Mableton

Art and Culture February 22, 2021

The Green Room moves closer to opening day

The restaurant and event venue the Green Room is making steady progress toward opening day. The day has not yet been announced, but the equipment is in place, the tables…

Cobb County February 5, 2021

One suspect dead after alleged Mableton armed robbery

A suspect was struck by a car and killed in the City of Atlanta while allegedly fleeing from Cobb County Police after an armed robbery. According to a public information…

Janine Eveler at lectern at a BOC meeting

2020 Elections September 22, 2020

Janine Eveler to speak at MIC election forum

Janine Eveler, the director of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration, will conduct a virtual voter education meeting, sponsored by the Mableton Improvement Coalition on Tuesday September 29…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections, From the Editor June 9, 2020

Line at the Lindley Middle School voting site

Lindley Middle School in Mableton has been my voting site for well over a decade, and never have I had to stand in line, even during the 2016 election. Lindley…

Silver Comet Trail May 29, 2020

Railroad track removal underway for Silver Comet Trail extension

An eastward expansion of the beloved Silver Comet Trail is now underway in earnest, with former CSX Corp. rail tracks being removed on a 2.3-mile extension that will take the…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County March 26, 2020

Mableton man victim of Atlanta Road homicide

A Mableton man, Hubert Lamar Burtz, 41, was the victim of a homicide Tuesday at an Exxon station on Atlanta Road. According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne…

Linda and Ben Brackner in the Green Room, with ongoing work to the unfinished space in the background

Art and Culture, Food December 23, 2019

The Green Room — a new restaurant and music venue coming to Veterans Memorial Highway

For Linda and Ben Brackner The Green Room is an obvious labor of love. The upcoming restaurant and music venue will be located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Highway SW, Suite…

Riverview Landing multi-family phase nearing completion

Riverview Landing October 24, 2019

Riverview Landing’s multi-family units near completion

It’s been awhile since we’ve posted an update on the Riverview Landing development at Riverview Road on the Chattahoochee. Today I wandered over to the site, which is about a…

A sign put up by neighbors along Buckner road opposed to the annexation and rezoning of a 12.7 acre property by Smyrna

Cobb County October 7, 2019

UPDATED: Neighbors oppose Smyrna annexation, rezoning of property at Buckner and Pebblebrook roads

Further UPDATE: At it’s Tuesday Oct 8 meeting the county Board of Commissioners voted non-objection to Smyrna’s annexation. Read about that development here. UPDATE: According to an email from Joey…

Guest speakers at MIC education forum. (Left to Right) Dr. Teresa Hargett, Principal- Floyd Middle School; Dr. Denise Magee, Principal-Lindley Sixth Grade Academy; Dr. Dana Giles, Principal-Pebblebrook High school; Dr. T.J. Perry, Principal- South Cobb Highschool. (Photo by Haneefa J. Walton/September 24, 2019.)

Education September 25, 2019

MIC Holds Education Forum

School principals, parents and community members came together for the Mableton Improvement Coalition’s Education Forum on Tuesday. The focus of the meeting was to develop a partnership with parents and…

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Opinion November 29, 2023