Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in East Cobb is hosting a free Vacation Bible School June 3-6 from 9:00 am to noon for ages 3 through rising 5th graders.
Join us for our Vacation Bible School adventure for 2024, Campfire Light: a summer camp adventure with God. Through stories, crafts, games, and interactive “campfire” sessions, our Campers will explore timeless Bible stories that show how people trusted God in the face of their own fears and learned to trust that God will go with us, lead the way, share wisdom, give us peace, and spark joy in our lives and the lives of people around us.
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As we noted in November, the locally-owned Sidelines Grille chain has been preparing to open in the former Egg Harbor Cafe space at Stonewood Village.
The restaurant group, GFY Hospitality, announced Monday that it’s now open for business (4719 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 4200), a bit later than the earlier projected window of late January to early February.
The menu at the East Cobb location, like the others, is extensive, and online ordering will soon be available.
It goes beyond traditional sports bar food (burgers, sandwiches, wraps) and drink (two dozen draft beers on tap, craft made cocktails) to include full pasta, seafood, chicken and steak entrees, along with salads and soups, Tex-Mex items and desserts.
The family-style sports bar concept has been around since 1994, with locations in Canton, Hickory Flat, Woodstock and Cartersville.
Opening hours at the East Cobb restaurant are Sunday-Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight and Friday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.
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The Powers Ferry Corridor Alliance is seeking community volunteers for the Adopt-A-Mile Spring event from 9-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13 along Powers Ferry at Terrell Mill Road.
Meet up and enjoy complimentary refreshments at 8:30 a.m. at the Kroger Fuel parking lot, Powers Ferry & Terrell Mill, 1310 Powers Ferry Rd., Marietta, GA 30067.
The event is hosted by the Powers Ferry Corridor Alliance, in conjunction with Keep Cobb Beautiful, and supported by Kroger and Take 5 Oil Change. All supplies and safety equipment will be provided at the event. Any participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
Keep Cobb Beautiful Adopt-A-Mile program is a partnership that allows individuals and/or groups to improve the appearance of our community. Sign up at https://powersferryca.com/adopt-a-mile-cleanup.html or email volunteer@powersferryca.com. In the event of inclement weather, an email will go out the night before to all registered participants.
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Mt. Bethel Christian Academy is thrilled to announce new leadership to further develop its theater program. Mrs. Brittany Leazer will be joining the Academy’s faculty as Theater Director, overseeing our drama program schoolwide. Mrs. Leazer is the owner/artistic director of Brittany Leazer Productions, the leading student theater organization in the region.
Mrs. Leazer will be teaching Upper and Middle School drama classes, producing theatrical performances, and leading a Lower School after-school program. Mr. David Coheley, the school’s current Band Director, with his superlative career as a band instructor, will be focusing on building the band program schoolwide as well, developing new opportunities to accommodate school growth.
“As a lower, middle, and upper school parent, I am excited about the future of MBCA,” said Mrs. Leazer. I hope to bring my many years of experience in acting, directing, and teaching theater to propel our school to excellence in Performing Arts.”
Mrs. Leazer and her husband, Mike, are parents of three MBCA students. She is an award-winning professional who has produced and directed over 60 children’s and young adult productions and is passionate about doing so from a Christ-centered approach. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Acting and a Master’s Degree in Playwriting. Passion for theater and teaching drives Brittany to help students reach their goals and shine on stage; she is excited about the future of MBCA and is committed to excellence in the performing arts.
“We know the potential of these kids,” said Mrs. Leazer. “Our family has been, and will continue to be, a part of MBCA for a really long time, and I’m so excited to see the Performing Arts grow.”
Founded in 1998, Mt. Bethel Christian Academy is an independent, Christian preparatory school serving 700 students in Junior Kindergarten – twelfth grade. The school has two campuses in east Cobb County. Both campuses provide an extraordinary, Christ-centered environment where students are academically challenged, nurtured, and loved.
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The following East Cobb residential real estate sales were compiled from agency reports. They include the subdivision name, high school attendance zone and sales price:
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A member of the East Cobb Civic Association board has been chosen to fill a vacancy on the Cobb Planning Commission.
Christine Lindstrom has been appointed by Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell to represent District 3 on the five-member Planning Commission, which hears zoning and land-use cases and makes recommendations to the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
The appointment will be formally announced at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting.
Lindstrom, a resident of Northeast Cobb, will succeed Deborah Dance, who is a candidate for Cobb Superior Court Clerk.
Lindstrom has been on the ECCA board since 2020 and has lived in the East Cobb area for 49 years.
The East Cobb Civic Association, which formed in 1982, represents around 9,000 households and is actively involved in rezoning cases.
Lindstrom will serve the remaining portion of Dance’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2026.
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MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Tommy Nobis Center (TNC) as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Tommy Nobis Center received $2 million.
Tommy Nobis Center is a Marietta-based nonprofit that has provided employment services to youth and adults with disabilities for over 46 years. Their innovative programs and services educate, train, and employ individuals as they pursue their career goals.
In March 2023, Yield Giving launched an Open Call for community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources.
“We are thrilled and honored to receive such a meaningful gift,” says President & CEO, Dave Ward. “It will make a tremendous impact for the people we serve throughout the metro Atlanta area and nationwide.”
The Open Call received 6,353 applications and initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each. In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause and underwent a final round of due diligence. In light of the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount.
“We are excited that our partnership with Yield Giving has resonated with so many organizations,” said Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change. “In a world teeming with potential and talent, the Open Call has given us an opportunity to identify, uplift, and empower transformative organizations that often remain unseen.”
More information on the Yield Giving Open Call and other initiatives can be found at www.leverforchange.org.
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The Cobb Board of Education approved the hiring of a construction manager for the Cobb County School District’s new special events facility Thursday, but the vote wasn’t unanimous.
Becky Sayler
By a 5-2 vote, the board signed off on the district’s recommendation to hire Winter Construction Co. of Atlanta to oversee construction of the facility, which will be located next to the district’s central office on Glover Street.
The price for the project is estimated to be $50 million, and Winter will be paid 0.8 percent of that amount—around $400,000. The school board in December approved spending $3 million for the property.
A separate vote on the construction project itself will take place later. Funding will come from Cobb Education-IV SPLOST.
The facility, which will seat 8,000, will have graduations and other district-related special events. Estimated project completion is 2026.
But during a board work session Thursday afternoon, school board member Becky Sayler of Post 2 in the Smyrna area said she wasn’t satisfied the board was getting enough details.
The advance meeting agenda did not include the recommended construction manager and included the word “placeholder” in large bold print.
When Sayler asked Chief Technology and Operations Officer Marc Smith for more details, including a final cost, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale interjected to say that won’t be known until construction bids come in.
She pressed for other information–feasibility, cost savings, budget impact, maintenance and staffing costs–and Ragsdale said that “all that information was covered” when the board approved the decision to build a special events center in 2023.
“I remember getting big-picture ideas, but I still have not seen details for an expense of this magnitude,” said Sayler, who was the only board member to cast dissenting vote last year.
“Once the project was approved, we started moving down the path of getting the project in plan and that’s where we are today.”
Sayler and Post 6 board member Nichelle Davis, also of the Smyrna area, were the votes against the construction manager recommendation on Thursday.
In other action Thursday night, the school board voted along partisan lines to make changes to the district’s fiscal management possibilities, removing language requiring board approval of budget transfers.
The vote was 4-3, with the four Republicans voting in favor and the three Democrats voting against. Critics said that move would give the superintendent too much power over financial matters.
Ragsdale and district officials claimed otherwise, and a motion by Sayler to subject financial transfers to board approval failed, along the same party lines.
The board also voted to award a $6 million construction contract to R.K. Redding Construction, Inc. of Bremen for HVAC, door hardware, and plumbing improvements and restroom renovations at Shallowford Falls Elementary School in East Cobb.
The project is expected to be completed in July 2025.
Also on Thursday, the district announced several staff retirements, including East Cobb Middle School principal Leetonia Young, effective June 30.
She has been a teacher and administrator in Cobb since 2004.
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Cobb Police said Friday that a man was found shot to death in a vehicle on Powers Ferry Road.
According to a release, the body of Curtis Coleman, 43, of Powder Springs, was discovered by police responding to a call in the 2200 block of Powers Ferry Road near the Chattahoochee River.
Police didn’t say when the shooting occurred, or provide other details.
They said that anyone with information is asked to call the Cobb Police Major Crimes Unit at 770-499-3945.
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Good Mews Animal Foundation is hosting their quarterly Microchip and Vaccination Clinic at our shelter on Sunday, March, 24, 2024 from 10AM to 4PM! Though walk-ins are accepted, appointments are preferred. Make your appointment here: goodmews.org/microchip-vaccination-clinic or scan the QR code on our flyer. View our flyer or website for all offerings for CATS and DOGS. All proceeds go directly towards the care of our residents while they wait for adoption. Thank you for your support!
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Eastside Christian School, a K-10th school that launched a high school this year, has announced their first full-time hire as they execute their plans to add a grade each year through 12th grade. Dr. John Cody will be joining the ECS team as the research and internship coordinator and science teacher.
Dr. Cody is coming from Wheeler High School, where he spent the last 17 years as a teacher in the Magnet Program. Dr. Cody brings experience in writing curriculum and has taught Magnet Chemistry, AP Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Advanced Scientific Research (part of the Wheeler Magnet internship and research program). Dr. Cody earned his PhD in Chemistry at Georgia Tech in 2006.
Eastside Christian’s Head of School, Dr. Tiffany Stark, worked with Dr. Cody for over 10 years during their time together at Wheeler. “I am thrilled that Dr. Cody is going to be joining the Eastside team as we continue to build our high school. He brings a level of excellence to the classroom and delivers challenging content while helping students learn to think and apply at a high level. Dr. Cody is loved by his students and colleagues, and he will be a great addition at Eastside,” said Dr. Stark.
“The idea of being part of a team that is building something from the ground up excites me and, as a matter of fact, was a major contributing factor in this move,” said Dr. Cody. “My time at Wheeler was spent teaching some of the brightest minds in the district, and I always tried to set the achievement bar high for those students. I love the idea of coming alongside an already great team of educators to work toward offering their students excellent educational opportunities as well.”
Dr. Cody will be teaching Honors Chemistry and Honors Biology in the 2024-25 school year, while preparing to launch the internship program at Eastside in the fall of 2025.
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The spring season of Music in the Park at East Cobb Park kicks off Sunday with a concert by Surrender Hill, a duo of Robin Dean Salmon and Afton Seekins featuring folk, country and Americana songs.
The concert takes place at the concert stage from 4-6 p.m. and is free to the public. Attendees may bring lawn chairs, blankets and food and drink.
Music in the Park is presented by the Friends for the East Cobb Park volunteers and is sponsored by Wellstar Health Park, the Rotary Club of East Cobb, Frameworks Gallery and Site One Landscape and Supply.
Music in the Park continues on April 14 with the local duo The Woody’s, on May 19 with the Dark Star Brothers and on June 2 with Jeannie Caryn.
A fall series of concerts will be announced later.
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Cobb Police identified the suspect as Aedan Smith, 17, who was booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Wednesday night.
Sgt. Eric Smith, a Cobb P0lice spokesman, said the victim, Earl Nichols, 18, is in critical condition at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.
Police said Nichols was found with several puncture wounds, likely from a knife, when Cobb Police were called to the scene by Cobb school district police.
Police said that based on witness interviews, they identified Smith as the suspect, and that the two boys had had a physical altercation.
Aedan Smith was charged with aggravated assault and possessing a weapon on a school campus.
According to Cobb Sheriff’s Office booking reports, he was being held on $10,000 bond, but the Cobb Magistrate Court Clerk’s office said Thursday morning that bond has been revoked.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
A student stabbed another student at Sprayberry High School Wednesday morning, prompting a code red alert.
The suspected assailant was later arrested, the Cobb school district said.
A message went out to the school community said that the assailant fled the scene and the victim was being treated for injuries, but didn’t provide more details.
“Earlier today, a student used a knife to injure another student. The victim has been treated for their injuries,” a Cobb County School District spokeswoman said in a statement.
“The campus is secure, and thanks to the quick response of police the suspect is custody. Learn how we keep Cobb schools safe by visiting www.cobbshield.com and learn about Cobb’s shield of protection in this podcast.”
Wednesday’s attack at Sprayberry is the second at a Cobb high school in recent weeks.
On Feb. 1, two former McEachern High School students were shot in the school’s parking lot during an altercation and four suspects—all of them teens—have been arrested.
The situation prompted two community town halls in that area by Cobb school board member Tre’ Hutchins.
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The townhome proposal (outlined in yellow) called for much higher density than surrounding homes.
A proposed 74-unit townhome development in a single-family residential area of Northeast Cobb was unanimously rejected Tuesday by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
They didn’t deliberate long to deny a request by Ashwani Kumar Kaura to rezone 13 acres on Lindsey Way off Alabama Road from from single-family residential (R-20) to fee-simple townhome (FST).
The Cobb Planning Commission also recommended denial earlier this month. Four residents of nearby neighborhoods spoke in opposition.
Tom Ganschow, who lives next to the Kaura property on Fitts Drive in the Bernham Woods subdivision, said his many in his neighborhood signed a petition in opposition.
“We feel we’ve been deceived in our neighborhood because we never saw signs posted in our area” about the rezoning request.
He mentioned a news report (ours from March 2) and said that otherwise, “we’d still be in the dark.”
The homes there were built mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, and said there’s “no consideration for the homeowners and the character of Northeast Cobb.”
He said putting up some R-20 homes would be the best option, and that the applicant’s request for variances “ought to be a red flag.”
Kaura’s son represented his father, who has had medical issues out of state, and admitted that after traveling from Arizona Monday “I am not prepared today.”
The property has been in the family for more than 40 years, he said, and stated a desire to have it developed.
Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, who represents the area, quickly made a motion to deny the request, noting the 105 signatures on the petition.
“This isn’t really appropriate for the area,” she said. The only townhomes she recalls nearby were along Shallowford Road a decade or so ago, and located near a shopping center.
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Cobb commissioner JoAnn Birrell—who has expressed opposition to the measure—and Cobb Water System director Judy Jones presided at the Tim D. Lee Center.
Some of the several dozen or so citizens who attended occasionally interrupted. A question-and-answer period was at times difficult to keep under control.
Amid cries of “rain tax” and concerns over a service fee being imposed when Cobb voters will be asked to approve a 30-year transit tax in November, the sense of anger was evident.
“You’re coming for our money!” shouted East Cobb resident Hill Wright, who’s been a vocal critic of the stormwater fee and is part of a group opposing it called CobbTaxRevolt.com.
He added that “they”—meaning county commissioners—”want us to pay, instead of them prioritizing their spending.”
Hill Wright
A few others apologized to Jones, telling them she wasn’t the person they’re upset with.
Jones patiently explained that stormwater charges are included on water and sewer bills, and for the need to bill them separately so that the aging system can be upgraded and properly maintained.
The fee has been suggested since damaging floods in 2021 that affected many homeowners in East Cobb, some of whom were saddled paying for expensive repairs.
“The way we’re charging now, residential customers are paying more than commercial customers,” she said. “I’m trying to fix that. But I have to have more money to do that. The way we do it now is not equitable.”
Cobb commissioners will be asked next Tuesday to do that, and to approve a dedicated fee that Jones said could range from $2 to $12 a month for most residential customers. Roughly two-thirds of residential customers would pay $4 or less a month, according to her presentation.
The proposed code amendments include basing that charge on the amount of impervious surfaces, which she said would mean commercial customers typically would be charged more.
Stormwater services are handled by the water department to the tune of $8.4 million a year, a figure Jones said isn’t enough to do what’s needed.
“It takes money to do this work,” she noted, adding that her own department doesn’t have dedicated stormwater repair crews. They’re contracted out, but some private companies on occasion decline the work.
The Cobb Water System for years has transferred some of its revenues to the county general fund—currently 6 percent, around $15 million.
Birrell said she cannot support a fee as long as that continues, and East Cobb resident Larry Savage blamed her colleagues.
“The Board of Commissioners refused to fund this thing because they had other priorities, and that has to change,” he said.
He was followed by East Cobb civic activist Debbie Fisher, who said that “we’re being taxed enough already.”
She rattled off other factors, such as increased density, for growing stormwater problems, mentioning the new MarketPlace Terrell Mill multi-use development on Powers Ferry Road, as well as county spending on outside consultants, among other expenses.
“And yet, you want us to pay more,” she said, calling it “the big steal.”
Looking at Jones, Fisher—a Republican appointee to the Cobb Elections Board—mentioned the three Democratic commissioners by name, saying they’re “the people who should be up there taking the shots.”
Other town halls on the stormwater fee are being held this week in elsewhere in Cobb before the commissioners’ vote next Tuesday. That also includes a final public hearing on the issue.
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A Cobb judge this week sentenced a man to life without parole for shooting his friend to death at an apartment complex off Delk Road in 2020.
Kehari Yarber
The Cobb District Attorney’s Office said that Kehari Yarber, 26, was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in commission of a felony by a Cobb Superior Court jury last week.
Judge Robert D. Leonard sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole plus an additional five years to be served consecutively.
The DA’s office said in a release that police were called to an area between the Stratford Ridge complex and the Atrium at Bentley complex on Oct. 31, 2020, and found a male body in the woods.
The release said that Blake Porter, 20, was pronounced dead on the scene, and that detectives found surveillance footage showing him walking in that area with another male on the evening of Oct. 30.
According to the release, there was a muzzle flash that appeared on the video, followed by a second muzzle flash some seconds later.
The DA’s office didn’t indicate a possible motive for the shooting, but said in the release that family members described Yarber as a close friend of Porter, with some calling him his “twin.”
The DA’s office said Yarber was identified as the other man from footage at a nearby Shell station and confirmed by images from friends and social media. The release said Yarber completed a transaction at the gas station before leaving.
According to the release, Yarber was arrested in ClaytonCounty on Dec. 15, 2020.
“I am grateful for the dedication of law enforcement and the thorough work of our prosecutors in securing justice for Blake Porter and his loved ones. Our office will continue to pursue justice for victims and hold those who commit such senseless acts of violence accountable,” Cobb DA Flynn D. Broady Jr. said in the release.
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Cobb County Government said Tuesday that for the next week, traffic will be affected on Roswell Road at East Cobb Drive as emergency sewer repairs are made
Crews will begin work Wednesday and continue weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through next Tuesday, government spokesman Ross Cavitt said.
Two lanes—one in either direction on Roswell Road—and the shoulder at the intersection will be closed. In addition, Cavitt said East Cobb Drive will be restricted to right turn only onto Roswell Road (see map above).
No work will be scheduled over the weekend, Cavitt said.
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The SAM Foundation–which stands for Suicide Awareness Means Hope—is holding Sowing Seeds of Hope walk Sunday at Wheeler High School to raise funds and awareness for its work.
The event takes place from 2-4 at the Wheeler track (375 Holt Road) and proceeds will go toward mental health awareness, support those affected by suicide, foster community understanding and help break the silence and stigma of mental health issues.
There will be food, activities, vendors and more.
The SAM Foundation is a non-profit that was started by the sisters of a young Alabama man named Sam Johnson who died by suicide in 2002.
For more information, and to register, click here or use the QR code on the image at the right.
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A family testimonial can provide a life-altering experience.
When starting a new business, Laura Yeatts of East Cobb said her sister-in-law’s health transformation “was kind of my why.”
She and her family moved from Virginia two years ago, and in November opened a Fit Body Boot Camp franchise on East Cobb Drive.
Her brother’s sister enrolled in another Fit Body Boot Camp, “and completely changed her life around.”
What Yeatts saw was a need to reach out to “people who need a gym that isn’t intimidating.”
Her studio, which opened in November, provides 30-minute workouts that each member can tailor for their own needs, with instructors. Elements include cardio, weights, stations, ropes and bikes, chopped up into smaller time blocks.
The class sizes typically range between 5-15 people and the studio is open Monday-Saturday.
“Every day is different,” Yeatts said. “The coaches mix it up constantly,” and each session includes stretching and recovery.”
She and her husband are co-owners but have corporate jobs, and says that “the coaches run the show.”
Thus far she’s signed up around 50 members, and is getting involved with local PTA and sports team sponsors.
Membership costs vary, and an unlimited package is $40 a week, with typically 3-5 classes.
“It’s good to have a fitness-minded community,” she said. “If I can change one person’s life, it’s all worth it.”
Fit Body Boot Camp
1344 East Cobb Drive
770-818-6080
Walk With a Doc
Dr. Dolapo Babaloa shows a nutritional chart that’s a vital guide to her approach to treating obesity issues.
When Dr. Dolapo Babalola opened a wellness clinic in East Cobb last summer, it was with the aim of reaching out to the community beyond her own facility.
Babalola, who practiced at Grady Memorial Hospital for 15 years, focuses on helping patients with obesity issues with a holistic approach.
Her clinic, Living At Your Best Wellness, uses what’s called the Direct Primary Care model via flat monthly membership fees.
During her time in a larger health network, she witnessed the frustration of patients “who couldn’t see their doctor when they want them.”
Her practice is what she calls a one-stop for those seeking to improve their wellness where “we see the whole person.
“It’s not just diet and exercise,” Babalola says from her office on Johnson Ferry Place. “We’re trained in nutrition, sleep and other factors as well.”
One of the questions she says she asks her patients is very simple: “What’s your day like? What is your evening like?”
While they get initial physiological exams, understanding their everyday habits is at the heart of this approach to better health.
She said one client came in at 349 pounds, and has lost 80, “because accountability matters.” Those between-office-visits consultations include phone and text conversations.
“Dr. Babs”—who has lived in East Cobb for 13 years with children at Walton, Dodgen and East Side schools—meets with patients and anyone else once a month in her “Walk With A Doc” event at East Cobb Park.
It’s the second Saturday of each month starting at 9 a.m., and includes stretching followed by 30 minutes of walking at any pace.
“Walking for mental health is good,” she says. “You feel more energized and you get to start somewhere.”
Living At Your Finest Wellness
1230 Johnson Ferry Place, Building A-20
678-403-2399
Music Studio Atlanta Open House
The East Cobb location of Music Studio Atlanta (2100 Roswell Road, Suite 1128), is having an Open House through Saturday as part of “Teach Music Week.”
Participants will get chances to win discounts on music lessons and meet the staff. The event is 3-7 through Friday and 10-4 Saturday.
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He was followed by East Cobb civic activist Debbie Fisher, who said that “we’re being taxed enough already.”
Membership costs vary, and an unlimited package is $40 a week, with typically 3-5 classes.
