Writing about Mableton City Council meetings
I’ve spent the past five days gripped with a sort of low-level panic over the progress of my article about the second transitional meeting of the Mableton City Council. I’ve…
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What’s the status of the Mableton Parkway trail?
The Mableton Parkway Trail is an important component of Cobb County’s Greenways and Trails Master Plan for a couple of reasons. First, it will serve as one of the connectors…
Groundbreaking held for Mableton trailhead of the Chattahoochee RiverLands
Cobb County residents, non-profit organization leaders, public officials, and Georgia’s U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff gathered at Discovery Park in Mableton last Monday for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chattahoochee RiverLands’…
Connect the Comet continues to push for link from the Silver Comet Trail to the Atlanta Beltline
On Sunday, April 16, Connect the Comet set up a table on the Silver Comet Trail roughly midway between the spur trail that begins at the East West Connector near…
Man sentenced for firing shots into Mableton apartment
Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. announced that a Cobb County man was sentenced for firing shots into an apartment in Mableton on Riverside Parkway. No one was…
Cobb school bus drivers to get pay bump; Mableton school renamed
By Rebecca Gaunt Bus drivers will receive raises of $5.25 per hour in an effort to combat the shortage of 200 drivers that is straining the Cobb County School District….
Two new charter schools opening in South Cobb
By Rebecca Gaunt Two new charter schools in southern Cobb County will open their doors to students this fall. Amana Academy West Atlanta will welcome its inaugural class on August…
Mooyah Burgers to come to Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton in late November
By Mark Woolsey Keylan and Erika Mitchell plan to serve up meaty, tasty burgers and other fast-casual fare, along with a side order of community involvement and giveback. The couple…
Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans are Playing Political Football with Veterans’ Livelihoods
This opinion article is by Dr. Michael Owens, a Mableton resident, cybersecurity executive, and a candidate for Georgia Secretary of State With Senate Republicans turning the long-standing bipartisan tradition of…
A 1911 auto adventure that went through Mableton and Austell
I’ve been going through the earliest articles I wrote here, when the Cobb County Courier was known under its original name: River Edges. Those articles that are interesting enough I’ve…