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Pets and Pet Adoption November 27, 2025

“My name is Cocoa. Are you here to adopt me?”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female grey domestic medium hair. The following information on this potential family…

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Health & Wellness November 27, 2025

After Shutdown, Federal Employees Face New Uncertainty: Affording Health Insurance

This article by Phil Galewitz first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Phil Galewitz November 26, 2025 Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie,…

Environment November 27, 2025

Dwindling numbers of wild turkeys across most of Georgia are ‘a real concern’

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 27, 2025 It’s a bad time to be a turkey in Georgia, even…

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Business & Economy November 27, 2025

Treating love for work like a virtue can backfire on employees and teams

by Mijeong Kwon, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s popular advice for new graduates: “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work…

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Government & Politics November 27, 2025

How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity

by Joslyn Brenton, Ithaca College; Alyssa Tindall, Ursinus College, and Senbagam Virudachalam, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2025 government shutdown drew…

Government & Politics November 27, 2025

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

by Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President…

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Cobb County November 27, 2025

Cobb County Launches Business License Amnesty Period Through January

Cobb County announced on its website that it is offering a limited-time amnesty period for obtaining required business licenses. From Dec. 1 through Jan. 30, individuals and businesses operating in…

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Music November 27, 2025

Georgia Symphony Orchestra Rings in the Season with Holiday Pops! Concerts

Written with information from the City of Marietta website The City of Marietta announced on its website that the Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) is set to kick off the…

Mableton November 27, 2025

More Cobb History: Bandits captured outside Mableton in 1914 car chase

In 1914 a newspaper called the Atlanta Georgian was owned by William Randolph Hearst. Like most Hearst newspapers, the Georgian placed a high emphasis on sensationalism. Crime and scandal were…

Acworth November 27, 2025

Acworth’s early 20th Century Anti-Saloon League

By Larry Felton Johnson Unless you were an organized crime figure, the attempt at imposing prohibition on a national scale in the early 20th century was a dismal failure. If…

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