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Steve Rasin (photo courtesy of Steve Rasin)

2019 Elections October 4, 2019

Retired pilot Steve Rasin sets sights on becoming Smyrna mayor

In his 25 years living in Smyrna, Steve Rasin has seen a lot of growth in his adopted hometown. The population is much larger and the houses are more expensive,…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County September 30, 2019

Riverside Parkway collision results in serious injuries

According to Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a serious injury collision that occurred on Riverside Parkway…

Sarah Shurden in front of the fountain at Austell's Threadmill complex

2019 Elections September 30, 2019

Sarah Shurden: candidate for Austell City Council Post 1

Sarah Shurden is running for Austell City Council At Large Post 1 in the November 5 2019 special election. The post was vacated by then-Mayor Pro Tem Ollie Clemons when…

From l-r: City council member David Blinkhorn, Will Anderson from Congressman Barry Loudermilk’s office, council member James “Doc” Eaton, council member Tracey Viars, Ann Pratt, council member Pat Ferris, Cobb commissioner Keli Gambrill, Phil Barber from the Swift-Cantrell Foundation, parks director Steve Roberts and Mayor Derek Easterling.

Kennesaw September 27, 2019

Kennesaw breaks ground on inclusive playground

The City of Kennesaw broke ground on a new inclusive playground at Swift-Cantrell Park Thursday, a project Parks Director Steve Roberts called “a collaboration between a city and its citizens.”…

Indian Cave at Sweetwater State Park. It is really a rock overhang rather than a true cave.

Recreation September 26, 2019

Sweetwater Creek State Park: property with stories to tell

Well-maintained trails wind among trees, trickling and surging streams, boulders and rock overhangs and the remnants of man-made structures destroyed by men and nature. This a place where history happened,…

Members of the Air Quality Oversight Committee, including Cobb Commissioner Bob Ott, Smyrna City Council member Tim Gould and Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon listened to initial testing results from GHD.

Environment September 17, 2019

Early results of air quality tests near Sterigenics plant released

The first round of results from the independent air quality testing around the Sterigenics plant in Cobb County are in, but due to the company temporarily shutting down operations in…

2019 Elections August 21, 2019

Georgia Tech professor Lewis Wheaton aims for innovation with Smyrna city council run

Competition for Smyrna city council seats is heating up as fall approaches and election day lingers about two months away. Along with the collection of candidates aiming to become Smyrna’s…

Lisa Cupid speaks on Dodgen Road property rezoning

Mableton August 20, 2019

Rezoning of Dodgen Road property approved

Despite opposition from the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC), an application for rezoning of a Dodgen Road property from GC (general commercial) to NRC (Neighborhood Retail Commercial) was approved at the…

Ducere CEO Markesia Akinbami, and Chairman Korey Akinbami. flanked by Austell Mayor Pro Tem Valerie Anderson and Mayor Ollie Clemons, cut the ribbon for the opening of the headquarters of Ducere

Austell August 15, 2019

Ribbon-cutting at a historic Austell house

On August 2 the ribbon-cutting took place in Austell for the new headquarters of Ducere Construction Services and Ducere Investment Group. Ducere renovated a historic Austell house on Mulberry Street…

Stephen Stetson of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign referred to Georgia Power’s plan as “cap and run.” (photo by Rebecca Gaunt)

coal ash, Environment August 8, 2019

Environmentalists push EPA for change in Georgia’s “flawed” coal ash program

The state has applied to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over handling of its coal ash, but environmental groups are warning that not only is Georgia’s Environmental Protection…

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