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Cobb Zoning: Family gets exception for backyard chickens
On Tuesday, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners granted the first exception for backyard chickens to be raised on a small residential lot by an Austell family. Jeremy Rzentkowski told the board ...
June 19, 2013 12:59 AM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Active military not required to pay Kennesaw to pick up trash
City Manager Steve Kennedy said the ordinance has been vetted by the city’s legal team and is aimed at recognizing those who provide service to the country. Residents pay $24 per month for sanitati...
June 19, 2013 12:20 AM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man accused of videotaping woman
A Marietta man is accused of hiding a video camera in an alarm clock and filming a woman in his bathroom.
June 19, 2013 12:16 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fla. man wanted on stalking charges
A Parkland, Fla., man is wanted by Cobb Police on charges of him putting hidden cameras in a woman’s home.
June 19, 2013 12:15 AM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marietta school board OKs $81.8 million budget
Budget does not have furlough days, program cuts, increased class sizes, a shortened school year or a tax hike.
June 19, 2013 12:10 AM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cobb Police seeking help to find armed robbery suspect
ATLANTA — Cobb Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who is accused of robbing multiple gas stations at gunpoint over the last few days in Cobb and Rockdale counties and Chamblee...
June 19, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quick Trip cashier robbed at gunpoint
The Cobb County Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred this morning at a QuikTrip gas station on Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta
June 18, 2013 02:12 PM | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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East Cobb man jailed on suspicion of molesting teenager, keeping her in his home more than a month
Joshua Harry Measroch, who lives on Powers Park Way in Marietta located off Johnson Ferry Road, is accused of having an online relationship with the girl for about three months before driving to he...
June 18, 2013 02:28 AM | 1 1 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Isakson, Corker to headline forum
A symposium targeting the redevelopment of south Cobb near Six Flags Drive and Franklin Road in Marietta is scheduled for September with U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) s...
June 18, 2013 12:37 AM | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cobb Zoning: Psychic reading office approved in Smyrna
Tuesday, the Cobb Board of Commissioners approved rezoning a small property in Smyrna that will be used for psychic readings and palmistry. Located on the eastern side of Atlanta Road, south of Pac...
June 19, 2013 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Authority OKs bond deal for $12M senior living facility
The developer of a proposed $12 million, 78-unit senior living facility on Hanson Drive between the East-West Connector and South Cobb Drive hopes to break ground in the next three to five months. ...
June 19, 2013 12:57 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Neighbor: ‘Nice people’ live at home of student accused of hiding teen
Joshua Harry Measroch, 21, was arrested and charged June 13 with rape, aggravated child molestation, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purpose — all felonies — and interference with ...
June 19, 2013 12:14 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil War researcher coming to Cobb
Civil War researcher and historian Brad Quinlin will be giving a lecture Friday, June 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Marietta Museum of History.
June 19, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dallas Highway gets safety upgrade
The number of accidents involving vehicles turning left into The Avenue have averaged about nine per year since 2009, and that triggered the county’s effort. Transportation standards call for furth...
June 18, 2013 01:30 AM | 4 4 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Public invited to give input on land use along Austell Road
The public is invited to an open house tonight to learn what recommendations the county is making on how land may be used along Austell Road. Cobb County government is hosting the session between 6...
June 18, 2013 12:35 AM | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cobb continues to cope with tornado debris near roads
Clean-up efforts will continue this week and next in the wake of the EF-1 tornado that struck northeast Cobb County Thursday night.
June 18, 2013 12:25 AM | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community gathers for 10th Juneteenth event on Square
Celebration commemorates the end of slavery in America
June 16, 2013 12:27 AM | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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E. Cobb takes hard hit
No serious injuries reported amid extensive damage
June 15, 2013 12:22 AM | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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EF-1 tornado touched down in Cobb; heavy rain, high winds wreaked havoc
The storm, which was determined just after lunch to be an EF-1 tornado by a crew from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, swept through metro Atlanta between 7 and 10 p.m. A majority of...
June 15, 2013 12:19 AM | 1 1 comments | 66 66 recommendations | email to a friend
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