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The exterior of Smyrna City Hall, a red brick building with four large columns

Smyrna February 14, 2024

Smyrna to remove parking deck from downtown redesign project

by Arielle Robinson Monday evening, the Smyrna City Council voted unanimously to remove from the plans the parking deck that was to be built along Atlanta Road as part of…

Cobb County History December 16, 2023

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…

An automobile ad from the first decade of the 20th century

History December 10, 2023

1899: A high school student comments on Cobb County’s roads

by Larry Felton Johnson In the March 2, 1899 issue of the Marietta Journal (one of the previous names of the Marietta Daily Journal) a letter appeared from a high…

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Health Care November 25, 2024

Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast

by John Duah, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off…

Cryptocurrency November 25, 2024

Dogecoin is a joke − so what’s behind its rally?

by Maximilian Brichta, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Rockets aren’t the only thing Elon Musk is sending into the stratosphere. After…

Business November 25, 2024

Check out the 38 new business licenses issued by Cobb for the week ending Friday November 22

Here are the 38 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 22. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue…

Cobb County November 25, 2024

Reports and photos from two Sweetwater Mission food distributions

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following reports with photos from two food distribution events by Sweetwater Mission. Friendship Revival Center food distribution Barry provided the following report about…

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automobiles

Smyrna to remove parking deck from downtown redesign project

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

1899: A high school student comments on Cobb County’s roads