Mableton

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…

Sterigenics sign in article about lawsuit Sterigenics, BD Bard

Environment July 28, 2019

Public meeting about concerns over airborne carcinogen ethylene oxide set for Tuesday at Campbell Middle school

Cobb County Communication Director Ross Cavitt announced a public meeting over concerns about a Smyrna-area plant that emits the airborne carcinogen ethylene oxide. The meeting will be Tuesday July 30…

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

coal ash, Environment July 9, 2019

Environmentalists To Hold Meeting on Coal Ash Contamination in Cobb

Environmental groups have organized a public informational meeting about coal ash waste in Cobb County and its effect on the environment. Coal ash is created by burning coal in coal-powered…

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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

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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

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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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Mableton

Janine Eveler to speak at MIC election forum

Line at the Lindley Middle School voting site

Railroad track removal underway for Silver Comet Trail extension

Mableton man victim of Atlanta Road homicide

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

Riverview Landing’s multi-family units near completion

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

MIC Holds Education Forum

Public meeting about concerns over airborne carcinogen ethylene oxide set for Tuesday at Campbell Middle school

Environmentalists To Hold Meeting on Coal Ash Contamination in Cobb