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Chattahoochee RiverLands December 30, 2024

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

Atlanta History December 14, 2024

Taylor Delk — Hollywood Cemetery’s Notable Outlaw Resident

This is a revised and expanded version of a story originally run in the Courier in May of 2016. At that time the Cobb County Courier was called River Edges,…

History December 11, 2024

Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery part 2 – Insolvency and Streetcar Disputes

This is an expanded and updated version of an article we published in May of 2016, and was the second installment in a series about Hollywood Cemetery, a large cemetery…

History December 10, 2024

Hollywood Cemetery’s 19th Century beginnings

This is a revised and expanded version of a story originally published in the Courier in May 2016. At that time, the Cobb County Courier was called River Edges and…

History November 23, 2023

Burying the lede: We all had a fantastic time, except one of us was killed

This is a revised and expanded version of a story we originally ran in the earliest days of the Courier, in May of 2016, when our readership was less than…

Bolton, Cobb County, Mableton, Riverside, Whittier Mill Village May 21, 2016

The Bagby brothers – elusive bandits of the Chattahoochee

The man sat in the tree by the banks of the river, waiting patiently. He was thin, with wiry arms, well suited to climbing. He was comfortable in the tree,…

Atlanta History May 20, 2016

The 1952 Atlanta annexations

In 1952 the City of Atlanta tripled in size, annexing areas to the south, west and north. To the west the communities near and along the Chattahoochee River became part…

From the Editor August 14, 2015

Welcome to River Edges

River Edges is an online news publication covering both sides of the Chattahoochee on the Cobb County/City of Atlanta border, roughly south and west of I-75. Our area of focus…

Government & Politics May 16, 2025

Mableton council considers whether to continue Six Flags Special Service District

Key points in this article: The City of Mableton must make a decision on whether to continue the Six Flags Special Services District, which has been managed by the county…

Education May 16, 2025

Cobb school superintendent points finger at Cobb commissioners for multifamily developments

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale made it clear he was not happy with the Cobb County Board of Commissioners during Thursday’s school board work session…

Business & Economy May 16, 2025

Australia First International F-35 Partner to Link Simulators via Global Training Network

According to a Lockheed Martin press release, the Australian Department of Defence, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, has successfully linked F-35 simulators at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bases Williamtown…

Government & Politics May 16, 2025

BOC Chairwoman Cupid delivers upbeat “State of the County” address

PHOTO ABOVE: Chairwoman Cupid at her second swearing-in ceremony (Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) By Mark Woolsey While acknowledging challenges, Cobb County Commission Chair Lisa Cupid delivered an upbeat report…

Weather & Environment May 16, 2025

Another line of storms will move into Georgia from the north Friday evening

Thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are expected to move into far north Georgia late Friday night, with additional rounds of storm activity possible through midweek. The National Weather…

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