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Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Kennesaw December 3, 2024

Kennesaw city manager, clerk contracts renewed by City Council

By Rebecca Gaunt Kennesaw City Council unanimously approved contract renewals for city manager Jeff Drobney and city clerk Lea Alvarez at Monday’s meeting. Drobney’s extension is for three years, through…

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Aging December 3, 2024

Homebound Seniors Living Alone Often Slip Through Health System’s Cracks

This article by Judith Graham first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Judith Graham December 2, 2024 Carolyn Dickens, 76, was sitting at her dining room table, struggling…

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Business December 1, 2024

Lockheed Martin CFO Jay Malave to speak at UBS Global Industrials & Transportation Conference

According to a press release from Lockheed Martin, company CFO Jay Malave will speak at the UBS Global Industrials & Transportation Conference on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 8:00 a.m. to…

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Marietta December 1, 2024

Marietta Christmas tree lighting, Santa, and Ugly Sweater Parade this Thursday Dec 5

Marietta will usher in the holiday season with its Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Glover Park in Historic Marietta Square. This popular…

Marietta December 1, 2024

Local Author, Music, and More at Marietta History Center December Pop-In Event

Marietta History Center to host free holiday-themed family event The Marietta History Center will hold its monthly Pop-In for Family Fun event on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 10 a.m. to…

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

Smyrna November 30, 2024

Smyrna Planning & Zoning Commission hearing on proposed 295-unit mixed-use on Windy Hill Road

The Smyrna Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 2, at 6 p.m. regarding a rezoning application to build a 295-unit mixed-use development at a…

Drawing of a "road closed" sign with diagonal stripes and two electric lanterns on top

Marietta November 30, 2024

Several roads to be closed at CSX rail crossings in Marietta and Smyrna next week

By Mark Woolsey CSX Railroad maintenance work will result in the temporary closure of several railroad crossings next week in both Marietta and Smyrna. The railroad says it’s part of…

Health Care cost November 29, 2024

A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill was $445.

This article by Bram Sable-Smith first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Bram Sable-Smith November 27, 2024 Ryan Wettstein Nauman was inconsolable one evening last December. After being…

Health Care November 27, 2024

Florida’s Deloitte-Run Computer System Cut Off New Moms Entitled to Medicaid

This article by Daniel Chang and Samantha Liss first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Daniel Chang and Samantha Liss November 26, 2024 In mid-May, Mandi Rokx had…

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Smyrna November 27, 2024

Smyrna Public Safety Foundation, Braves and first responders host Shop with a Hero

Smyrna Public Safety Foundation’s Shop With a Hero event, in collaboration with the Atlanta Braves and local first responders, returns to Smyrna on Dec. 13 The following news release was…

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Acworth March 12, 2025

Dr. Bryant Harris retires as pastor of Mars Hill Presbyterian

Photo: Dr. Bryant Harris and his wife Linda Harris Rob Walter, a deacon at Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, and member of the church’s marketing committee, distributed the following announcement: After…

Health Care March 12, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal datasets began disappearing…

Law March 12, 2025

What is a SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speech

by Jennifer Safstrom, Vanderbilt University and Ryan Riedmueller, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits, are civil…

Government Transparency March 12, 2025

The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too

by David Cuillier, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing…

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