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Transportation May 15, 2023

A conversation about e-bikes with a transportation researcher

E-bikes have become a popular mode of transportation in recent years, and a topic of conversation among transportation planners, sustainability advocates, and cycling advocates. The Courier spoke via teleconference with…

Accidentally car-free September 24, 2022

Accidentally car-free: Where do I go from here?

[This is an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series visit this…

Accidentally car-free August 31, 2022

Accidentally car-free in Cobb County Part 6: a walk to the public library

[This is an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series visit this…

Henderson Road sign in article about Henderson Road park

Accidentally car-free August 13, 2022

Accidentally car-free: an unexpected experiment

At various points in my just over 70 years of life I’ve lived without a car, sometimes deliberately, sometimes of necessity. But I’ve always been intrigued with the idea of…

image with bicycles and text December 18th 9 a.m.

Cobb County December 19, 2020

Bikeshare returns to Town Center and Cumberland areas

Bikeshare is coming back to the Town Center and Cumberland areas. Seven months after Zagster cancelled its bikeshare program in the Town Center Community Improvement District (TCCID) and the Cumberland…

Marietta August 31, 2020

Second bicyclist fatality in Marietta in the past week

The death of a cyclist on Cobb Parkway today marks the second fatal incident in Marietta in which the driver of a car hit a bicyclist over the past week….

Marietta August 31, 2020

Bicyclist in North Marietta Parkway collision dies

According to a public information release from Officer Joshua Madison of the Marietta Police Department, the bicyclist who was hit by an automobile on North Marietta Parkway last week has…

Marietta August 26, 2020

Bicyclist hit by car on North Marietta Parkway hospitalized with life-threatening injuries

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a crash that occurred on North…

Cyclist on the Silver Comet Trail in article about Silver Comet Trail reopen

Smyrna September 5, 2018

Smyrna to close roads for Open Streets event Oct. 14

The City of Smyrna is jumping on a growing worldwide trend by closing streets to automobiles in favor of walkers, joggers and bikers on Sunday, Oct. 14. Open Streets will…

Cycling April 5, 2018

Still spinning: Free-Flite Bicycles celebrates 40 years in Marietta with Sunday evening event

Bicycle enthusiasts across Cobb County are gearing up to mark a major milestone for one of the area’s oldest cycling institutions: Free-Flite Bicycles. The company is celebrating 40 years of…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…