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The Cobb Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended approval of a gas station operated by Kroger at the Pavilions at East Lake Shopping Center in East Cobb By a vote of 3-1, the planning board voted in favor of the zoning request by Kroger from Neighborhood Shopping to Community Retail Commercial (agenda item information here). Planning … Read more
Catch up with all of the past week’s headlines and take a look at what’s coming up this week with the convenient East Cobb News weekly newsletter. The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail every Sunday, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information. Subscribing … Read more
Before doing a deep dive into East Cobb crime statistics, a Cobb Police captain reminded local business leaders this week of a simple preventive measure that’s not being taken enough to address a spike in one of the community’s recurring crime issues. “People aren’t locking their doors.” Not just their car doors, but also garage … Read more
On Christmas Day, the East Cobb Lions Club and the Marietta Lions Club prepared special holiday meals for elderly citizens and their families, and community volunteers helped deliver them around Cobb County. More than 100 volunteers turned out at Powers Ferry United Methodist Church by mid-morning Monday to cook food, fill plates and fruit baskets, … Read more
The following deeds for recent residential East Cobb real estate sales were filed with the Cobb Superior Court Clerk’s Office Real Estate Department last week. They include a two-story home on Deering Trail in the Willow Point community for $316,000. The addresses are in Marietta ZIP Codes, unless otherwise indicated: Nov. 13 5194 Deering Trail, 30068; Divese … Read more
The following deeds for recent residential East Cobb real estate sales were filed with the Cobb Superior Court Clerk’s Office Real Estate Department last week. Among the transfers were a $1.4 million sale of a five-bedroom, six-bathroom home covering 6,397 square feet on Stone Hall Drive, in the new Stone Hall Estates community off Roswell Road, … Read more
Don’t need much of a drumroll introduction for what’s coming up over the next few days. The East Cobb Halloween events calendar is absolutely loaded (and if we’ve missed your event there’s still time to let us know. E-mail calendar@eastcobbnews.com and we’ll post it!). So many trunk or treat events, assorted fall festivals and a … Read more
What follows is a summary of the individual East Cobb cases coming before the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday in their monthly zoning hearing. Here’s an overview of what’s on the agenda and the status of other active cases, including what’s being continued, withdrawn, etc. Four of the six East Cobb cases are on the … Read more
A new English pub, The Black Swan Tavern, is going in where the old Churchill’s Pub used to be at 1401 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 128, in the Merchants Festival Shopping Center. Last week the new place’s Facebook page posted photos of the start of a full renovation—literally from the ground up—as plans continue to … Read more
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