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Group shot of winners of the recycling craft competition

Environment July 18, 2024

5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition

Barry Krebs submitted the following report on the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition: Keep Cobb Beautiful and Switzer Library hosted the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition…

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

Cobb County January 1, 2024

The Switzer Library presents a free class on getting the most out of your iPhone

The Cobb County Public Library will present a free class at the Switzer Library on how to get the most out of your iPhones and iPads. Here are the details…

Cobb County Public Library September 21, 2022

The Georgia Room at the Switzer Library presents a program on how the Salem witch trials played out in one Massachusetts town

Witches are often a fun, playful theme of Halloween, but they are also the subject of a tragic part of American history: the witch trials that took place in colonial…

Cobb County Public Library September 18, 2022

Sensory-friendly Movie Monday at the Switzer Library features Dora and the Lost City of Gold

The Movie Monday selection at the Switzer Library this month is Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The event lasts from 3-5 p.m., Monday September 19, 2022. The Switzer…

Cobb County Public Library September 11, 2022

Marietta highlights the return of Sunday hours to the Switzer Library

The City of Marietta highlighted the return of Sunday hours to the Switzer Library, the main branch of the Cobb Public Library system, located on Roswell Street near Marietta Square….

Photo of South Cobb Regional Library in article about fall book sale

Cobb County Public Library August 29, 2022

Sunday hours return to the four largest Cobb Public Library branches

Sunday hours are returning to the four largest libraries in the Cobb County Public Library system on September 11. Sunday hours had been removed at the onset of the COVID-19…

Cobb County Public Library August 28, 2022

Virtual version of the Switzer Library will debut on September 2

The Cobb Public Library has had a strong presence in the digital world for quite some time, with streaming video, digital books and access to a number of databases and…

Cobb County Public Library August 21, 2022

Movie Monday at the Switzer Library features “Spiderman: No Way Home”

The selection for August 22 in the Switzer Library’s Movie Monday series is “Spiderman: No Way Home.” The movie lasts from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and patrons are encouraged…

Health Care May 12, 2022

Free eye exams for children in June at the Switzer Library in Marietta

On June 6 through 8, 2022, a mobile eye clinic will return to the Switzer branch of the Cobb Public Library to conduct free eye exams for children. For more…

Cobb County Public Library May 8, 2022

Professional genealogist Karen Molohon to lead hands-on workshop on the 1950 census

The Courier has run a few articles about the recently released 1950 individual census records. The Switzer Library branch of the Cobb Public Library will host a two-hour workshop with…

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U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights

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Switzer Library

5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition

The Switzer Library presents a free class on getting the most out of your iPhone

The Georgia Room at the Switzer Library presents a program on how the Salem witch trials played out in one Massachusetts town

Sensory-friendly Movie Monday at the Switzer Library features Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Marietta highlights the return of Sunday hours to the Switzer Library

Sunday hours return to the four largest Cobb Public Library branches

Virtual version of the Switzer Library will debut on September 2

Movie Monday at the Switzer Library features “Spiderman: No Way Home”

Free eye exams for children in June at the Switzer Library in Marietta

Professional genealogist Karen Molohon to lead hands-on workshop on the 1950 census