Mableton

African Delights restaurant on Veterans Memorial Highway (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Food March 16, 2019

African Delights in Mableton

African Delights restaurant on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, serves both African and Caribbean food. The African dishes are from Senegal on Africa’s west coast. The owner and chef at…

Ray Thomas of Mableton Improvement Coalition proposes park name Discovery Riverline Park at a lecturn before the Board of Commissioners

Cobb County March 13, 2019

Discovery Riverline Park proposed by MIC as new park name

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners removed the decision on the name of the future park on the Chattahoochee near Discovery Boulevard from their agenda Tuesday morning, after the Mableton…

meeting about Riverside Parkway apartments. Circle of people standing by a swimming pool.

Cobb County March 5, 2019

Management holds meeting at Riverside Parkway apartment complex

The recently hired managers of three apartment complexes on Riverside Parkway called a Thursday afternoon meeting of tenants to hear concerns and tell their side of the ongoing conflicts involving…

Riverview Landing in Smyrna construction progress (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Riverview Landing, Smyrna July 24, 2018

Riverview Landing in Smyrna (Part 3)

This is the third in a series of construction progress articles with slideshows about Riverview Landing in Smyrna. The project is on Riverview Road between Dickerson Road and Veterans Memorial…

Chattahoochee River looking south from Highway 78 toward the site of the South Cobb Water Reclamation Facility repair

Cobb County Parks June 22, 2018

Cupid seeks input on Chattahoochee park name

Request for community input on the Chattahoochee park name Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid sent a message in her email newsletter, requesting input from the community on the…

Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid delivers the State of the District address (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County Commission, District 4 June 22, 2018

Lisa Cupid puts State of the District slides online

Lisa Cupid posts State of the District slides online District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid made her State of the District presentation available online. The 56-page document is a summary of…

Smyrna March 19, 2018

Riverview Landing — the mixed-use development on the Chattahoochee in Smyrna is finally getting underway

[Editor’s note: a spokesperson for one of the companies mentioned in the article indicated that the original article did not make the division of labor among companies involved in the…

House District 39 January 28, 2018

House District 39 Town Hall Meeting Held at South Cobb Community Center

Safety on Veteran’s Memorial Highway, the upcoming landscaping of the entranceway into the Riverside community at I-20, and Georgia’s adoption laws were among the issues taken up by speakers at a…

Mableton Zoning July 2, 2017

Rezoning request to build 157 homes near Veterans Memorial in Mableton

The information in this article is from the July newsletter by Joel Cope, president of the Mableton Improvement Coalition. If rezoning request Z-34 is granted, 157 new upscale homes may be…

Attendees at 2017 Parents Summit -- photo by Sierra Hubbard

Education June 26, 2017

Parents in south Cobb learn about leadership opportunities in schools

A local south Cobb organization hosted its second biennial Parent Leadership Summit on Saturday, an event dedicated to creating a support network for parents. Held at Riverside Intermediate School in…

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Political Cartoon from John Cole

Political cartoon by John Cole first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission.

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