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Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna July 20, 2019

Want to help preserve Smyrna history? Here’s a way

If you are interested in helping preserve and document the history of Smyrna, Georgia, and have documents, photographs, or other objects from Smyrna’s past, there is a way you can…

Max Bacon upper body shot. Bacon is bearded, with white hair. He is wearing a dark sports jacket and an open-collared dress shirt. The shot is an upper-body shot, and he is smiling face-forward into the camera

2019 Elections July 8, 2019

UPDATED: Feisty as ever, Max Bacon seeks 10th term as Smyrna mayor

UPDATE: Max Bacon announced this morning that he will not seek reelection. We will be posting updated information as it becomes available. Opponents may have a lot to say about…

Powder Springs Road and Brandon Lee Drive intersection road sign

Zoning June 21, 2019

Rezoning request for 132 townhomes on Powder Springs Road denied

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners, in its zoning hearing on June 18, denied a rezoning request that would have allowed 132 age-restricted rental townhomes at the intersection of Powder…

Laura Mireles seated at a table at Rev Coffee (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2019 Elections June 5, 2019

A conversation with Laura Mireles, candidate for Smyrna mayor

The Courier had a conversation with Laura Mireles, who is challenging long-time Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon in this fall’s election. The conversation took place at Rev Coffee Roasters on Spring…

Smyrna May 21, 2019

Smyrna Again Expands Open Container ‘Restaurant District’ Policy

The City of Smyrna’s move toward allowing open containers of alcohol in defined “restaurant districts” appears to be going well. For the second time, the has city expanded its downtown…

Mike Boyce -- in article about Cobb FY20 budget

Cobb County April 11, 2019

UPDATED: Boyce releases proposed FY20 budget

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt wrote in a news release that BOC Chairman Mike Boyce has released his proposed FY20 Budget. According to the announcement, the increase in the…

Crosswalks, in article about pedestrian safety improvements

Cobb County April 3, 2019

Pedestrian safety improvements planned where two students hit near Wheeler High

According to a news release from Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt, the Cobb DOT and the Board of Education have met to plan pedestrian safety improvements where two high…

Mableton implementation map from the South Cobb Redevelopment Authority used in article about Mableton Square

Mableton February 25, 2019

Mableton HOA forum focuses on Airbnb and other rental services

The HOA Network of the Mableton Improvement Coalition issue the following event announcement HOA BOARDS – Is your HOA struggling with traditional and short term rentals such as Airbnb? Are…

poster showing a black family and announcing National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day

Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Health Care February 6, 2019

Free HIV test on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Free HIV testing will be offered on February 8 by Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 8), The testing will be…

Austell, Cobb County history through documents January 23, 2019

Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885

The fourth in our series Cobb County history through documents is the incorporation of Austell by an act of the Georgia legislature passed on September 4, 1885. The city limits…

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