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Drawing of a tray of four bagels, the one on the right with cream cheese

Acworth December 22, 2024

Jeff’s Bagel Run: scratch-made bagels in Acworth

By Mark Woolsey There’s a new entry on the bagel front in Acworth, and its name might make you blink. Co-owner Valee Desai says their store, dubbed Jeff’s Bagel Run,…

Smyrna City Hall with an inset map of the location. The building is brick, with four large white columns at a portico

Smyrna December 20, 2024

Smyrna’s purchase of First Baptist Church property closes

The sale of the Smyrna First Baptist Church building and its nine-acre property on Church Street to the City of Smyrna has closed, and a new location for the church’s…

A row of Kennesaw Police Department cruisers with multifamily buildings past a black metal fence

Kennesaw December 20, 2024

Kennesaw extends contract for police surveillance platform

By Rebecca Gaunt The Kennesaw City Council approved a contract extension through 2030 with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for use of a platform which allows law enforcement to integrate and access…

Maximum Impact Love Christmas party, a large crowd at tables

Cobb County December 18, 2024

Association of metro churches distributes thousands of gifts in time for Christmas

All photos provided by Barry Krebs Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following reports and photos from the Christmas celebration of a coalition of metro Atlanta churches that held…

A man, smiling, with a mask pull down below his chin

Marietta December 17, 2024

Marietta man, 71, reported missing after wandering from assisted living facility

Photo of Cartha Speed courtesy of the Marietta Police Department Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department distributed the following public information release: 71-year-old Cartha Speed of Marietta wandered…

Education December 17, 2024

Kennesaw State awarded grant from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for 18th consecutive year

This article first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission. For the 18th consecutive year, Kennesaw State University’s Department of Health Promotion and Wellness has received a…

Man in a dress shirt with microphone in one hand and framed certificate speaks to assembled audience

Cobb County December 17, 2024

Report and photos from Vision Rehabilitation Services Christmas Party

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos from the Christmas party of Vision Rehabilitation Services. Vision Rehabilitation Services, specializing in helping visually impaired people, hosted their…

Cobb County December 15, 2024

Riverview Memorial Park cemetery (with a Slideshow)

[Riverview Memorial Park (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)] by Larry Felton Johnson We’ve decided to revive, and often expand, evergreen articles that were originally published when our readership was low…

History December 13, 2024

The eventful life of W.A. Peters — Hollywood Cemetery’s sexton who sold customers the same plot

This is an updated republication of an article we published in May of 2016. With the Chattahoochee RiverLands project underway, we hope restoring this beautiful but neglected cemetery on Chattahoochee…

An open-design room with wood floors and a tall Christmas tree. Chair and large houseplant in the foreground

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community December 12, 2024

Sessions Stand Holiday Market on Friday Dec 13

Photo above by Brian Benefield [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] As the countdown begins to Christmas day, everything speeds up. There is…

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