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Navy has clear vision thanks to Wheeler grad
EAST COBB – Seaman Antwon Little of east Cobb has made quite an impression in the Navy since graduating in 2003 from Wheeler High School and joining the military in 2009. He is presently...
September 03, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lembeck on list for superintendent of the year award
MARIETTA – Dr. Emily Lembeck, the popular superintendent of Marietta City Schools, is one of four finalists named by the Georgia School Superintendents Association for 2011 Superintendent ...
September 03, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board meetings unplugged
MARIETTA – Although the Cobb school board voted in 2007 to televise “all Cobb County Board of Education meetings,” the board has not lived up to that in four meetings this year...
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Historic Hyde Farm now fully protected
EAST COBB – All 135 acres of what was once Hyde Farm is now fully protected. Debra Edelson, project manager for the Trust for Public Land said Thursday the TPL has officially sold the ...
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Field set for 17th Classic
CUMBERLAND – The 17-year Labor Day tradition of the U.S. 10K Classic will continue on Monday, with more than 10,000 participants expected to compete in the annual race. The 6.2-mile run/wa...
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Beer sale proposal gets cut off
MARIETTA – There will be no beer sold at the Wings Over Atlanta air show at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on Oct. 16 and 17, a lieutenant colonel told Cobb Chairman Tim Lee late Thursday. Thou...
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MUST fires second employee amid cash trade-off allegations
MARIETTA – MUST Ministries has fired a second employee amid allegations that cash was being accepted in lieu of court-ordered community service hours. The Rev. Andy Peabody, vice presid...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six Flags will open its newest thrill ride, the Dare Devil Dive roller coaster Memorial Day Weekend. The ride features a 10-story vertical drop. Six Flags to open new thrill ride
SOUTH COBB – Thrill-seekers will get to experience a “beyond vertical” drop when Six Flags Over Georgia opens its newest Dare Devil Dive roller coaster Memorial Day weekend. ...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blanche Fuller stands in front of an outbuilding that has stood on her property since World War II. The city of Powder Springs issued a warning citing 35 code violations. Fuller’s son, Dr. Dwight Frisbee, believes the code warnings are an excuse to take the building and convert it into a bike rental facility.<br>Photo by Anthony Stalcup Mayor: No plans to take property from resident
POWDER SPRINGS – Powder Springs Mayor Pat Vaughn insisted Wednesday that her city has no intention of taking a resident’s outbuilding on which code officers recently noted 35 viola...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AM | 4 4 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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District to release superintendent survey
MARIETTA – Cobb County School District staff will wait until after Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting to release a survey asking residents to rate their desired qualities for a n...
September 03, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Colotl hearing pushed back to Oct.
MARIETTA – A hearing for KSU student and illegal immigrant Jessica Colotl was granted a continuance until Oct. 20 in Cobb County state court on Tuesday. Colotl, 21, was due in Judge Kath...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AM | 4 4 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cobb teachers awarded $1M grant
MARIETTA – Cobb County history teachers are getting a $1 million history lesson. This week, the district was awarded a three-year, $999,425 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tuba player Sodienye Finebone was selected to perform on NPR’s ‘From the Top’ show on June 18. He also received a full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Campbell High School alum takes musical talent to new heights
Sodienye Finebone, 19, thought he had chosen a simple musical instrument to play when he picked the tuba seven years ago back in middle school. However, he soon learned that his new instrument of ...
September 01, 2010 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Above: Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus was at Southern Polytechnic State University on Thursday for a book-signing and lecture.  Below: Dr. Yunus signs a copy of his latest book, ‘Building Social Business.’<br>Photo by Anthony Stalcup Power to the poor
MARIETTA – Famed economist and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, known as the “banker to the poor,” spoke Thursday at Southern Polytechnic State University about his criti...
August 27, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice George T. Smith speaks during an interview in his office in Marietta in 1999. Smith, a veteran Georgia politician, served in all three branches of government —  as House Speaker, Lt. Governor and Supreme Court justice. Politician who served all three branches dies at 93
EAST COBB – George Thornewell Smith of Marietta, who served in all three branches of Georgia’s government – as House Speaker, Lt. Governor and Supreme Court justice – ...
August 25, 2010 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Music industry veterans to lead new music and entertainment certificate program at KSU
KENNESAW – Kennesaw State University has hired music industry veterans to launch its new certificate program in music and entertainment business. Bruce Burch, a songwriter, was selected as...
August 25, 2010 12:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Walton senior Nejla Day serves a cup of coffee to Bank of North Georgia Community Executive Mary Karras on Thursday morning. Raider Joe's: Open for business
EAST COBB — Students and teachers at Walton High School in east Cobb are now enjoying a cheap and delicious cup of joe in the morning thanks to a group of entrepreneurial special needs student...
August 23, 2010 12:00 AM | 8 8 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lauren Parrott, 16, daughter of Karin and Bruce Parrott of Marietta, holds a first-place trophy she recently earned in the Youth America Grand Prix competition that precipitated a summer study program, then a full scholarship to train in ballet in San Francisco. She will leave soon to begin her dance studies in California. <br>Photo by Mike Jacoby Drive to succeed keeps Lauren Parrott on her toes
MARIETTA – Lauren Parrott, 16, of west Cobb, will be leaving next week for ballet school in San Francisco. It’s a big step in her life, leaving her parents and younger brother for a ...
August 18, 2010 12:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zoning board tables rabbit house vote
COBB COUNTY – Things may be looking up for the North Georgia Chapter of the House Rabbit Society and its furry friends. After the Cobb County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended d...
August 18, 2010 12:00 AM | 28 28 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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