In the East Cobb News weekly newsletter for June 24, 2018: Green space; new principals; police officer charged; budget town hall; and more

East Cobb News weekly newsletter
Some East Cobb citizens this week spoke in favor of a property tax increase to preserve parks, libraries and other services. (East Cobb News file photo)

The convenient East Cobb News weekly newsletter is out, with all of this week’s top headlines in one place.

This week’s top stories includes a budget town hall meeting at the East Cobb Senior Center to discuss a proposed property tax increase; the purchase of Tritt property next to East Cobb Park to be preserved as green space; new East Cobb school principals; and a Precinct 4 Cobb Police officer jailed for assault and solicitation.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for June 17, 2018 is out!

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Cuddle up and catch up with what’s happened in our community this week.

The convenient East Cobb News weekly newsletter is out, with all of this week’s top headlines in one place.

This week’s top stories includes a revised Cobb budget proposal to keep parks and libraries open (and raise your property taxes), details about Georgia’s upcoming hands-free law and the 30th anniversary of the Good Mews cat shelter.

The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail inbox every Sunday, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for June 3, 2018 is out!

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The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail inbox every Sunday, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information.

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This week’s top stories includes the arrest of a Kell High School teacher on charges of sexually assaulting a student; an update on the forthcoming opening of the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes; an East Cobb student’s trip to Africa to build a soccer field for village children; and the opening of another long-anticipated restaurant.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for May 13, 2018 is out!

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The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail inbox every Sunday, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information.

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This week’s top stories include good news for several East Cobb high schools, the start of advance voting, a harrowing plot to “buy” a child at a local supermarket that ended in an arrest and a life sentence for a man who killed his wife.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for April 8, 2018 is out!

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We know many of you have been enjoying spring break, so this is a perfect time to catch up with all that transpired while you were relaxing, including the recommended extensions of two multi-use trails in East Cobb and some enticing new restaurant updates.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for April 1, 2018 is out!

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This week’s top stories include the festive Northeast Cobb Community Egg Drop, one of East Cobb’s signature Easter weekend events; the deaths of two East Cobb teenagers; an update on the county tax digest and the overhaul of one of our community’s creakiest old bridges.

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Thanks for reading East Cobb News. Spring is in the air, and it’s also spring break, but whatever you’re doing, have a great week!

The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for March 18, 2018 is out!

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This week’s top stories include the student walkouts in East Cobb, an update about a “fake cop” rapist attack, an upcoming meeting about the Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center and a new public park greenspace acquisition in Northeast Cobb (pictured above.)

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for March 11, 2018 is out!

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This week’s top stories include continuing coverage of this Wednesday’s school gun-control walkouts, ongoing efforts to keep East Cobb Library open, 2018 primary elections qualifying and a police alert about a “fake cop” rapist attack that took place Friday on Terrell Mill Road.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for March 4, 2018 is out!

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This week’s story about a student “walkout” protest in favor of gun control, and the Cobb school district’s opposition to those plans, resonated with readers and many new subscribers, and we’ll be updating developments as that March 14 event approaches.

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The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for Feb. 25, 2018 is out!

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Welcome to our newest subscribers, and please stay in touch!

Bobby Nesbitt, Rachel McLaughlin, Mary Bevis, Andrew Smith, Anghelina Pascar, Christina DiCarlo, Ryan DiCarlo, Frank Perkowski, Charles O’Connor, Yanick Zamy, Carolyn Angel, Brian Holihan, Connie Day, Kevin Williams, J. Webb, Margaret Knight, Bill Hardman, Charisse Davis, Stan Brothers, Joe Aagard and Andy Altizer.

 

The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for Feb. 18, 2018 is out!

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This past week, our stories about Cobb school safety measures and proposed library cuts generated great interest from readers, and gave us another solid traffic week, as well as many new subscribers.

Welcome, and please stay in touch!

Martha Croom, Tim Sanders, Dipak Patel, Karen Tekenbroek, Susan Kabe, Andrew Phillips, Susan Coley, Debi Teague, Joyce Folk, Joan Bourne, Jim Sandahl, Lorraine Brown, Millie Ore, Barbara Perry, Fran Lamb, Donna Schuster, Claudia Klee, Dustin Radtke, Kristine Serkedakis, Deena LaRocca.

Rachel Gouin, Joy Power, P.W. Tsuboi, Chrissy Houky, Mary Beth Ingle, Mary Shipe, Youlanda Ficzko, Diane Kane, Pam Hicks, Martin Kruger, Larry Barton, Jane Moss, Nancy Cloyd, Save Cobb Libraries, Dee Kennedy, Will Powell, Delores Coe, Ilse Bushman, Carolyn Silzie, Donald Ewalt, Rachel Ewalt.

Michelle Grant, John Hart, Joseph Prakash, Anthony Yorio, Wyndi Kappes, Linda Raschke, Mary Scannell, Lamar Crosby, Judy Barnett, Pattie Jackson.

The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for Feb. 11, 2018 is out!

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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.

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This past week, our stories about proposed Cobb library budget cuts and a major redevelopment at Powers Ferry and Terrell Mill roads generated great interest from readers, and gave us our best traffic week yet, as well as many new subscribers.

Welcome, and please stay in touch!

Sally Peter, Warren Ballew, Pam Egan, Jan Barton, Jill Tempest, Doreen Davey, Karen Yanosky, Camille McClellan, Lenny Deutsch, Linda Shilling, Trilby Wood, Tom Cheek, Tim Perkins, Christine Surdyka; Kathleen Atkins, Reginald Davis, Kathleen Mayfield, Barry Abernathy, Jacqueline Hurley, Ann Lane.

Katherine Carlson, Susan Kovach, Paul Amoruso, Sara Wells, Bett Gibson, L. Thomas, Riny Schartman, Emma Dix, Marilyn Norvill, Betty Feehan, Richard Dry, Andrea Pauquette, Jeri Crouse, Bonnie Lantz, Lilia Sadoux, Dave Cunningham, Kes Stadler, Jean Callaghan, Gloria Smith, Jane Kendall.

Cathy Schweers, Jenny Lee, Diane Brim, Leslie Kahrs, Samantha Anderson, Michelle Stone, Joanne Mazor, Candice Jansen, Melissa Gordon, Melissa Rose, Janice Reardon, Phyllis Preston, Ellen Repasky, Wanessa Moore, Louise Clemenger, A.J. Warren, Michael Blackwell, Michael Hake, Tom Stanley, Jane Corby.

Lynn Rutledge, Sharon Godin, Shirley Weaver, Amy Chrz, Christopher Bradley, Susan Edwards, John McFarland, Art Cohen, Eugene Kimball, Pamela Adley, Linda Coleman, Dewey A. Staggs, Ronnie Brake, Carolyn Grubaugh, Johnie Hunsucker, Andrea Zare, Jan Sherwood, Lisa Scheidt, Ellen Crolley.

 

The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for Feb. 4, 2018 is out!

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The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail every Sunday afternoon, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information.

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We’re enhancing our newsletter—including more top local headlines—due to changes Facebook is making to its News Feed, which that may limit what you see if you follow or like East Cobb News on that social media platform.

Welcome to our newest subscribers!

Terri Po, Bev Bergman, Elizabeth Wells, John Michelitch, Richard Hartigan, Lawrence Bourne, Matt Simpson, Charles Terry, Rajnikant Patel, Victoria Leonhardt, KImberly Miller, Kathy Slough, Donna Schacher, Patricia Butrym, Kyle Sumner, Ron Walker, Marilyn Crawford, Renee Winberg, Aaron Woody.

 

The East Cobb News weekly newsletter for Jan. 28, 2018 is out!

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The East Cobb News Digest is delivered to your e-mail every Sunday afternoon, and contains so much more, including the best calendar listings anywhere in East Cobb and convenient community information.

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We’re enhancing our newsletter—including more top local headlines—due to changes Facebook is making to its News Feed, which that may limit what you see if you follow or like East Cobb News on that social media platform.

Welcome to our newest subscribers!

Matthew French, Michael Shneibaum, Kelly Miller, Vani Arcuragi, Sally Platt, Steven Carr, Frank Greenfield, Sergio Corvalan, Patricia Seeds, William Painter, Melissa Worthy, Shelly Barton, Lana Chumley, Terri Eimer, Margaret Waage.

Chanda Lea Cattadoris, Barbara Diehl, M. Weber, Kareen Bangou, Bobbi Shams, Cindy Nino, Dean Barger, Lance Ruhl, Valerie Parsons, Sharon Greenberg, Gail Chanin, Susan Jones, Jana Pantesco, Sally Manning King, Rich Danielson, Cynthia Holmberg.