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Cobb County History December 26, 2024

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…

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Business December 24, 2024

Check out the 35 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County last week

Here are the new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, December 20. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue their…

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Health Care December 23, 2024

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from December 13 to December 19

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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Cobb County December 21, 2024

What decisions do Cobb and its cities face about the new Georgia tax law?

This is the second of a four-part series about changes to Georgia’s property tax laws that will go into effect January 1, 2025. Follow this link to read part one….

Cobb County December 19, 2024

How will the new Georgia tax law affect Cobb residents?

This is the first of a four-part explanatory article on the new Georgia property tax law, HB 581, enabled by the referendum on Georgia’s November ballot that passed and enabled…

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Elections December 16, 2024

Qualifying for Cobb BOC Districts 2 & 4 special elections take place this week

Cobb County government distributed the following notice about this week’s qualification window for candidates for Cobb County Board of Commissioners districts 2 and 4. Candidates must qualify Dec. 18 –…

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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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…

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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Mental Health December 12, 2024

Cobb County first responders eligible for PTSD coverage Jan. 1

By Rebecca Gaunt House Bill 451, also known as the Ashley Wilson Act, will make Georgia’s first responders eligible for PTSD treatment coverage at the beginning of 2025. Wilson had…

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