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A group photo including three people in Lions Club vests

Mableton September 13, 2024

Two Mableton volunteer events: vision screening and Cooper Lake Road cleanup

All photos provided by Barry Krebs Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted two reports with photos about volunteer events in Mableton: vision screening for students at Betty Gray Middle School,…

Cobb County September 8, 2024

Three groups do litter cleanup on Buckner Road

Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos about a cleanup of Buckner Road by the Vinings Cove Homeowners, Friends of Mableton and the South Cobb Lions Club: We appreciate…

Group shot of winners of the recycling craft competition

Environment July 18, 2024

5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition

Barry Krebs submitted the following report on the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition: Keep Cobb Beautiful and Switzer Library hosted the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition…

People planting trees in a raised bed running the length of a brick building side

Mableton April 9, 2024

A food forest, an honor for Sweetwater Mission, and a cleanup at Escalade

Barry Krebs, a well-known active volunteer for multiple community efforts in South Cobb, periodically sends short reports with photos of everything from cleanup events to awards given to volunteers and…

A large group of cleanup volunteers with yellow safety vests and orange bags

Environment February 29, 2024

Keep Cobb Beautiful answers the call to clean up Cobb County

Photo above courtesy of Barry Krebs by Lindsey Bankston “I have a strong passion for the environment, and I genuinely cannot think of anything else I would rather be doing…

Group photo of people at a Keep Cobb Beautiful cleanup

Cobb County January 14, 2024

Photos from a pre-MLK Day of service cleanup in Mableton

Barry Krebs sent the following report on a cleanup event hosted by Destiny World Church, Austell Community Taskforce and Keep Cobb Beautiful. He also provided all the photos below the…

Woman onstage next to a Keep Cobb Beautiful slide

Cobb County December 12, 2023

Report and photo album from the Keep Cobb Beautiful Gala

Barry Krebs sent us the following report and photos from the Keep Cobb Beautiful Gala: Everyone at the Keep Cobb Beautiful (KCB) Volunteer Appreciation Gala had a terrific time enjoying…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County September 23, 2023

Hard-to-recycle items piling up? Keep Cobb Beautiful has an event to help you and the environment out

by Larry Felton Johnson Keep Cobb Beautiful‘s next Community Recycling Event will be on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at White Water, Six Flags, 250…

Three young people behind a table labeled "Tapp Middle School"

Mableton September 23, 2023

Barry Krebs reports on volunteer work in south Cobb

Barry Krebs is well known in Mableton and other parts of south Cobb for the wide variety of volunteer work he does with Keep Cobb Beautiful, the South Cobb Lions…

star of life symbol with snake wrapped around staff

Cobb County October 5, 2022

Have medications that need recycling? KCB’s medication takeback day coming October 29

If you have medications that need recycling, you can bring them by the following locations on October 29, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Cobb County Police Precinct One,…

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Elections November 2, 2024

With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle

by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Tucker Carlson, the reactionary pundit fired in 2023 from Fox News, preceded…

International November 2, 2024

Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain

by Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh and Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Governments, even democratic ones, are willing…

Elections November 2, 2024

Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

by Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a…

Elections November 2, 2024

U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — With less than a week before the polls close…

Health Care November 2, 2024

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

This article by Christine Mai-Duc first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Christine Mai-Duc Updated October 31, 2024 Originally Published October 31, 2024 The city of Beverly Hills…

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Keep Cobb Beautiful

Two Mableton volunteer events: vision screening and Cooper Lake Road cleanup

Three groups do litter cleanup on Buckner Road

5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition

A food forest, an honor for Sweetwater Mission, and a cleanup at Escalade

Keep Cobb Beautiful answers the call to clean up Cobb County

Photos from a pre-MLK Day of service cleanup in Mableton

Report and photo album from the Keep Cobb Beautiful Gala

Hard-to-recycle items piling up? Keep Cobb Beautiful has an event to help you and the environment out

Barry Krebs reports on volunteer work in south Cobb

Have medications that need recycling? KCB’s medication takeback day coming October 29