Library Events

Front of Switzer Library, a brick building with a white columned entranceway

Community Life, Libraries May 2, 2026

Switzer Library schedule for May includes history, reading events

SWITZER LIBRARY RAMPS UP TO SUMMER With summer’s official start roughly a month and a half out, Charles D. Switzer Library preludes the season with its Georgia Room presenting What’ll…

Community Life, Libraries May 2, 2026

Dungeons & Dragons, Pokémon featured in May at West Cobb Regional Library

By Kelly Johnson WEST COBB REGIONAL LIBRARY HAVEN FOR GAMES AND ART As May marks the end of the school year, West Cobb Regional Library hosts board\table games and creative…

Community Life, Libraries May 1, 2026

Mountain View Regional Library Book-A-Librarian Service Available Fridays Through May

By Kelly Johnson If the digital age and technology are a struggle, then librarians at Mountain View Regional Library are available every Friday throughout May, from 10:30 AM to 12:30…

An assortment of cheerful stickers, including a cat and stars

Community Life, Libraries April 29, 2026

Creativity and Empowerment at the North Cobb Regional Library

By Kelly Johnson Among its May events, North Cobb Regional Library offers creativity with its Sticker Lab and Monthly Makers,and empowerment through Pizza & the Power of Your Vote and…

An old-fashioned bound book with a quill

Community Life, Libraries April 2, 2026

Cobb County’s Switzer Library celebrates National Poetry Month

The Cobb County Public Library Celebrates National Poetry Month By Kelly Johnson National Poetry Month is an international celebration of literature, established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996….

Community Life, Libraries March 28, 2026

Mableton’s South Cobb Regional Library Hosts Poetry Celebration in April

Cobb County Public Library Celebrates National Poetry Month By Kelly Johnson In celebrating National Poetry Month, South Cobb Regional Library will hold its second annual South Cobb Spoken Word and…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes May 9, 2026

Cobb County’s alphabet soup: take the quiz on important acronyms in our county

By Larry Felton Johnson Of the evergreen quizzes that we post periodically about Cobb County this one has drawn the most traffic. I’m not sure exactly why, but I don’t…

Opinion May 9, 2026

We Do A Lot For Mom But We Should Do More For Mothers

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Americans spend quite a lot on Mom for Mother’s Day. But as a country, we could be doing a lot…

News, Transportation May 9, 2026

This week’s schedule of lane closures for the ongoing $1.2 billion I-285 and I-20 West Interchange project in Cobb and Fulton

NOTE: The full closure of north and southbound lanes of I-285 between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road previously announced for this weekend has been postponed due to…

News, Transportation May 9, 2026

Full lane closures on I-285 postponed due to weather reports

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced that the scheduled full closure of north and southbound lanes of I-285 between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road has been postponed…

Weather May 9, 2026

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Saturday, May 9, 2026

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, May 9, 2026, with a high near 77 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…