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Saturday is the last day of operations for Gritters Library, which will be torn down and replaced by a new facility on the same site at Shaw Park. Before the doors close for good at 5 p.m., the Cobb County Public Library System will hold a special celebration from 12-4 p.m at the library (990 … Read more
Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid will deliver the 2023 State of the County Address to the Cobb Chamber of Commerce on Monday. The event begins at 11:15 a.m. Monday at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in The Battery Atlanta. She will “discuss the county’s biggest successes and milestones from 2022, as well as her goals for … Read more
The Cobb County Public Library System has compiled an extensive booklist for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month, which is observed in June. The titles range from children’s picture and non-fiction books to teen and young adult fiction and adult titles. The Cobb library system provided similar resource lists for Black History Month … Read more
Bill Byrne, who served as Cobb Commission Chairman from 1993—2002, has been named to the board of the Cobb Taxpayers Association. The citizens group made the announcement Friday, and Byrne will serve as one of six board members, including chairman Lance Lamberton and vice chairman Jim Astuto, an East Cobb resident. “We are flattered that … Read more
The Cobb County Public Library System’s Summer Reading Challenge goes from June 1-July 31, and is open to readers of all ages. The program includes a partnership with the Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools and is particularly aimed at keeping children reading during the summer vacation months. Readers earn “BINGO” credits that … Read more
With skyrocketing property assessments and a potential record tax digest expected in 2023, the Cobb Board of Commissioners will soon consider the fiscal year 2024 operating budget. A formal presentation is expected in June, and on Wednesday Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid addressed that topic and others in a mini-state of the county update to … Read more
Students from the Habitat clubs of the Cobb County High School Coalition recently completed their 26th home in the Marietta area, and on May 20 celebrated the dedication with the family. The students are from Campbell, Hillgrove, Pope, and Walton high schools, and the resident is Laurelle, a mother of two children who is a paraprofessional … Read more
As graduation ceremonies continue this week, the Cobb County School District on Tuesday announced the Class of 2023 valedictorians and salutatorians. Overall, the valedictorians in the Cobb school district combined for an average grade-point average of 4.705, with salutatorians at 4.67. Five seniors from high schools in East Cobb had grade-point averages above 4.8. Two … Read more
The Class of 2023 in the Cobb County School District begins receiving their diplomas on Monday, with commencement exercises taking place through Saturday. As the schedule would have it, the graduations for the six public high school in East Cobb will be spread out over all six of those days. All East Cobb graduations will … Read more
During his monthly remarks to the Cobb Board of Education Thursday, Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale lashed out at a county elected official for school-related comments she made at a recent public event. His target wasn’t any of the seven board members seated around him, but the head of Cobb County government. Ragsdale was in … Read more
The Cobb Board of Education on Thursday adopted a $1.448 billion fiscal year 2024 budget Thursday with a property tax rate reduction and a generous pay raise for teachers and other employees. But it wasn’t unanimous. Board member and vice chairman David Banks, a Republican from Post 5 in East Cobb, voted present after expressing … Read more
In less than a month the longstanding Gritters Library branch in Northeast Cobb will be closing for good. The Cobb County Public Library System announced the closing date on Thursday, two months after the Cobb Board of Commissioners finalized a $9.8 million contract for a rebuilding of the branch that’s also to include the Northeast … Read more
The Cobb Board of Education will hold a final public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024 operating budget Thursday before voting on adoption later in the evening. A public budget forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the board room of the CCSD central office (514 Glover St., Marietta), followed by a … Read more
The draft of the Cobb County Five-Year Strategic Plan was released last week, and the second of two public hearings before the Cobb Board of Commissioners is scheduled for May 23. The plan, which will help set county government policy and goals from 2023-2028, recommends strategies “for achieving success indicators,” as the study’s consultants have … Read more
Laura Judge, the parent of two Cobb County School District students and a local political activist, said Friday she will formally announce her campaign for the Cobb Board of Education next week. Judge, a Democrat, issued a release late Friday saying that the official kickoff event will take place next Wednesday at Tin Lizzie’s Cantina … Read more
The “vast majority” of Cobb County homeowners will be getting higher property tax assessments this year. That’s what Stephen White, the chief appraiser for the Cobb Board of Tax Asessors, said this week as his office begins sending out assessment notices. As we noted in a previous post about a projected 13 percent increase in … Read more
The Atlanta Country Club in East Cobb is once again the venue for the Cobb Library Foundation’s annual “Booked for the Evening” fundraising gala. It’s set for Friday, June 9, and the guest speaker is author Patti Callahan Henry, the author of 16 historical and contemporary novels, and a podcast host featuring her novels. She … Read more
Continuing tensions between Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid and some public commenters who have been speaking at public meetings boiled over again this week, following her remarks delivered at her annual State of Cobb address. Near the end of that speech last Thursday (you can watch the video replay below; her speech begins around the … Read more
One last post on the 2023 Taste of East Cobb, about the various award winners, as voted on by spectators. There were two separate categories, for restaurants and vendors. Restaurants Best Overall Taste: Sterling Estates & Cafe Rivkah Best Dessert: Smallcakes & Vanilla Café e Gelato Friendliest Service: Sterling Estates & Smallcakes Most Creative: McCray’s Tavern & Alumni … Read more
The Vision To Learn on-site mobile clinics will return in June to Cobb County public libraries this summer to provide eye exams and glasses–free of charge–for children ages 5-18. The program, which began in 2018, is expected to exceed last year’s record of almost 400 exams, with more than 250 receiving glasses. Funding is being provided … Read more
