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Gloria Hammond, far right, was part of the large group of Juliette residents who visited the state Capitol two years ago to push state elected officials to intervene in Georgia Power’s coal ash disposal plans. The county is now installing a water line so residents can access clean water, but Hammond says residents still want the coal ash moved to a lined landfill. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder (file photo)

Environment May 9, 2022

Juliette residents tap into new county water line, but coal ash concerns remain

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 9, 2022 Andrea Goolsby speaks wistfully about the taste of water fresh from the…

a map of the center of Mableton from 1950

Cobb by the Numbers April 3, 2022

Mableton in the 1950 census

In the previous Cobb by the Numbers we looked at the release of the complete individual records for the 1950 decennial census. By federal law detailed census records for individual…

Business March 30, 2022

Marietta-based C.W. Matthews gets largest slice of $118 Million in highway contracts

Marietta-based C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. got the largest single contract from a round of awards from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) that totalled approximately $118 million. The contract…

A section of the Mountain to River Trail with trees lining the path and a bicycle in the foreground

Second Helpings February 25, 2022

Exercising and Eating along Cobb County’s trails

By Brian Benefield I think everyone is getting a touch of spring fever lately with the abundance of rain and the sun warming things up to make the daffodils break…

A line of people hold a symbolic donation check

Smyrna December 20, 2021

Plant McDonough employees make donation to Scott Elementary School

Georgia Power issued the following press release about a donation presented by Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough employees (also known as Plant McDonough-Atkinson) to nearby William J. Scott (“Scott”) Elementary School…

Three Plant McDonough employees stand in front of a Christmas tree with presents, smiling

Holidays December 14, 2021

Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough sponsors Salvation Army Angel Tree

Georgia Power issued the following press release about a holiday charitable work taken on by the employees at Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough (also known as Plant McDonough-Atkinson): Employees from Georgia…

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…

Henderson Road sign in article about Henderson Road park

Transportation October 1, 2021

More lane closures on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb

Tonight, Saturday and Sunday night, October 1-3, there will be single alternating left and right lane closures on the eight miles of Veterans Memorial Highway (US 278) within Cobb County,…

2022 Elections September 30, 2021

Trinity Olmstead, Democratic Candidate for House District 44

By Rebecca Gaunt Student Trinity Olmstead is challenging one of the longest serving state representatives in the Georgia legislature – Rep. Don Parsons (R-Cobb) – for the House District 44…

Cobb map outline flanked by words Cobb County Business & Industry

Business September 23, 2021

CCID announces branding campaign for “Cumberland Sweep”

The Cumberland Community Improvement District (CCID) announced in a press release that they are naming the three-mile multimodal path through the core of the Cumberland area the “Cumberland Sweep.” The…

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