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Health Care December 16, 2024

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants from December 6 to 12

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 16, 2024

“I’m Leonardo, and I’m very pleased to meet you!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male tabby/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…

A white Siberian husky with a blue scarf, looking happy

Pets and Pet Adoption December 16, 2024

“I’m Emma, and I dressed nicely so I can go home with you!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female white Siberian husky. The following information on this potential family member…

Cobb weather December 17: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Climate and Weather December 16, 2024

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Monday, December 16, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Monday, December 16, 2024, with a high near 58 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

Cobb County December 16, 2024

Cobb BOC approves increase in water rates

At its December 10 meeting, in a 4-1 vote, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved an increase in water rates for Cobb County customers. Commissioner JoAnn Birrell opposed the…

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Psychology December 16, 2024

Stop and think: An undervalued approach in a world that short-circuits thoughtful political judgment

by Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When’s the last time you saw a pundit pause? When President Joe Biden pardoned…

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Conversation News Quiz December 16, 2024

The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz

by Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] We hope you’ve enjoyed this quiz from our quizmaster, Fritz Holznagel, a past winner of…

Cobb County December 15, 2024

Riverview Memorial Park cemetery (with a Slideshow)

[Riverview Memorial Park (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)] by Larry Felton Johnson We’ve decided to revive, and often expand, evergreen articles that were originally published when our readership was low…

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History December 15, 2024

June 11 1864: Dispatch from Kennesaw Mountain

The Georgia Historic Newspapers database contains many interesting articles on the history of Cobb County, the metro Atlanta region, and Georgia. The article reprinted below, a dispatch from Kennesaw Mountain,…

History December 15, 2024

Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery in 1910-1912

This is a revised and expanded version of a story originally run in the Courier in June of 2016. At that time the Cobb County Courier was called River Edges,…

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