by Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid [This article was published on the Georgia First Amendment Foundation website, and is reprinted with the permission of Commissioner Cupid] After serving…
There is definitely a lot of interest in the public transit debate in Cobb County. Monday night, a standing-room-only crowd showed up at the Smyrna Community Center to learn more…
[Editor’s note: we’ve changed the headline because we thought the original one could be construed as taking sides in this issue. That was never our intent — Larry Felton Johnson,…
It is wise to grip the steering wheel tightly on the crumbling parking lot when driving through the old Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center. Though partially hidden behind several separate businesses,…
During the 19th Century, wooden covered bridges were a common sight throughout the area that later became metro Atlanta. Before the 1920s, when creosote became the preferred way of protecting wooden…
Smyrna’s long term comprehensive plan While the City of Smyrna is rapidly growing and has become of the hottest real estate markets in Georgia, city planners are busy looking far…
Residents in Kennesaw and the Town Center area have a new park to look forward to next year. At a ceremony Tuesday, officials from the Town Center Community Improvement District,…
National Drinking Water Week draws to a close tomorrow. Since we have a 95% chance of overnight rain, it may be hard to remember that Cobb, Fulton, and seven…
The final public input meeting for the Veterans Memorial Highway/Mableton Parkway design guidelines was held on Tuesday at the SAE School on Mableton Parkway. Cobb County’s planning division and the…
Do you live near Mableton Parkway or Veterans Memorial Highway? Do you consider those roads, in their current condition, a source of community pride: pleasant places to walk, cycle, or…