Cobb Police hold vigil to honor officer killed in line of duty

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Vigil first Cobb Police officer killed in line of duty
Photos: Cobb Police Department

Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the death of the first Cobb Police Officer killed by a firearm in the line of duty.

Shortly after midnight, Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer, other police officials and friends and family members of Robert Ingram gathered at the intersection of Marble Mill Road and Marr Avenue in Marietta.

That’s located near the Come-N-Get It Restaurant off the Church Street Extension.

And that’s where around 12:40 a.m. on July 13, 1993, Officer Ingram was checking the identification of a pedestrian spotted near the railroad tracks in what was regarded as a high-crime area.

He was shot and killed by a man with a hidden .380 caliber handgun who had been released from prison.

The suspect took Ingram’s patrol car to get away from the scene, and the abandoned vehicle was seen later in the day. Near Atlanta Road, George Russell Henry, on probation for burglaries and forgery, was arrested the same day and charged with the murder of Officer Ingram.Cobb Police vigil officer killed line of duty

Officer Ingram, a 1987 Sprayberry High School graduate, was only 24 years old when he died, and he had just gotten married. He had been on the Cobb Police force for two years, after attending Valdosta State University and serving in the U.S. Air Force.

He was posthumously awarded the Cobb Police Department’s Medal of Valor.

Henry pleaded guilty to Ingram’s murder in 1994 and was sentenced to death; he had appealed his verdict until his health-related death on Georgia’s death row in 2014.

The first Cobb Police officer to die in the line of duty was Lt. John William Hood, who was killed in 1960, several days after responding to a drag racing call on Roswell Road between Powers Ferry Road and what is now the Marietta Parkway.

His patrol vehicle was hit head-on by an 18-year-old driver who was speeding more than 100 mph and heading the wrong way and who also was killed in the crash.

Officer Drew Haynes Brown, a DUI officer, was killed in a 1983 crash when his patrol vehicle was struck by a drunk driver.

Cobb SWAT officers Stephen Gilmer and Matthew Reeves were killed in a 1999 standoff during a hostage rescue.

Officer Freddie Norman died in 2009, 21 years after his patrol vehicle was hit by a speeding car on Pat Mell Road. He was rendered a quadaplegic and was suffering from what were believed to be injuries sustained from the crash.

More information can be found by clicking the Cobb’s Fallen Heroes page prepared by the county.

Cobb Police vigil officer killed line of duty

Cobb Police vigil officer killed line of duty

Cobb Police vigil officer killed line of duty

Cobb Police vigil officer killed line of duty

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Cobb Animal Services warns of missing/lost pet recovery scam

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The Cobb Animal Services Department is warning the distraught owners of lost pets not to fall for a phone call from someone posing as shelter staff in helping them recover their animals.

Cobb Animals Services lost pet scam
Cobb Animal Services logs detailed information and a photo for lost pets brought to the shelter.

Cobb County government said in a video presentation Wednesday that some pet owners who have posted missing and lost pet notices online are getting called by someone who’s claiming to work for the county shelter.

The caller then says the pet is injured, and demands money from the owner to recover the animal, according to the video (see below), which emphasized that Cobb Animal Services never asks for money over the phone for helping retrieve lost pets.

“First off, it’s a distraction for us, because we’re receiving phone calls from people thinking it’s coming from us,” Cobb Animal Services Director Steve Hammond said in the video. “They’re also skeptical when we do call them if we do find the animal because now they’ve received two calls.

“We’re upset with it because it takes away from the good work our team is doing every day.”

Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt said the scammer is able to spoof the number of the Animal Services Department when making the calls.

The caller tells the pet owner to pay via the PayPal and Venmo online payment systems, but Cobb Animal Services doesn’t use them.

“There may be a small fee once the pet’s owner comes to the shelter, but county officers will never ask for payment before that,” the county said in a release Wednesday.

A citizen who posted a message on the county government’s Facebook page said the scam happened to her earlier this week.

“I was asking too many questions that he could not answer. He said just come down to Cobb County Animal Services and even provided the address,” she said.

“When I asked for photo proof that’s when things got even more strange. Fortunately the conversation was recorded and in the possession of the proper staff there. Let’s do what we do and blast this everywhere. I pray they somehow catch evil man!”

Another poster said she almost fell for the scam, but said she was told that “we’ll call you back after the vet has had time to look at the pet.”

While waiting for around 30 minutes, she said, “I had time to realize it was too good to be true. He called back, and after TEN MINUTES he finally got to asking about my credit card, so I hung up on him and called the legit Cobb Animal Services number.”

That number is 770-499-4136.

Cobb Animal Services has an online portal to report missing or lost pets that you can access by clicking here.

You can also click here to check on the missing pets that have been taken to the shelter.

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New principal profiles at East Cobb schools for 2023-24 year

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As we’ve been reporting this spring, several public schools in East Cobb will be getting new principals for the 2023-24 academic year that begins on Aug. 1.

Bradley Blackman, Dickerson MS principal
Bradley Blackman, Dickerson MS principal

There will be five new principals to be exact, and they and other members of the Cobb County School District’s leadership team are meeting at Harrison High School this week for the district’s leadership kickoff event.

They include key central office staff as well as principals and assistant principals.

A total of 13 new principals will be starting their jobs, including the following at schools in East Cobb. They were profiled recently by the Cobb school district about their new appointments and their expectations:

Dr. Ashley Beasley, Davis ES:

“Student success looks different for every student. It is important to see value in the growth of students. Individual growth is the best way to measure success for all students! “

Bradley Blackman, Dickerson MS:

“Under my leadership, you will see a school that focuses on teaching and learning. I believe that building positive relationships between stakeholders is imperative for a school to be successful. You’ll find our teachers using highly effective teaching strategies to engage students and create academic growth.”

 

Lindsey McGovern, Shallowford Falls ES principal
Lindsey McGovern, Shallowford Falls ES principal

Dr. Katie Derman, Mountain View ES:

“To me, student success begins with building trusted relationships and is grounded in the belief that all children are capable of growing, learning, and accomplishing amazing things. Our students thrive when their learning is facilitated and supported by teachers and staff that believe in their ability to impact the future.”

William Dryden, Sedalia Park ES:

“Students are most successful when they are provided with the opportunity, engaged by highly trained and loving staff members, live in safe and supportive homes, and when they are taught to be advocates for themselves!”

Lindsey McGovern, Shallowford Falls ES:

“As the school leader, I will focus on creating an environment where staff and students feel safe, valued, and motivated to be the best version of themselves. I want students and staff to feel proud of their school and excited to walk through the doors each day.”

At the leadership kickoff, staff were greeted by Harrison leaders as well as Cobb school district superintendent Chris Ragsdale and Cobb Board of Education chairman Brad Wheeler.

The priorities emphasized, according to a Cobb school district release, include the following:

• Ensure that Cobb is the best place to teach, lead, and learn.
• Simplify our foundation for teaching and learning in order to prepare for innovation.
• Use data to make decisions.

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East Cobb Food Scores: New Lucky China; First Watch; Drift; more

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New Lucky China, East Cobb food scores

The following food scores have been compiled by the Cobb & Douglas Department of Public Health. Click the link under each listing for inspection details:

Cafe Clement
1438 Canton Road
July 10, 2023 Score: 100, Grade: A

Chick-Fil-A
1440 Terrell Mill Road
July 14, 2023 Score: 90, Grade: A

Delkwood Grill
2769 Delk Road
July 11, 2023 Score: 88, Grade: B

Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar
4475 Roswell Road, Suite 1410
July 13, 2023 Score: 91, Grade: A

Dunkin’ Donuts
980 E. Piedmont Road
July 14, 2023 Score: 96, Grade: A

First Watch
1080 Johnson Ferry Road
July 13, 2023 Score: 90, Grade: A

Frankie’s
3085 Canton Road
July 11, 2023 Score: 80, Grade: B

Great Wall Chinese & Sushi Bar
1275 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 180
July 12, 2023 Score: 92, Grade: A

McDonald’s
2782 Sandy Plains Road
July 13, 2023 Score: 100, Grade: A

Moxie Burger
255 Village Parkway, Suite 110
July 12, 2023 Score: 87, Grade: B

My Friend’s Place
1205 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 127
July 12, 2023 Score: 100, Grade: A

New Lucky China 
3045 Gordy Parkway, Suite 104
July 7, 2023 Score: 99, Grade: A

Okko Ramen
3045 Gordy Parkway, Suite 102
July 14, 2023 Score: 83, Grade: B

Peace Love & Pizza
1050 E. Piedmont Road, Suite 154
July 13, 2023 Score: 87, Grade: B

Sabor do Brazil
2800 Delk Road, Suite E
July 11, 2023 Score: 98, Grade: A

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Cobb school board to hold millage rate hearings Thursday

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The Cobb Board of Education has already passed the fiscal year 2024 budget for the Cobb County School District that took effect July 1.

Cobb school board adopts FY 2024 budget
David Banks

But it must still officially adopt the millage rate for property taxes that will be collected this fall.

Although the $1.48 billion budget included a tentative reduction in the millage rate, the district is still collecting more revenues than FY 2023.

Therefore, state law considers that a tax increase and requires the school board to hold three public hearings on the millage rate.

Two of those will take place at 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday in the board room of the Cobb school district’s central office (514 Glover St., Marietta).

Members of the public are invited to speak on the millage rate at those hearings, and at the final hearing on July 20 at 7 p.m. in the same location.

That’s when the school board also is scheduled to vote on adopting the millage rate.

The county’s tax digest comes out in July, and this year in Cobb it’s another record—$58.1 billion, which is up 15.7 percent from last year.

The Cobb school board voted in May to pass a budget and lower the millage rate for school taxes from 18.9 mills to 18.7 mills in the wake of rising property tax assessments.

It was the first time in 15 years the school board has unofficially lowered the property tax rate, which in Georgia is capped at 20 mills.

But board vice chairman David Banks of Post 5 in East Cobb wanted the tax cut to be larger, and voted present at budget adoption.

He called it “the largest tax increase the school district has ever had” and suggested a cut of 0.5 mills.

In its official notice of a tax increase that is required to be publicly advertised, the Cobb school district said that because of those increased revenues, the 18.7 mills still represents an effective increase of 2.612 mills.

“Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 16.088 mills,” the notice said. “The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $400,000 is approximately $391.80 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $550,000 is approximately $574.64.”

The FY 2024 budget includes salary increases between 7.5 percent and 12.1 percent for full-time employees, and the Cobb school district will hire an additional 11 officers for its police department, which currently has 70 officers.

The millage rate hearings also will be live-streamed on the Cobb County School District’s BoxCast channel and on CobbEdTV, Comcast Channel 24.

Interim Cobb elections director appointed as search continues

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The Cobb Board of Elections and Registration on Tuesday appointed Gerry Miller to run the department on an interim basis.

Interim Cobb Elections director appointedMiller retired as an assistant elections director in Cobb in 2021, and also was an elections supervisor in Fulton and Henry counties.

The Cobb Elections office has been without a director since Janine Eveler retired in April.

Miller was the department’s preparation center director for 11 years, and will serve in the interim capacity as the board conducts a national search for a permanent successor.

“We are grateful that Gerry has agreed to come out of retirement to help lead our elections team,” Cobb elections board chairwoman Tori Silas said in a statement issued Tuesday by Cobb County government.

“We believe he will provide steady leadership while we work to expand our search for a new Elections Director.”

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East Cobb subdivision to get street lights after long wait

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East Cobb subdivision to get street lights

As far as routine business goes with the Cobb Board of Commissioners, approving neighborhood requests for street lights is as routine as it gets.

When at least 75 percent of a subdivision’s residents sign a petition in favor of pursuing a request for a street light district, that request typically gets added to the commissioners’ consent agenda.

There were four such requests on Tuesday’s consent agenda in various parts of the county.

But for an East Cobb subdivision whose residents include some who’ve wanted street lights for decades, a public hearing was called.

There was some opposition from homeowners living in the Brookcliff subdivision, located off Old Canton Road north of Sewell Mill Road, and a public meeting was requested.

Several others turned out to voice their support for the Brookcliff Street Light District, which would assess a monthly street light service charge for homeowners after the lights are installed by Cobb DOT.

Commissioners voted 5-0 with little discussion to approve the request, but Commissioner JoAnn Birrell noted the novelty of the event, which also was discussed at an agenda work session on Monday.

She said in her more than 12 years in office, she doesn’t recall such a hearing over street lights.

The public hearing and ensuing conversation Tuesday spanned more than a half-hour.

Brookcliff opened in the early 1980s and comprises 155 homes, which are valued in the $400,000 range and above.

It’s a neighborhood of rolling hills straddling Sewell Mill Creek to the north. Like many East Cobb subdivision, it has a formal homeowners association with mandatory dues for homeowners who must abide by legally binding requirements and covenants.

Brookcliff also has a swim/tennis facility and other regular activities, such as a garden club and book club.

What Brookcliff doesn’t have are sidewalks and street lights. Some residents have been eager for the latter for almost as long as they have lived there.

East Cobb subdivision to get street lights
Brookcliff resident Walt Strother

Walt Strother, one of the original homeowners of Brookcliff, said during the hearing that trying to get street lights “was never a spur of the moment decision or effort. For the better part of the last 40 years, several marginal attempts have been made, most recently 20 years ago.”

But ineffective HOA leadership and organization undermined those attempts, Strother said.

Three years ago, he added, “there was a collective enough is enough,” beginning a 27-month journey to making a formal application.

In a survey it sent out over the street light issue, the Brookcliff Property Owners Association said 133 homeowners approved.

That’s 85 percent in response to the question “What can we do to make Brookcliff a better place to live?”

Strother said the response “was immediate and overwhelming. Street lights.”

He noted that Cobb officials in the late 1970s expressed a desire for all neighborhoods to have street lights.

The Brookcliff POA has collected $45,778 in fees from residents to be forwarded to Cobb DOT, which will install poles and lights.

Residents will pay $9.80 a month for 36 months for installation and upfront fees, then will be billed $3.80 a month after that by the Cobb County Water System.

One of his Brookcliff neighbors, Mike Gault, moved there in 1996, and said “Brookcliff has always been an incredibly dark” neighborhood.

He said when he first moved there, he would walk his black Lab at night after work and spent a lot of time dodging cars.

Gault said the lack of street lights also has been an issue with school bus stops in the winter, with shorter daylight hours.

Cindy Krakowski, a Brookcliff homeowner, was opposed to the new street light district, saying the HOA doesn’t have the authority to use money collected for swimming and tennis use, and claimed the organization was in the red by $54,000 this year.

“They knew if they had to ask every homeowner in the neighborhood for $300 for this initiative, they wouldn’t have gotten 75 percent of the votes,” she said.

Mike Kelly, the current Brookcliff POA president, said the body has met the street light requirements and that it properly followed by-laws in doing so.

In referring to Krakowski’s claims, he said “disengagement from the process is not an excuse” and that the POA reached out extensively to residents for feedback, communication and meetings.

He said the $45,788 sum represents the highest cash balance in the POA’s history and in a slide he showed during the hearing, indicated it would be ahead of budget after paying for the street lights.

“There is no diversion of funds,” said Kelly, noting that the street light request was included as a line-item in the POA budget. “There’s no question there’s a mandate from Brookcliff.”

East Cobb subdivision to get street lights
More than 85 percent of Brookcliff residents said they wanted street lights.

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Convicted ex-Kell HS teacher subject of true-crime series

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After her husband was arrested, pleaded guilty and sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a Kell High School student, Jen Faison started a true-crime podcast to process what had happened.Spencer Herron

That podcast has expanded into a new documentary series adapted by ABC News and that begins a streaming run Tuesday on the Hulu platform.

“Betrayal: The Perfect Husband” explores the saga of Spencer Herron, named a Kell Teacher of the Year, who engaged in multiple extamarital affairs and eventually was accused by a female student of sexual assault.

In 2019, he pleaded guilty in Cobb Superior Court to five counts of sexual assault on the Kell campus and was sentenced to serve five years in prison and 15 more on probation.

The documentary is a three-part series that explores, from Faison’s perspective, what she thought was a “storybook romance” that went badly wrong.

The series finale includes an interview with Rachel, the Kell student who accused him of assaulting her when she was 16. According to court filings, Herron admitted to having sex multiple times with a student on campus from early 2016 through the end of the 2017-18 school year.

Faison and Herron were sweethearts at Berry College and married more than two decades later, after he was teaching video production at Kell. He also was a member of the Cobb County School District’s Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council shortly before his arrest.

She was a television producer who moved to Georgia to be closer to him as their relationship deepened.

He had been previously married and divorced, but it wasn’t until his 2018 arrest by Cobb Police in connection with the Kell allegations that Faison began to learn about her husband’s double life.

The Hulu series includes material first presented in the podcast about Faison discovering photos of naked and scantily clad women on his e-mail server.

Herron was released from prison on June 1, according to the documentary, but the Georgia Department of Corrections has no further information since he was incarcerated as a first-time offender.

A review of “Betrayal” by the Daily Beast concludes that the documentary “is stretched thin for maximum melodramatic purposes, lowlighted by cheesy drone shots and songs whose on-the-nose lyrics seem designed to inspire eye-rolls and guffaws. Yet its core tale remains compelling, especially when, during its closing chapter, it lets a sexual abuse survivor detail the step-by-step means by which she was groomed into participating in a criminally inappropriate relationship.”

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Cobb school board candidate reports nearly $30K in fundraising

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Cobb school board candidate reports nearly $30K in fundraising

Republican John Cristadoro, who is seeking the Post 5 seat on the Cobb Board of Education, has filed a financial disclosure report showing nearly $30,000 in contributions.

That’s nearly a year before the 2024 primaries in what’s expected to be an expensive race.

According to a report filed with the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration, Cristadoro received $18,337 in contributions from a variety of individuals and entities through June 30.

He also loaned himself $10,000 for a total of $28,337 in contributions, according to the report (you can read it here).

He is one of two announced candidates for the Post 5 seat, which is held by Republican David Banks, and which includes the Walton, Wheeler and Pope High School clusters.

The other is Democrat Laura Judge, who filed a report showing $9,255 in contributions, also through June 30 (you can read it here).

Candidates are required to file financial disclosure reports at the end of June and at the end of December for each year in an election cycle.

Primaries will be held in Georgia for federal, state and local candidates on May 21, 2024; the Georgia presidential primary is March 12, 2024.

According to Cristadoro’s report, he has several contributors who’s given at least $1,000 or more.

They include former Cobb Chamber of Commerce chairman John Loud, who’s heading Cristadoro’s steering committee.

Other $1,000+ contributors include Pamela Reardon, an East Cobb real estate agent who’s active with the Cobb Republican Party, and East Cobb resident Caryn Sonderman.

She’s an East Cobb parent who frequently speaks at Cobb school board public comment sessions and who according to the disclosure report was the host of a Cristadoro fundraiser.

Attorney Mary Anne Ackourey contributed $1,546 to the Cristadoro campaign. She’s with Freeman Mathis & Gary, a law firm with offices in the Cumberland area that’s representing the Cobb County School District in a current federal lawsuit over school board redistricting.

Judge is a member of Watching the Funds—Cobb, a citizens group that scrutinizes Cobb school district finances. Fellow WTF-Cobb members Heather Tolley-Bauer and Stacy Efrat have contributed $500 and $250, respectively.

Several state lawmakers have contributed to the Judge campaign: Democratic State Sen. Jason Esteves, whose 6th District includes part of East Cobb, contributed $250.

Democratic Rep. Lisa Campbell of North Cobb contributed $500 and Democratic Sen. Josh McLaurin of North Fulton contributed $100.

Banks, a four-term Republican, has not filed a recent disclosure reports. He told East Cobb News this spring that he has not decided if he’ll seeking re-election.

In an interview with East Cobb News in April, Cristadoro estimated he would need to raise around $85,000 for his campaign.

The Post 5 race is one of four campaigns on the Cobb school board in 2024, and party control of the board is at stake. Republicans have a 4-3 majority, but three current GOP seats will be on the ballot.

The others are held by Brad Wheeler and Randy Scamihorn, neither of whom has filed a recent disclosure report.

First-term Democrat Tre’ Hutchins of South Cobb has filed a disclosure report for the first half of 2023.

You can read through other campaign reports by clicking here.

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Chattachoochee River reopens after elevated E. coli levels

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Chattahoochee River trails management plan

The National Park Service has reopened stretches of the Chattahoochee River from the East Cobb area and downstream that have been closed in recent days due to elevated E. coli bacteria levels stemming from a Fulton County sewage treatment plant spill.

The Chattahoochee River NRA said late Monday afternoon that the river remains closed from the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell to Powers Island in Sandy Springs.

“The sections of the river below Powers Island have bacterial levels below the criteria recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency, but conditions remain subject to change,” an NPS social media posting said.

“The park and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper continue to monitor and test water quality through the BacteriALERT partnership.”

Fulton County Public Works continues to treat sewage at the Big Creek facility “to ensure all wastewater meets permitting requirements of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.”

Updates about river can be found at www.nps.gov/CHAT.

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East Cobb residential real estate sales, June 19-23, 2023

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East Cobb real estate sales, Stonehurst
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The following East Cobb residential real estate sales between June 19-23, 2023, were compiled from agency reports. They include the subdivision name and high school attendance zone in parenthesis:

June 19

287 Pinehurst Lane, 30068 (Heritage Woods, Wheeler): $442,500

June 20

3835 Rockhaven Court, 30066 (Stonehurst, Lassiter): $1.45 million

2779 Bentley Place, 30067 (Bentley Hills, Wheeler): $285,000

1646 Alexandria Court, 30067 (Bentley Ridge, Wheeler): $280,000

890 Oriole Lane, 30067 (Meadowbrook, Wheeler): $375,000

2987 Clearbrook Drive, 30068 (Country Place East, Wheeler): $379,000

1593 Old Hunters Trace, 30062 (Hunters Trace, Walton): $530,000

1692 Scufflegrit Road, 30062 (Hasty Acres, Sprayberry): $425,700

1957 Brown Mill Place, 30062 (Brown Mill Place, Pope): $457,000

2352 Marneil Drive, 30062 (Hampshire Place, Sprayberry): $400,000

3711 Bellegrove Drive, 30062 (Lost Forest, Pope): $800,000

2361 Salem Drive, 30062 (Christophers Corner, Sprayberry): $425,000

3271 Timber Bluff Drive, 30062 (Timber Bluff, Pope): $435,000

3633 Longfellow Trail, 30062 (Chestnut Ridge, Pope): $585,000

165 Ashleigh Terrace, 30062 (Heartwood, Pope): $390,000

3053 Oak Drive, 30066 (Oak Knoll, Sprayberry): $225,000

2631 Plains Court, 30066 (Plains Estates, Sprayberry): $410,000

3482 Chastain Glen Lane, 30066 (Chastain Glen, Sprayberry): $431,000

2067 Tully Wren, 30066 (Stocktons Mill, Lassiter): $450,000

2875 Liberty Court, 30066 (Windsor Oaks, LassiteR): $660,000

1903 Falcon Wood Drive, 30066 (Falcon Wood, Kell): $325,000

5037 Rodrick Trail, 30066 (Oxford Manor, Kell): $400,000

4833 Hampton Lake Drive, 30068 (Hampton Lake, Walton): $845,000

June 21

3900 Riverlook Parkway #209, 30067 (Willows by the River, Walton): $271,500

760 Trevett Way, 30062 (Gates at Hamilton Grove, Pope): $442,462

1663 Millhouse Landing, 30066 (Spencers Mill, Kell): $705,000

3320 Sulky Circle, 30067 (Ward Meade Farm, Wheeler): $1.175 million

3780 Canvasback Court, 30062 (Providence Corners, Waltont): $590,000

2106 Summerville Court, 30062 (Shannon Woods, Sprayberry): $315,000

628 Verney Drive, 30066 (Addison Heights, Sprayberry): $412,000

532 Embry Lane, 30066 (Addison Heights, Sprayberry): $185,200

3978 Rock Mill Drive, 30062 (Rock Mill, Lassiter): $500,000

4800 Grants Way, 30066 (Forest Chase, Lassiter): $420,000

June 22

2585 Middle Coray Circle, 30066 (The Oaks at Mill Pond, Lassiter): $1.6 million

1685 Tabor Drive, 30062 (Mill Creek Preserve, Pope): $715,000

893 Cedar Creek North, 30067 (Cedar Canyon, Wheeler): $304,001

2407 Wistful Way, 30067 (Brookview Manor, Sprayberry): $1.1 million

3204 Wicks Creek Trail, 30062 (Wicks Creek, Pope): $625,000

4260 Bishop Lake Road, 30062 (Easthampton, Walton): $970,000

2790 Interlaken Drive, 30068 (Alpine Lakes, Pope): $810,000

898 Croy Court, 30066 (Hadley Farm, Sprayberry): $430,000

689 Serramonte Drive, 30068 (Villas at Parkaire, Walton): $385,000

June 23

640 Windwalk Drive Unit 200, 30066 (Hembree Grove, Pope): $745,000

1508 Wynnes Ridge Circle Unit 1508, 30067 (Wynnes Ridge, Wheeler): $272,000

768 Trevett Way, 30062 (Gates at Hamilton Grove, Pope): $434,381

764 Trevett Way 30062 (Gates at Hamilton Grove, Pope): $433,931

3951 Hazelhurst Lake Drive, 30066 (Lakeside at Hazlehurst Ridge, Lassiter): $950,000

4637 Jefferson Ridge Way, 30066 (The Enclave at Jefferson Ridge, Lassiter): $800,000

4841 Rivercliff Drive, 30067 (Rivercliff, Walton): $1.225 million

3866 Streamside Drive, 30067 (Waters Edge, Walton): $600,000

82 Gatewood Drive, 30068 (Sentinel Lake, Wheeler): $715,000

3929 Timberwood Terrace, 30068 (Indian Hills, Walton): $815,000

385 Briarwood Court, 30068 (Indian Hills, Wheeler): $770,000

2361 Hembree Drive, 30062 (Walton): $575,000

924 Betty Drive, 30066 (Sprayberry): $425,000

2823 Stacy Court, 30062 (Pine Shadows, Pope): $489,000

3219 Rangers Gate, 30062 (Pine Springs, Pope): $440,000

1329 Shadowood Court, 30066 (Sprayberry): $419,000

3713 Tulip Tree Road, 30066 (North Ridge, Sprayberry): $390,000

1930 Blackwell Road, 30066 (Sprayberry): $500,000

4650 Bishop Lake Road, 30062 (Easthampton, Walton): $880,000

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Editor’s Note: East Cobb News kicks off ‘6 for 6’ campaign

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Skip Wells Memorial Ride, East Cobb News 6 for 6 campaign
Our first post—July 8, 2017—was about the Skip Wells Memorial Ride that began at Sprayberry High School, and we’ve been truckin’ ever since.

This month, East Cobb News turns six years old!

On July 8, 2017, we published our very first post, about a motorcycle ride to honor a fallen East Cobb high school graduate who was shot to death in a domestic terrorist act while serving his country.

Truth be told, I had declared my independence as a journalist well before that, as I was laying the groundwork for East Cobb News.

A quarter-century at newspapers and a few more for various online outlets helped prepare me to take on the task of building a news resource to last for this community, where our family settled exactly 50 years ago this year.

I chose this particular time to make it official and finally push the button, and the journey has been an interesting, challenging and very gratifying one.

As we have recently celebrated our nation’s independence, I’m asking East Cobb News readers to help us celebrate ours, as we have reached an important milestone.

For the first time, I’m asking readers to help support the work we do in serving you with news and useful community information.

We’re suggesting that you contribute a minimum of $6 a month, or $60 a year, in honor of the 6th anniversary of East Cobb News.

We’re calling it the “6 for 6” campaign, and for the rest of the year we will be encouraging all of you to help us out. We’ll have special promotions, swag and other goodies and giveaways for readers and supporters.

Donate today!

While those details are being worked out, let me be clear about a few things:

This is a totally voluntary campaign. You are not required to pay to read and use East Cobb News. You can click on to any link on our site, get our newsletter and follow our social media platforms as you have been without interruption, at no cost to you.

Walton High School, Top East Cobb headlines 2017
One of our first major events to cover was the opening celebration for the new Walton High School classroom building in late July 2017.

We appreciate our growing readership as we have built up an essential community resource.

A few numbers as we approach the end of 6 years:

  • Averaging 150K page views/month
  • Averaging 70K unique visitors/month
  • More than 8.3K newsletter subscribers and growing

Unlike other local media outlets, we don’t lock down our content behind a pay wall or require you to register to read stories. We don’t bombard visitors to our site with noisy pop-up videos. We don’t clutter our pages with out-of-town clickbait.

But because we’re committed to keeping East Cobb News free and accessible to all, we’re asking for your financial support today, as we continue to build a sustainable local news business that puts community first.

In order for us to do that, we need you to do two things:

  • Support our advertisers!
  • Becoming a paying supporter!

Well, three things actually:

  • Tell your friends, families and neighbors about us too!

Donate today!

Read more here about our recommended contribution options, and how to pay online or by other methods.

You can also donate an amount of your choosing.

Regardless of what you give, you can do so easily by clicking here.

Our payment platform is hosted by Press Patron, which makes it easy to support the journalism you love via one-time or monthly contributions.

The Press Patron platform is safe and secure, and is connected with the prominent Stripe online payment system. When you sign up to contribute, you can control your account and payment preferences.

We’re suggesting at the very least that you contribute $6 a month—in honor of our 6th anniversary!

Six bucks a month. Think about it. That’s a couple of cups of drive-through coffee. Or a lunch entreé. Or an after-dinner dessert.

(Is any of this making you hungry?)

First Watch, Sandy Plains Marketplace
East Cobb News readers eagerly await our coverage of restaurant openings and other “foodie” news.

That’s about what some of the most notable independent journalists in the country charge for their newsletters.

Unlike them, however, we don’t have tens and hundreds of thousands of subscribers and readers.

Local news doesn’t scale, but at its best it is deeply devoted to serving its readership.

That’s where you come in.

“6 for 6” is very similar to a public radio campaign, but for your hometown news site, lovingly started from scratch by a journalist who grew up here and calls East Cobb home.

The Power of Local

Over the last three-plus years, as the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it affected every aspect of daily life, readers came to depend on East Cobb News for all the details about how this affected our community.

We know this not only because our audience numbers skyrocketed during that time, but also because of more direct feedback we got. Such as this reader who gets our newsletter, and who sent us this message:

“This is a fabulous publication. Thank you so much!”

You have no idea what a shot in the arm that has been as we navigated these unusual times with all of you. We never stopped working to catch you up with all the vital updates about the reopenings of businesses and schools, how to follow your local elected bodies online and how to help out those in need.

Here are a few other reader testimonials we’d like to share:

“You have a great sense of the community and what makes it tick.”

“Appreciate your deep and objective coverage. Thank you.”

“I read it religiously. I have lived in East Cobb for 43 years. It is my community of people and places. Keeping up with things tightens the feelingsI have for East Cobb. Basically, I love your publication!”

Community activism over the Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center eventually led to a redevelopment project that’s currently underway.

As we have returned to normal, we’ve resumed chronicling the things you’ve come to expect from East Cobb News:

  • Local government, schools, public safety, getting around, development
  • Business openings, especially retail and restaurants
  • Events, quality of life issues and community service
  • Elections, candidate profiles and how to cast your vote
  • Human-interest features and the activities of our community’s youth

What we’ve seen in the last three years is how vital local news has become to a community, and people in East Cobb have been generous with their compliments and with their eyeballs.

We greatly appreciate the many reader contributions we get, letting us know about an event or fundraiser, honoring people for their good works and accomplishments, and sending along feel-good stories in a time of great stress and anxiety.

Now East Cobb News needs something else from you to continue doing the work we’ve done not just for the last three years, but for the last six.

To say launching East Cobb News was a labor of love is an understatement.

What was truly behind the idea was the sense of opportunity it presented to create something just for this community.

Journalism has been my profession for 40 years, but East Cobb is the place I’ve called home, and that nurtured my aspirations for my career and life.

But local news has taken a very deep hit as my profession and the news industry have been transformed over the last two decades.

There’s been so much destruction and job loss, and communities have been deprived of vital information they need.

As I wrote here last Labor Day, this is a time to build, and I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished thus far with East Cobb News.

There’s so much more I want to do.

Donate today!

The Avenue East Cobb transformation
Readers tell us constantly how important quality-of-life issues matter to them in our coverage of the community.

The Power of Now

You depend on us to get you the news. We depend on you to help us financially. Now is not time to sit on the sidelines waiting for someone else to support local journalism.

We offer some affordable and dynamic ways to promote local businesses, and we’ve got enticing readership numbers to help those running small businesses to reach new customers.

Our “Six for Six” campaign also includes some advertising specials, so please visit this link for more.

Business owners and marketing professionals can also check out our other advertising information. We have a variety of products and price points and most importantly, the flexibility to work with you to craft a package that fits your needs and your budget.

If you really want to stand out with your message, East Cobb News can give you something no other local outlet can provide—dozens of dynamic online display and newsletter formats, including video, slideshow gallery and rotating cube features that dazzle readers and convert into sales.

To me, The Power of Local also extends to local business, and East Cobb News is the ideal marketing partner for local businesses that are trying to thrive in the post-pandemic world.

LM Frame and Gallery Ribbon-Cutting
We love to share news of new and expanded businesses in East Cobb—hey, we’re a local small business too!

We approach advertising the same way we do the news—as a fellow business owner and citizen, fully invested in our community. We want you to grow and thrive, because we understand how local businesses form the backbone of our community.

Now more than ever.

As we have recently celebrated the birthday of our nation’s founding ideals, we’d like to ask our readers to help us as we continue the work of providing independent, online local news and useful community information.

That’s our one and only mission, and it’s unlike anything else in East Cobb.

Please consider giving the suggested amounts with the options below, or whatever you like. While we greatly appreciate recurring annual monthly or annual contributions, we also accept one-time donations that can be renewed as you like:

  • $6/month or $60/year
  • $12/month or $125/year
  • $30/month or $300/year
  • $50/month or $500/year
  • Custom amount
  • One-time donation

Donate today!

Here’s the link to contribute, and to create an account with the Press Patron platform. It was formed with local news publishers in mind to help them grow and become sustainable.

I’ve set some substantial, but reachable goals for the “6 for 6” campaign: We’d like to have 500 subscribers by the end of September, and another 500 by the end of the year.

Frankly, I think we can achieve much more than that, and I’ll update those numbers and encourage more readers to take part as we go along in the coming months.

Please keep in mind that East Cobb News is a for-profit business. While your donations are not tax deductible, they will go a long way to help us keep giving you the local news that you love!

As always, please feel free to reach out with questions, news tips and advertising queries: wendy@eastcobbnews.com.

Enjoy your summer, stay safe and be well East Cobb!

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Sewell Mill Creek sewage spill reported near East Cobb Park

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Sewell Mill Creek sewage spill reported near East Cobb Park
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Cobb County Government said Saturday that the county’s water system is cleaning up a sewage spill in Sewell Mill Creek near East Cobb Park.

Cobb spokesman Ross Cavitt said in a release that the leak has been stopped and repairs are underway, but the county is advising the public to avoid exposure to the creek from East Cobb Park and southward.

Cobb Water said a structural sewer line failed on the creek near Pimlico Court in the Roswell Downs neighborhood early Saturday morning, dumping an estimated 152,750 gallons of overflow into the creek.

The release said the overflow was stopped around 12:45 a.m. Saturday as crews “have put a bypass pump in place” as a temporary measure:

“The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has been notified, and Cobb County Water System employees are following EPD protocols for such an event. Monitoring of bacteria levels in the creek is already underway.”

Cavitt said that the testing of waters downstream can take up to 24 hours and that signage has been posted informing the public.

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East Cobb art gallery to hold opening for sports art exhibit

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East Cobb art gallery sports art exhibit

LM Frame and Gallery of East Cobb will be the venue for an upcoming exhibit displaying the work of a notable sports artist.

An opening event for the exhibit will take place on Thursday, July 20, from 5:30-8 p.m. at its location at 1062 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 150.

The exhibit features the work of Jace McTier, based in Augusta, and will continue through Aug. 15.

He’s part of a family of artists that specializes in Impressionist, figurative and sports painting (Lucy and Jace McTier). His mother, Lucy McTier, has been among his influences, along with William Turner, Vincent Van Gogh, and the sports art of George Bellows and LeRoy Nieman.

Jace McTier’s sports art portraits include Tom Brady, Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams and Rory McIlroy.

A portion of sales from the exhibit at LM Frame and Gallery will be donated to the Tim Luke Hope for Minds charity, helping children with brain injuries.

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East Cobb bookstore begins middle book grade reading club

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Bookmiser, an independent bookstore in East Cobb, is starting a reading club for middle school students that has its first gathering next week.Bookmiser middle grade book reading club

The Middle Grade Book Club will hold its first meeting July 14 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Bookmiser (3822 Roswell Road).

The club, which is limited to 10 participants in grades 4-7, will meet the second Friday of every month after that.

Participation is free but books must be purchased from Bookmiser.

July and August books have been selected but future books will be chosen by participants and the club’s moderator, Carlie Sorosiak, a children’s author, creative writing teacher and former bookseller.

To register, click here.

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East Cobb Tin Lizzy’s closing temporarily for renovations

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Tin Lizzy's The Avenue East Cobb temporarily closing

The Tin Lizzy’s restaurant at The Avenue East Cobb will be closing next week for renovations.

North American Properties, which manages the retail center on Roswell Road, said the restaurant will close after dinner service this Sunday, July 9, and reopen for dinner service next Friday, July 14.

“The newly refreshed Tin Lizzy’s at AEC will exude surfer-cool vibes with a fresh, crisp color palette, bold textiles and vintage-style artwork,” NAP said in a release “The breezy, all-weather patio, adorned with cafe tables, lush plants, and corn hole, will be the perfect oasis for a celebration.”

The menu will remain the same, featuring tacos, salads and bowls, salsas, and Mexican skillets, as well as drink specials featuring margaritas.

The renovations come at Tin Lizzy’s amid continuing redevelopment of The Avenue to include jewel box restaurant space and a plaza area and the tentative opening of a Barnes & Noble bookstore this fall in the former Bath, Bed and Beyond space.

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East Cobb Food Scores: Hong Kong Star; Rose and Crown; more

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Hong Kong Star, East Cobb Food Scores

The following food scores have been compiled by the Cobb & Douglas Department of Public Health. Click the link under each listing for inspection details:

Bitefull
2217 Roswell Road, Suite B1
July 7, 2023 Score: 96, Grade: A

Hong Kong Star 
4719 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 110
July 5, 2023 Score: 90, Grade: A

Jet’s Pizza
4401 Shallowford Road, Suite 102
July 3, 2023 Score: 90, Grade: A

La Bella Pizza
2635 Sandy Plains Road, Suite A-7
June 26, 2023 Score: 84, Grade: B

McDonald’s
3101 Roswell Road
July 6, 2023 Score: 90, Grade: A

Rose & Crown
1935 Powers Ferry Road
June 30, 2023, Score: 100, Grade: A

Wing City
1750 Bells Ferry Road, Suite E
June 26, 2023, Score: 100, Grade: A

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East Cobb Weekend Events; Garden Club; Hyde Farm Family Day; more

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East Cobb Park Garden Club
The East Cobb Park Garden Club is meeting Saturday morning.

What was initially planned as another in a series of Hyde Farm Walking Tours has been expanded into a full-fledged outing for the whole family.

Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson has organized what’s called Cobb Family Day from 9-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hyde Farm (721 Hyde Road) that includes a Cobb PARKS fishing rodeo.

The walking tours will take place at 10 and 11, and other activities include “Touch a Truck” with the Cobb Fire Department, cooking demonstrations from the UGA Extension Office, a “Story Walk” with Cobb Libraries and a  scavenger hunt.

Everything but the fishing rodeo is free, which has a $5 charge, and you’ll need to sign up. The event is for youths 3-16, and trophies will be awarded for the biggest fish caught.

Also on Saturday morning, the newly formed East Cobb Park Garden Club is getting together for another outing from 10-11:30 a.m. as they tackle beautification efforts.

They’ll start out at the gazebo overlooking the back quad of the park, and are accepting new volunteers and donations.

The group was started by the Friends for the East Cobb Park volunteers organization.

You can find all of our calendar listings in one handy place on our site. If you have events to share with the public, please e-mail: calendar@eastcobbnews.com and we will post them here.

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East Cobb residents appointed to Cobb Board of Elections

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East Cobb residents appointed to Cobb Board of Elections
Stacy Efrat, left, and Debbie Fisher are sworn in by Cobb Probate Court Chief Judge Kelli L. Wolk. Photo: Cobb County government

Two East Cobb residents were recently appointed to the Cobb Board of Elections.

Stacy Butler Efrat was appointed by the Cobb Democratic Party, and Debbie Fisher was chosen by the Cobb Republican Party.

They were sworn in last week and began four-year terms on July 1.

Both are citizen-activists who have been involved in party politics at the local level.

Efrat is a member of Watching The Funds-Cobb, a watchdog group that monitors finances and spending by the Cobb County School District (see our profile story from 2021).

The group has been critical of Cobb school district purchases of COVID-19 sanitizing lights and handwashing machines that were the focus of a Cobb grand jury report, as well the district’s alert system vendor that changed last year after malfunctions.

Efrat has been active in canvassing for Democratic candidates in an East Cobb community that has been traditionally Republican. But in recent election cycles, Democratic candidates have been either winning or become more competitive.

Efrat is a risk manager in the financial industry and is a parent in the Walton High School cluster.Last year, she protested a new logo for East Side Elementary School, saying it resembled the Nazi eagle crest.

Fisher, retired from the internet security industry, is currently a vice president for party and grassroots development with the Cobb Republican Party.

In addition to those and other local GOP roles, she has been involved in civic affairs as a critic of Cobb County government spending and has spoken out against high-density zoning cases in East Cobb.

Earlier this year, she filed an ethics complaint against Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson over the latter’s political action committee activities.

But that complaint was dismissed by the Cobb Board of Ethics.

Fisher is the only appointee of Republican interests on the elections board. Jennifer Mosbacher, another East Cobb resident, is the appointee of Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid.

Chairwoman Tori Silas and Steven Bruning are appointees of the Cobb legislative delegation, which has a Democratic majority.

The first meeting for Efrat and Fisher is July 10.

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Office use request for Mt. Bethel Community Center withdrawn

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Mt. Bethel Church Community Center rezoning

UPDATED, July 5, 4:30 p.m.:

The Cobb Planning Commission voted 5-0 today to allow the applicant to withdraw without prejudice, meaning the matter could be refiled at any time.

ORIGINAL REPORT:

A development company that applied to rezone land including the former Mt. Bethel Church Community Center for a small office building wants to withdraw that request.

We noted last month that the 1.13 acres at 4608 Lower Roswell Road includes a 6,250-square-foot building that has been vacant and that was one of several parcels owned by the church that has been put on the real estate market.

But the zoning signs have come down and the applicant’s attorney filed notice with the Cobb Zoning Office last Thursday that they’d like to withdraw without prejudice.

The application was scheduled to be heard by the Cobb Planning Commission on Wednesday, but the withdrawal request would have to be voted on by that board since it came after the deadline for doing so, which is a week in advance.

MRE Properties & Investments, LLC was seeking low-rise office (LRO) zoning, which would permit professional office uses. The current building, which housed various Mt. Bethel Church activities and non-profits, including Aloha to Aging, is a single story on land zoned in the RA-4 residential category.

The Cobb Zoning staff is recommending that the zoning stay at RA-4, with a limited professional services permit (full analysis here).

The land is bordered by an O & I designation at the corner of Lower Roswell and Woodlawn, where a Mt. Bethel Church day care center once stood, and a single-family subdivision.

The staff analysis concluded that “the applicant’s rezoning proposal is in conformity with the policies and intent of the Cobb County Comprehensive Plan, if deleted to RA-4 with a LPSP. Approval of an LPSP would be more appropriate to the residential neighborhoods surrounding the site.”

Kevin Moore, an attorney for MRE Properties, submitted a stipulation letter last Monday reiterating his client’s desire for LRO zoning,

His request to withdraw did not indicate a reason.

Another East Cobb case that has been delayed for months is being continued again. It’s for a standalone Starbucks at Paper Mill Village, and was to have been heard by the Planning Commission Wednesday.

But S&B Investments Inc. has asked for a continuance until August.

The applicant originally wanted to tear down a small building at 31 Johnson Ferry Road at Paper Mill Road where the current Starbucks is located and build a two-story structure.

That has been reduced to a single story, and attorney Parks Huff said his client continues to work on design.

The Cobb Planning Commission meeting Wednesday will take place starting at 9 a.m. in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta).

Here’s a summary agenda; you can read through the full agenda by clicking here.

The meeting will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.

The Planning Commission recommendations will be considered by the Cobb Board of Commissioners on July 18.

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