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Cobb County Courier
Published 13 hours agoMarietta Theatre Company and Cobb PARKS Announce Partnership for 2027 Season at Jennie T. Anderson Theatre
Free Oct. 15 showcase will celebrate the company’s first decade and reveal its four-show 2027 season Marietta Theatre Company distributed the following press release about its partnership with Cobb PARKS:...
Cobb County Courier
Published 13 hours agoThings to Do in Cobb County This Weekend, Sept. 18-20
Here is a list of a few things to do in Cobb County this weekend: Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20. Be sure to check the information in the...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 16Caregiver Arrested After 3-Year-Old Found Alone in Marietta
By Mark Woolsey A 3-year-old boy is safe after being spotted wandering alone near a busy Marietta intersection Monday evening. Police say they were notified about 5:45 p.m. that the...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 15The upsides and downsides of Automatic License Plate Readers
In October of 2021, the Courier sat down with the public information officers (PIOs) from the Cobb County Police Department and the Marietta Police Department at Cool Beans, the popular...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 13Lockheed Martin Volunteers support 9/11 Day of Service to help neighbors in need
PHOTO ABOVE: A Lockheed Martin Marietta employee measures ingredients for a pack of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal. Sixty employees from the company helped pack 565,380 meals for Atlanta families facing food...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 13How much do you know about Lockheed Martin’s Marietta plant? take the quiz and find out
By Larry Felton Johnson Lockheed Martin is not only a major employer in Cobb County, it’s also America’s largest defense contractor. The quiz below (with links to where you can...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 13Marietta to Break Ground on $17M Rottenwood Creek Trail Phase 1
By Larry Felton Johnson The City of Marietta will break ground for a three-mile multiuse trail segment that will link Kennesaw State University’s Marietta campus with the Franklin Gateway Sports...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 13How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway
[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 12LuLu Belle – Small Studio. Big Energy. Strong Women
Photo credit: Brian Benefield [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield. Photo above by Brian Benefield] There are gyms, and then there is...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 10Teen Killed in Electric Scooter Crash on Cobb Parkway
By Mark Woolsey [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding the names of survivors involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Marietta police released details of...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 08Cobb Landmarks presents lecture on probate records as genealogical tool
Cobb Landmarks posted the following announcement on the City of Marietta website: Ever hit a brick wall in your genealogical research? The answer might be hiding in a probate file....