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Environment April 14, 2025

Report from Keep Cobb Beautiful’s Annual Spring Recycling

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos: Keep Cobb Beautiful hosted their Annual Spring Recycling event at Jim Miller Park. We were grateful to get volunteers…

Business April 13, 2025

Cobb Chamber announces its Top 25 Small Businesses for 2025

The Cobb Chamber has announced its 2025 Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year, continuing a tradition that began in 1982 to recognize companies contributing significantly to the local economy…

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Mableton April 10, 2025

We Thrive in Riverside spearheads litter cleanup on Blairs Bridge Road in Mableton

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about a litter cleanup in the Riverside community spearheaded by the We Thrive in Riverside Renters Association: We Thrive…

Holiday events April 9, 2025

YMCA annual Good Friday Breakfast coming to the Cobb Galleria Centre

The YMCA of Metro Atlanta distributed the following press release about its annual Good Friday Breakfast at the Cobb Galleria Centre: The YMCA of Metro Atlanta will host its 62nd…

Science and Technology April 8, 2025

EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

by H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its…

History April 7, 2025

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars

by Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my…

Group photo of participants in MIC cleanup on Floyd Road, wearing yellow safety vests, some holding orange bags

Mableton April 6, 2025

Mableton Improvement Coalition spearheads cleanup on Floyd Road

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos about MIC’s litter cleanup on Floyd Road: The Mableton Improvement Coalition along with help from City Councilwoman Patty Auch,…

Justice April 3, 2025

The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration

by Lucius Couloute, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the…

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Health Care April 1, 2025

Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the trend could be worsening

by Rochelle Walensky, Harvard Kennedy School and Nicole McCann, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Americans are increasingly waiting weeks or even months to…

Group photo of volunteers at a Vinings Cove cleanup on Buckner Road. The volunteers are wearing yellow safety vests and two are holding red trash bags.

Cobb County March 23, 2025

Report about litter cleanup on Buckner Road at Vinings Cove

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photo about a litter cleanup in the Vinings Cove community: We had absolutely perfect weather for today’s litter cleanup. Volunteers…

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Transportation May 12, 2025

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