The 16th Biennial “Georgia Celebrates Quilts” show, organized by the East Cobb Quilters’ Guild, will be held at the Cobb County Civic Center, 548 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, June 8-10, 10…
Thousands of drivers pass downtown Smyrna along Atlanta Road every single day, many of them completely unaware they’re passing one of the city’s most important historic landmarks: the Smyrna Memorial…
Just two weeks after being sworn in as interim Smyrna city administrator, Tammi Saddler Jones is now taking the job on a permanent basis. Jones was approved for the city’s…
County commission votes 3-2 to prohibit child’s pet chickens It was a bad day for pet chickens in the home of the Big Chicken. The county commission voted 3-2 Tuesday…
Saturday was Mableton Day 2017, and the popular event had something for everyone. Music, dancers, classic cars, and food vendors were just a few of the attractions. Mark Petry drove…
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…
The Mableton Improvement Coalition hosted a public meeting at the South Cobb Community Center Tuesday evening. Cobb County district 4 commissioner Lisa Cupid, and commission chairman Michael Boyce were on…
The hilly terrain turns what would otherwise be a nondescript perpetual care cemetery into a beautiful, peaceful memorial park. From the tallest hill, surrounded by headstones and hundreds of the…
The final public input meeting for the Veterans Memorial Highway/Mableton Parkway design guidelines was held on Tuesday at the SAE School on Mableton Parkway. Cobb County’s planning division and the…
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…