The opioid epidemic has, unfortunately, been in the news a lot lately, particularly the spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl through the community, hitting parts of west Cobb particularly hard….
September 29 is Silent Movie Day, and Marietta‘s Strand Theatre is celebrating by showing an assortment of silent movies, accompanied in the way they were originally shown in the early…
The public review for Cobb’s 2023 Action Plan for Community Development Block Grants will be held on Wednesday September 28, 2022. The Cobb County newsletter describes the process as follows:…
Many parts of the country seem to be caught up in a book-burning frenzy. The New York Times reported in a recent article that “Attempts to ban books are accelerating…
The Marietta-based Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre (GMDT) announced its 2022-2023 schedule. GMDT is housed in the Georgia Dance Conservatory on Marietta Square. The GMDT website describes the mission of the…
By Kathleen Frydl, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but…
Now it’s official. Marty Ferrell, who had been interim chief of the Marietta Police Department, has been officially hired as police chief. City Manager Bill Bruton Jr. had previously recommended…
The City of Kennesaw’s annual Fall-O-Ween Fest this year features a costume contest at Spook-Central Park, a showing of the film “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island”, and more. For more information…
The City of Marietta highlighted the return of Sunday hours to the Switzer Library, the main branch of the Cobb Public Library system, located on Roswell Street near Marietta Square….
For the 25th year in a row Cobb County has been granted AAA status by all three major credit reporting agencies. The ratings from the Fitch Group, Moody’s and S&P…