Local News for the Way You Live Today
Rainy weather postponed the start of the spring season for the East Side Baseball Association, but concerns over the Coronavirus outbreak have prompted the organization to put a hold on its opening day celebrations for now. President Marc Glickman told East Cobb News that this wasn’t a typical opening day event, but was a celebration … Read more
More than two years after Cafe 33 closed near Sprayberry High School, a similar establishment is planning to open in the same space. The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday granted an alcohol license to Siamak Mistaly, owner of the forthcoming Prestige Cafe (2595 East Piedmont Road, in the Sprayberry Collection Shopping Center). There’s been … Read more
A few weeks after announcing his retirement, Cobb commissioner Bob Ott said Tuesday he still plans to have town hall meetings during his final year in office. Ott said the first of those town halls will be March 17 at the Chestnut Ridge Christian Church in East Cobb, followed by another town hall at the … Read more
Registration is underway for winter art classes that start in January at The Art Place (3330 Sandy Plains Road) and the Sewell Mill Cultural Center (2051 Lower Roswell Road). Here’s a sampling of what’s going on at The Art Place: New This Winter: Tween Improv ($120) Begins January 11th from 12:30-2pm until February 29th Students … Read more
A contentious rezoning application on Lower Roswell Road filed by a prominent Cobb homebuilder appears to be dead for now, as well as annexation into the city of Marietta. Rusty Roth, the city’s development director, notified residents of the Sewell Manor neighborhood on Wednesday that Traton Homes had had not filed anything new after the Marietta … Read more
To observe National Recovery Month in September, State Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-East Cobb) will hold an addiction and recovery meeting next week. The meeting is Monday, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Sewell Mill Library (2051 Lower Roswell Road). Cooper is the chairwoman of the House Health and Human Services Committee. Cobb County has one of … Read more
The first good rain we’ve had in a while was the day our family bid a final farewell to our mother. Between the showers on Saturday afternoon, we spread her ashes on the soft ground holding dogwood trees that line a slice of Lake Allatoona, just off the Old Highway 41, and close to downtown … Read more
Residents living in the Sewell Manor neighborhood at Lower Roswell Road and the Loop have scheduled a public meeting for Wednesday to discuss a proposed annexation and rezoning case next to their community that’s going to mediation between Cobb County and the City of Marietta. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at … Read more
Submitted information and photo: Demonstrating their literary mastery, the Walton High School Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team recently claimed the title of State Champions. Walton students competed against Loganville High School student in what was the team’s first appearance at the state reading bowl event in Athens, Georgia. The tournament was held during the annual University of Georgia Children’s Literature Conference. Walton’s Helen Ruffin … Read more
Cobb DOT and the Cobb County School District said Tuesday they’ve drawn up a number of safety improvements that will be made on Holt Road in front of Wheeler High School following serious injuries to two students who were hit by a car. The accident took place around 7 p.m. on a Saturday, March 9, as … Read more
Cobb PARKS is alerting us today that there’s still space available to attend the Hyde Farm Nature camp later this month. It’s for rising third- through fifth-graders and takes place from June 18-22. The camp is an hour each day, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the total cost per child for the week … Read more
If you missed Cobb commissioner Bob Ott’s town hall meeting held earlier this month at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center (previous East Cobb News post here), you’ll have another chance in April. He’s having his next town hall on Monday, April 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. at SunTrust Park. Ott’s District 2 includes the Cumberland/Vinings … Read more
The Cobb Community Development Department has sent a notice to the owners of the Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center demanding it address conditions at the decaying retail property that may run afoul of the county’s new “blight tax” provision. The letter, delivered Thursday to Brannen Goddard, an Atlanta commercial real estate agency representing Sprayberry Crossing Partnership … Read more
Not for the first time, Mabry Park construction plans have been put on hold. The three members of the Cobb Board of Commissioners who voted on Tuesday to table the item are pledging that it won’t be for long, but that it must be done. The Northeast Cobb commissioner who fought long and hard for … Read more
Starting Sunday, a Lower Roswell Road repaving project will begin that will take up to a month to complete. This is separate from the East Cobb Pipeline Project that is almost complete. Some work crews are still testing pipes and doing other cleanup work on Lower Roswell around the Sope Creek Bridge, and repaving will … Read more
