Smyrna

Smyrna July 19, 2022

Smyrna approves feasibility study for nature center, increase in budget for Downtown and South Cobb overhauls, plus more

By Arielle Robinson Every Smyrna City Council seat was filled Monday evening as the mayor and council welcomed the new Ward 2 city council member, Latonia P. Hines. All seven…

Smyrna July 16, 2022

First public hearing on Smyrna’s tax increase to be held Monday July 18

The City of Smyrna will hold the first of three public hearings on its proposed millage rate Monday July 18 at 7 p.m. The millage rate will remain steady at…

Smyrna June 21, 2022

Smyrna City Council unanimously approves Juneteenth, Veterans Day as paid city holidays

By Arielle Robinson Smyrna City Council members approved a motion to make Juneteenth and Veterans Day paid city holidays for eligible staff during its regular meeting at City Hall Monday…

Smyrna June 20, 2022

Smyrna City Council agenda for this evening includes Juneteenth and Veterans Days holidays, new License and Variance Board chair

The agenda for this evening’s meeting of the Smyrna City Council includes formalizing Juneteenth and Veterans Day as paid city holidays, and the appointment of Deputy City Administrator Penny Moceri…

Smyrna June 18, 2022

Smyrna approves Juneteenth as city holiday

The City of Smyrna approved Juneteenth as a city holiday, and will close city offices on Monday, June 20 in observance. The city issued the following press release announcing the…

Smyrna June 15, 2022

Smyrna’s Juneteenth celebration dinner to include talk by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of biography of Harriet Tubman

The City of Smyrna Juneteenth celebration dinner will feature author Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Dunbar wrote She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman. The Juneteenth dinner will…

Smyrna May 2, 2022

Opening day launch for Smyrna’s Jonquil Park Fitness Court on Friday May 13

The City of Smyrna issued the following press release about the unveiling of the city’s Fitness Court in Jonquil Park: On Friday, May 13, the City of Smyrna will unveil…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Smyrna April 14, 2022

Smyrna man arraigned in federal court for COVID-related identity-theft scheme

A Smyrna man, along with a partner in Michigan, was arraigned in federal court on charges of committing mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft in a…

Smyrna March 23, 2022

Smyrna decides that Aunt Fanny’s Cabin will be relocated to Carroll County farm

By Arielle Robinson At their regular meeting Monday evening, Smyrna’s City Council voted 4-2 to relocate Aunt Fanny’s Cabin to a Carroll County farm location with one provision in case…

Shaun Martin speaking in front of small cabin that was a sharecropper cabin used as part of the restaurant Aunt Fanny's Cabin

Smyrna March 17, 2022

Coalition to Save Aunt Fanny’s Cabin makes two proposals to preserve building

By Arielle Robinson The Coalition to Save Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, an interracial group of Smyrna residents whose goal is to keep the former restaurant downtown, held a press conference Wednesday…

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