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Thanks to Nan Kiel of the Cobb County School District for the submitted photo and information about the extension of the Cobb Library PASS system, which took place earlier this week. It’s a partnership between the CCSD, Marietta City Schools, and the Cobb County Public Library System that enables public school students to use county … Read more
What East Cobb Library advocates have feared for months has come to pass: Their branch, the second busiest in the Cobb County Public Library System, has been formally recommended for closure due to Cobb County government budget cuts. UPDATE: Cobb chairman proposes revised budget, keeping parks and libraries open Several months after Cobb commissioner JoAnn … Read more
Helen Poyer, who has been the director of the Cobb County Public Library System since 2009, is retiring from her post. On Thursday, Cobb commissioners will be asked to approve her successor. According to an agenda item for Thursday’s meeting, Chairwoman Lisa Cupid is recommending that Keith Schuermann, director of the Harris-Troup Regional Library System … Read more
An East Cobb massage business that has been closed since August in the wake of allegations of improper operations will remain closed for another nine months. The Cobb Board of Commissioners last Tuesday voted 5-0 to extend the suspension of the business license of Top Massage (2200 Roswell Road, Suite 150) until August 2025. Like … Read more
The last of the $147 million that Cobb County government received in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds will go toward addressing stormwater issues. The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to spend the final sum of $3 million on a variety of stormwater projects. The vote was 4-1 with Chairwoman Lisa Cupid opposed. … Read more
Four years after groundbreaking, the new multi-purpose building at Shaw Park anchored by Gritters Library is open to the public. The 20,000-square foot facility, which opened on Nov. 6, includes the relocated Northeast Cobb Community Center and the workforce development headquarters for CobbWorks, the county’s job and employment resource center. The Gritters building will also … Read more
If you’ve got electronics to be recycled, there’s a Keep Cobb Beautiful Community Recycling event Saturday from 9-1 at Jim Miller Park (2245 Callaway Road). Bring electronics, metals and textiles for recycling; shoes, accessories and clothing will be donated to America’s Thrift Stores to support Children’s Health Care of Atlanta. You can also drop off … Read more
Nearly 60 percent of registered voters in Cobb County have voted as the final phase of the 2024 general elections awaits. On Tuesday, Election Day, those voters who haven’t voted must go to their assigned precincts to cast their ballots, or submit absentee ballots. After Friday’s finale for three weeks of early voting, Cobb Elections … Read more
It’s been a little more than a year since the Gritters Library branch was demolished (our story on its temporary closing here) to make way for a new, expanded library and Northeast Cobb Community Center in Shaw Park. The Cobb Library System announced Thursday that the new facility will be opening less than a week … Read more
Submitted information: Seven Cobb County Public Library locations will be closed on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, to be used as polling sites. Libraries that will close include: Switzer Library Mountain View Regional Library South Cobb Regional Library West Cobb Regional Library Sewell Mill Library Vinings Library Gritters Library (which continues to be closed for construction) … Read more
Cobb residents can vote ahead of the Nov. 5 general this week during weekday hours at 12 locations in the county. They include the East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road, above) and the Tim D. Lee Senior Center (3332 Sandy Plains Road), which have been two of the most popular early polling … Read more
There are still Saturday and Sunday totals to be added, but Cobb Elections is saying that through Friday, a grand total of 197,.548 ballots have been cast in the first two weeks of early voting for the 2024 general elections. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office Election Data Hub reports that that’s nearly 40 percent … Read more
Saturday’s early voting is continuing as we write this, but according to Cobb Elections the first four days of early voting brought more than 80,000 people to the polls. That’s coming as the Georgia Secretary of State’s office announced more than 1 million people have voted early in the first few days across the state. … Read more
Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said Thursday that six more books have been removed from library shelves and curriculum lists because of sexually explicit content. It’s the second month in a row that many titles have been removed as the district continues and ongoing process of flagging materials that are explicit, lewd, obscene, … Read more
Submitted information: Join us for an evening of fun, music, great prizes, and so much more at the elegant Atlanta Country Club on November 9, 2024 for the Cobb Library Foundation’s 3rd Annual Casino Night. Don’t miss out, buy your tickets now! Can’t attend? Donate now (form below) and help us continue our mission to … Read more
There’s a bit more fall in the air as a variety of seasonal events take place in East Cobb and beyond, and the weather should be perfect for the outdoor activities that are on tap: Early on Saturday is the fall Powers Ferry Corridor Alliance Adopt-A-Mile Cleanup. It gets underway at  8:30 a.m. at the … Read more
Submitted information and photo: Fall Prevention Nature Walk, a set of informational panels designed to promote awareness and action for injury prevention, is on display outdoors at Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center through Wednesday, Oct. 2. The Fall Walk at Sewell Mill coincides with National Falls Prevention Awareness Week 2024, Sept. 23–27, which is … Read more
The Cobb County School District announced Thursday that six more sexually explicit books have been removed from library shelves, bringing to 26 the number of titles that have been withdrawn over the last year. Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said during a Cobb Board of Education work session Thursday that the most recent removals, like the others, … Read more
A consortium of local business interests called the Cobb Business Alliance will begin a campaign in favor of the proposed Cobb transit tax next week. The kickoff event takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Glover Park Brewery (65 Atlanta St.), near the Marietta Square. The event will feature “elected officials, community … Read more
The Cobb Board of Elections meeting on Monday was adjourned prematurely after someone in the audience shouted “Heil Hitler” during a public comment period. The board had just heard a comment from citizen Hugh Norris, who was critical of an elections board member who does not stand for the Pledge of Allegiance at board meetings. … Read more
