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Silver Comet Trail June 28, 2017

Connect The Comet delivers petition with 4,000 signatures to Georgia State Capitol

The decade-long battle to extend the Silver Comet Trail into the City of Atlanta continued Wednesday morning as a group of volunteers from Connect The Comet delivered a petition to…

Cyclist on the Silver Comet Trail in article about Silver Comet Trail reopen

Cobb County May 11, 2017

Cobb County will apply for ARC grant to develop Chattahoochee River mixed-use trail

The Cobb County Department of Transportation is taking the lead in a joint project to build a multi-use path along the Chattahoochee River. It would begin at Mableton Parkway, extend…

A sleek mid-20th Century passenger train

The Silver Comet Story January 23, 2017

The Silver Comet Story — the beginning

This is the first installment in a periodic series that will track the Silver Comet from its beginning as an innovative passenger train line, to the Silver Comet Trail, a…

Silver Comet Trail January 21, 2017

Connect the Comet Citizen Meeting Sunday Jan 22

Would you like to see the Silver Comet Trail really finished, and connected to Atlanta’s thriving Beltline? This heavily used and economically important multi-use path will become even more useful…

Cyclists on the Silver Comet Trail for article about Silver Comet Extension

Atlanta Beltline, Silver Comet Trail, Smyrna September 10, 2015

Connect the Comet citizen meeting

Connect the Comet is holding a citizen meeting on Sunday, September 13, 4-5:30 PM, at the Vinings Bank, 4135 Atlanta Road SE, in Smyrna. Anyone interested in this project is…

Community, History May 14, 2026

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

A cluster of headstones in Collins Springs Cemetery

Community Life May 7, 2026

A walk through Collins Springs Cemetery near Smyrna

By Larry Felton Johnson [This evergreen article was originally an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free“. I’ve updated the article.] A truth I learned a long time ago, and that…

Community, History March 23, 2026

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes December 28, 2025

Local Trivia Challenge: Can You Match These Parks in Cobb County With Their Descriptions Correctly?

By Larry Felton Johnson Quizzes are a good way to learn about the features, culture and history of our county and cities. So for the past year or two I’ve…

Community, History December 26, 2025

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

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Chattahoochee RiverLands September 22, 2026

The Silver Comet: the train that predated the trail

By Larry Felton Johnson [Editor’s note: We’ve been resurrecting and reworking some of the articles we published in the early days of the Courier as our readership increases. The first…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes September 22, 2026

How Much Do You Know About Cobb County’s Portion of the Silver Comet Trail?

The Silver Comet Trail is not only a wonderful amenity for Cobb County residents, but is also a driver of economic development and a major tourist attraction. But how much…

Food Safety September 22, 2026

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from September 11 to September 17

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…

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents September 22, 2026

Driver Seriously Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash on Church Road in Smyrna

A driver was seriously injured Friday night after a Ford Mustang left Church Road near Groover Drive in the Smyrna area and struck a fence and utility pole, according to…

Community, Giving Back to the Community September 22, 2026

Mableton Volunteers Remove 33 Bags of Litter From Discovery Boulevard

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about a litter cleanup along Discovery Blvd: Volunteers from Legacy At The River Line HOA, Friends of Mableton and theSouth…