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As we mentioned previously, web traffic at East Cobb News reached an all-time high in 2023. As we close out our news coverage this year, we’ve surpassed 1.7 million pageviews and 900,000 unique monthly visitors for the past 12 months. Our previous best was in 2020, dominated by coverage of the local response to COVID-19 and a … Read more
Brunessa Drayton, a former Cobb Library System supervisor and chief assistant to Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, announced Tuesday she is running for Cobb Superior Court Clerk in 2024. Drayton, a Democrat who declared her intent to run in November, said she is running “because the Clerk’s office is in need of leadership that’s focused … Read more
Two years after carving up East Cobb into two Congressional districts, the Georgia legislature could be dramatically tearing up those lines again. During a special legislative session that got underway earlier this week, Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee Chairwoman Shelly Echols submitted a map that would put most of East Cobb in the 11th Congressional … Read more
With the start of December comes a busy slate of holiday festivities in the East Cobb area, leading off on Friday with the return of the Apple Annie Arts and Crafts Show. More than 100 vendors will be selling their wares from 9-6 Friday and 9-2 Saturday at the Catholic Church of St. Ann (4905 … Read more
It’s been nearly a year since there have been events around Cobb’s proposed Unified Development Code. A UDC is a comprehensive planning guide which incorporates zoning, planning and land-use with design, landscaping, architectural and other guidelines. Local Atlanta-area jurisdictions that have them are the cities of Atlanta and Roswell and DeKalb County. Cobb commissioners voted … Read more
The Cobb Board of Education on Thursday approved a slate of legislative priorities requested by Cobb County School District officials that include a number of rollover items. There also is a new item that follows in the wake of a school library controversy in the district over sexually explicit materials. Superintendent Chris Ragsdale is asking … Read more
The issue of literacy rates—especially in the wake of educational disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 response—is the subject of an agenda item at a Cobb Board of Education work session Thursday. The agenda item, entitled “Literacy Updates,” doesn’t detail what will be presented; East Cobb News has left a message with the Cobb County School … Read more
A wintry blast of weather has ushered in November, as holiday-ish events are already cropping up on our calendar listings. You can get an early start on seasonal shopping, pay tribute to those who served in the military and help out one of East Cobb’s venerable animal organizations. The Lassiter Craft Fair is back, and it’s … Read more
From the office of Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson, and added to our calendar listings: In collaboration with the Cobb & Douglas County Public Health Department is providing free COVID and flu vaccinations 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 at the East Cobb Library, 4880 Lower Roswell Road, suite 510-B, Marietta. No appointment needed. Walk-ins are welcome. … Read more
A member of Cobb commissioner Jerica Richardson’s “community cabinet” is considering making a run to succeed her in 2024. Kevin Redmon, an East Cobb resident, filed a declaration of intent form with the Cobb Elections Office on Oct. 23. According to the filings, Redmon, an IT sales and account manager, would be running as a … Read more
With Halloween right around the corner, several events in the East Cobb area will be rounding out the final weekend before Tuesday’s All Hallows Eve. For the second year in a row, Avenue East Cobb and East Cobb Church are teaming up to present the Boo Bash, a kid-oriented carnival. It runs from 11 a.m. … Read more
Attorneys for plaintiffs seeking new electoral maps for the Cobb County Board of Education have filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction. The motion, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, seeks to prevent the Cobb Board of Elections from setting up 2024 elections with maps passed by the Georgia legislature in 2022 and … Read more
The Cobb New Horizons Symphony Band, which is made up of senior adults, will hold a special concert Thursday to honor the memory of Wheeler High School band director Madison Argo. The concert takes place at 12 p.m. at the school, and will include works from John Williams and John Philip Sousa. Another featured piece … Read more
By a 5-2 vote, the Cobb Board of Education on Thursday rejected a proposal by one of its members to change school district policy on books and materials in school libraries. Last month Superintendent Chris Ragsdale ordered that three books with sexually explicit content be removed from several middle- and high school libraries, despite protests … Read more
The former Zaxby’s restaurant across from the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center has been transformed into special event space. Last week Nazanin Moradimehr (with scissors), owner of Elegance Events (2080 Lower Roswell Road) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A Wheeler High School graduate, she has more than two decades in the restaurant and catering industry, … Read more
Following up our story last week about the possibility that CenterStage North might halt its 2024 season at The Art Place-Mountain View due to Sunday staffing issues with Cobb PARKS: Jonathan Liles, CSN’s managing director, told East Cobb News Friday that the community theater organization and the county have come to an agreement to continue … Read more
A few hundred spectators decked out in garden-party attire watched as a large green curtain was pulled down Thursday to reveal a new public plaza at Avenue East Cobb. The centerpiece of the retail center’s redevelopment also features a live music stage, and a high-energy cover band rocked the venue for a couple of hours … Read more
Submitted information from LM Frame and Gallery: We are proud to announce our new exhibit, “From Embarrassment to Pride,” an art exhibit that deals with the history of natural hair. The exhibit is for the first time hosted in East Cobb and is a collaboration with Guadeloupean artist Guylaine Conquet. The opening reception is Sept. … Read more
Several schools in the Cobb County School District notified parents Monday that books with “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content” have been removed from their libraries. The book’s titles weren’t named, nor were the individual schools, but the messages—which were worded identically and distributed to a number of schools, mostly middle schools and high schools—said that … Read more
The remnants of the Gritters Library building in Northeast Cobb stood in a heaping pile Monday as demolition crews completed their work. The nearly 50-year-old building in Shaw Park, which closed in June, was torn down as the Cobb County Public Library System begins a rebuilding project that’s expected to take a year. The new … Read more
