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Cuts, class sizes on Cobb school board's agenda
MARIETTA – The Cobb school board on Wednesday will look at further ways to cope with a reduction in state funding, discuss potential class size increases and consider replacing all high sc...
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commissioners expected to extend construction fee deferral program
COBB COUNTY – The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve the extension of a construction deferral fee program from Feb. 9 to Sept. 30 at its regular meeting this morni...
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Council eyes cutting nearly $5 million in road projects
MARIETTA – With collections from the special purpose local option sales tax that voters approved for transportation improvements in 2005 not meeting projections, the City Council on Wednes...
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left, Frances Bogle, Kim Allen and Debbie Ray, all of Marietta, cheer as they watch the Super Bowl at the home of Patty and Bruce McCampbell. <br>Photo by Samantha Wilson Super Bowl excitement hits county
MARIETTA – The friendly divide at Patty and Bruce McCampbell’s Sunday Super Bowl Party was not between fans of the Colts and supporters of the Saints but between the men and the wome...
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two men shot in separate robberies
MARIETTA – Franklin Road saw more violence early Sunday when masked men shot and robbed two other men. The first shooting occurred at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday, when two Hispanic men wearin...
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marietta School Board chairman Randy Weiner speaks to the Journal.<br>Photo by Mike Jacoby School chairman has high standards
MARIETTA – With two children at West Side Elementary, Randy Weiner, 42, the new chairman of the Marietta school board, has a personal interest in seeing Marietta’s school system thri...
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From left, Laura and Michael Kandilakis of Smyrna drop-off their old pills at Georgia s First Medication Disposal Program at Windy Hill Senior Center on Saturday morning, as Vic Knight of Marietta, Keeping Cobb Beautiful board member, takes the medications for disposal.<br>Photo by Samantha Wilson Nonprofit pushes safe disposal of medication
SMYRNA – To flush or not to flush, is a dilemma that plagues our “greener,” yet hurried society more than ever when it comes to the disposal of medications. That is why Keep Co...
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kelley McLeod of Kennesaw helps her daughter, Caroline McLeod, 12, with her hair as she prepares to sing ‘Flat on the Floor’ by Carrie Underwood in the 8- to at Southern Polytechnic State University on Saturday. <br>Photo by Samantha Wilson Beauty tweens
MARIETTA – It is a subculture unto itself of intense competition, excessive primping, watchful mothers and endless rehearsals that is often times filled with disappointment, and on rare oc...
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2 men charged in kidnapping of Mableton boy, 4
MABLETON – Cobb police have arrested two men they say were involved in kidnapping a 4-year-old from his mother in a trailer park near Six Flags on Thursday. According to Cobb investigator...
February 06, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left, STAR teacher Kelly Bryan and Student Abhijeeth Ramesh of Walton with STAR Student Sydney Haltom and teacher Randy Fields from The Walker School during Monday evening’s STAR Awards Banquet sponsored by the Metropolitan Marietta Kiwanis Club at First United Methodist Church in Marietta. STARs align for 2 Cobb students
MARIETTA – Cobb County’s brightest gathered Monday night to be honored for their academic excellence at the Kiwanis Club of Marietta’s 43rd annual Student and Teacher Achieveme...
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Some, but not all, flood repairs paid for by FEMA
Local governments in Cherokee County have won only a portion of the state and federal dollars requested to cover the impact of September’s floods. The county and the cities of Canton, Holly ...
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Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison, right, swears in new Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies, from left, Sarah Sager of Cartersville, Michael Miller of Acworth, Myrlene Joseph of Atlanta, Lance Olson of Canton and Johnny Richards of Ball Ground at the agency’s headquarters in Canton on Thursday afternoon. <br>Photo by Samantha Wilson Cherokee Sheriff's Office set to build new training facility
The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office is developing plans for construction of a new training facility as part of its 2010 efforts to improve service to the community. Sheriff Roger Garrison said the...
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CCE ManagerJames Latimore, works with middle school students on the value of character building and public service. Kappa Alpha Psi guiding young men at Anderson Boys & Girls Club
MARIETTA – “Men building men,” is the phrase that best describes what the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity’s Guide Right program is all about, fraternity member Lawrence King o...
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County's SPLOST revenues indicate 5% drop
MARIETTA – County budget leaders are projecting that revenues from the six-year transportation SPLOST will total $786 million, down five percent from the original 2005 estimate of $826 m...
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Mableton legislator co-sponsors bill for state arts sales tax
ATLANTA – A proposal to fund the arts by revising Georgia’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax law is being considered in the General Assembly. State Rep. Don Wix (D-Mableton), ...
February 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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More events to celebrate black history
COBB COUNTY - There are a number of events planned at local schools in celebration of Black History Month. The Journal printed community and school events in an article on Tuesday. These are i...
February 04, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former city councilman Scoggins dies at 79
SMYRNA – In what state Sen. Doug Stoner (D-Smyrna) called a loss for the Jonquil City, William H. “Bill” Scoggins, of Smyrna, died on Sunday. The former city councilman was 79...
February 03, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Courtney Hicks and her mother, Kirsten, hug in the hallway at Sawyer Road Elementary in Marietta. Courtney, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor a few days after her eighth birthday last May, will serve as a poster child for the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children Inc. <br>Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen Courtney's comeback
MARIETTA – Nearly a year ago, Courtney Hicks of Marietta was active in soccer, basketball and Girl Scouts, just like other kids her age. Then, days after her eighth birthday, she was diagn...
February 03, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Olens: Saving money the focus of retreat
COBB COUNTY – Cobb Chairman Sam Olens said county leaders will strongly focus on the budget in a tough economy at their annual planning retreat today through Friday at Lake Lanier Island...
February 03, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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