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Marietta September 6, 2023

Cannon Ball Classic golf tourney to benefit Fair Oaks historic home

The City of Marietta announced on its website that plans are underway for the 3rd Annual “Cannon Ball Classic” Golf Tournament, a community outreach event hosted by the Marietta Educational…

2021 Elections October 30, 2021

If you vote at the Fair Oaks Recreation Center, use Bellemeade Drive

Cobb County announced on its website that due to a sinkhole, the West Booth Road Extension is closed, so people arriving to vote at that polling site will have to…

Fair Oaks July 24, 2020

Gas station convenience store in Fair Oaks rejected by Cobb BOC

In a 3-2 vote at Tuesday’s zoning hearing the Cobb County Board of Commissioners rejected a rezoning application that would have allowed the construction of a gas station and convenience…

Fair Oaks June 20, 2020

Cobb County School District highlights the Fair Oaks Book Mobile

A news release from the Cobb County School District highlighted the Fair Oaks Book Mobile, which visits Fair Oaks Elementary School every Wednesday during the summer. The program was started…

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Elections March 12, 2025

Erick Allen wins with commanding lead in District 2 Democratic primary runoff

The unofficial results of the Cobb Board of Commissioners District 2 Democratic Party primary runoff show that former state Representative Erick Allen won with a commanding lead of 56.72 percent…

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Health Care March 3, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from February 21 to February 27

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…

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

History February 17, 2025

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

Marietta February 17, 2025

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

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…

Pedestrian Safety November 1, 2024

Dangerous conditions for pedestrians on South Cobb Drive at serious accident site

By Larry Felton Johnson According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department’s STEP Unit is investigating an incident on South Cobb Drive, north…

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Justice March 13, 2025

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