 360), this time on Friday and Sunday night. The Georgia Department of Transportation described the work and…

Transportation October 1, 2021

Overnight lane closures on I-20 in Cobb this weekend

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) issued the following announcement of overnight lane closures on I-20 this weekend to include that section of the interstate that runs through Cobb County:…

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