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2020 Elections March 28, 2020

Andy Smith: Candidate for District 2 Cobb County commissioner

Andy Smith is a Republican candidate for the District 2 seat on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The seat is currently held by Republican Commissioner Bob Ott, who is…

Lisa Campbell, a Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 35

2020 Elections March 26, 2020

Lisa Campbell: candidate for Georgia House District 35

Lisa Campbell is running in the Democratic primary for district 35 in the Georgia House of Representatives in the 2020 election. Campbell is one of three Democratic candidates in the…

Sterigenics sign in article about lawsuit Sterigenics, BD Bard

Environment March 26, 2020

Sterigenics objects to temporary nature of reopening go-ahead

Sterigenics issued the following statement regarding Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce’s emergency order allowing their Smyrna-area facility to reopen: March 25, 2020 “Sterigenics will take immediate steps to resume sterilization…

Environment March 25, 2020

County allows Sterigenics to resume operations

Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce, at the urging of the FDA, signed an emergency order allowing the controversial Sterigenics facility to resume operations, using ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment….

Environment March 23, 2020

Cobb allows Sterigenics to resume delayed testing

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt distributed the following news release about the resumption of tests at the Sterigenics plant off Atlanta Road near Smyrna, which had been cancelled in…

Kennesaw March 20, 2020

Kennesaw declares state of emergency

The City of Kennesaw declared a State of Emergency this afternoon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order was issued by Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling. Earlier in the day the…

Mableton March 7, 2020

Mableton cityhood feasability study released

[Editor’s note: a reader pointed out that the South Cobb Redevelopment Authority map I originally added as the featured image was misleading, since it only included a portion of the…

Environment February 19, 2020

Testing at Sterigenics plant canceled

The following news release was issued this afternoon by Ross Cavitt, Cobb County’s communications director: Air Pressure Test at Sterigenics CanceledProposed test was not part of county’s work on fire…

Janet Memark speaks at Healthy Start meeting used in article about COVID cases in Cobb

Health Care February 14, 2020

Healthy Start program aims to improve pregnancy outcomes among African-American women

A room full of community health professionals, social workers, agency officials and community leaders met at the Smyrna Community Center on Jan. 22, 2020 for the first meeting of the…