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Powder Springs May 27, 2022

Powder Springs announces return of annual SpringsFest

The following press release was distributed by the City of Powder Springs and the Powder Springs Business Group, announcing the return of the annual SpringsFest: Just days before the official…

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Cemeteries February 23, 2022

Smyrna hosts dedication ceremony for historic Black cemetery

By Arielle Robinson Community members, city councilors, faith leaders, and historic residents gathered for the Mount Zion rededication ceremony that Smyrna held Sunday afternoon at the recently restored historic Black…

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Cobb County June 20, 2021

Cobb DA announces support of Second Chance Desk

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. announced the opening of a record-restriction help desk spearheaded by the Georgia Justice Project and the Cobb County court system. Record restriction was…

Kennesaw June 11, 2021

A response from a member of the Kennesaw Police Department’s Citizen’s Advisory Board

Dear Mr. Johnson: In 2005, I moved to Georgia from the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. In an effort to find a great community for raising my then two young children,…

Education June 9, 2021

SCLC activist says Cobb school district trying to suppress free speech and conversations on racism

By Arielle Robinson A local SCLC activist who is also a Cobb County parent, grandparent and anti-racist activist says that the Cobb County School District is attempting to squash discussions…

Marietta July 3, 2020

Marietta Museum of History assembles collections on Black Lives Matter and COVID-19

2020’s landscape has-quite obviously- been dominated by a pair of historic developments-the COVID-19 pandemic and the renewed civil rights movement sparked by recent controversial police shootings, exemplified by Black Lives…

Powder Springs April 7, 2020

Powder Springs approves purchase of laptops for remote work

At it’s April 6 meeting, videoconferenced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Powder Springs City Council approved the purchase of laptops for certain employees to work remotely. This was the…

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