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Parents line up outside the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics on Monday morning. The school has a limited number of spaces for students who live outside the Marietta City district and are willing to pay tuition. Monday was the first day interested families could apply for the 2012-13 school year.
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60 parents line up to get children in magnet school

by Geoff Folsom
gfolsom@mdjonline.com

February 07, 2012 12:43 AM | 0

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MARIETTA — Sixty people camped out in line for up to nearly 24 hours this weekend, but not for concert tickets or a big sale. They were hoping to enroll their children at the Marietta Center for A...

Board will mull strategic plan at meeting
MARIETTA — Despite all that was revealed last week about the Cobb school district’s two applications for Race to the Top money for Teach For America and STEM Inventors Academy, there is nothing on ...

February 07, 2012 12:59 AM | 0

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Mayor Tumlin seeks charter review group
MARIETTA — During its Monday work session, the City Council considered creating a city charter review committee, strengthening its ethics code and purchasing property for a new fire station. Last...

February 07, 2012 12:58 AM | 0

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From left, Cobb NAACP members Tanya Lafleur, Jeriene Grimes and Deane Bonner are now officers for the Georgia NAACP. <br> Photo by Todd Hull

Three from Cobb now serve at state NAACP
MARIETTA — Three members of Cobb’s NAACP chapter are now officers at the organization’s state level. And in October, the state organization will hold its annual conference in Marietta. Jeriene Gri...

February 07, 2012 12:53 AM | 0

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Hyde Farm partners with UGA
EAST COBB — University of Georgia students are studying Hyde Farm’s past to help determine how the park can be used in the future. Cobb County owns about 42 acres of the east Cobb site, and the Na...

February 07, 2012 12:52 AM | 0

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EMC will sell off ProCore Solutions LLC
MARIETTA — Cobb EMC announced last week that the company is shedding one of the for-profit companies created by Cobb Energy, ProCore Solutions, LLC. Sam Kelly, Cobb EMC’s senior vice president of ...

February 07, 2012 12:43 AM | 0

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Goldstein suit moved to Court of Appeals
MARIETTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has transferred Marietta Councilman Philip Goldstein’s lawsuit against the city to the state Court of Appeals. Goldstein’s Marietta Properties filed suit agai...

February 07, 2012 12:39 AM | 0

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Pastor Dr. Ernest L. Easley celebrated his 10th anniversary at Roswell Street Baptist Church on Sunday. Easley thanked the congregation for supporting him during his sermon in the church’s 2,400-seat sanctuary and during a luncheon in front of 1,100 people. <br> Photo by Jon-Michael Sullivan

‘A welcome breath of fresh air’: Easley celebrates 10 years at Roswell Baptist Church
MARIETTA — Dr. Ernest L. Easley knew he was following a legend in 2002 when he replaced Dr. Nelson Price as senior pastor at Roswell Street Baptist Church. Price announced his retirement in April 2...

February 06, 2012 01:40 AM | 0

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Supreme Court will hear Cobb murder cases
MARIETTA — The Georgia Supreme Court will hear two Cobb County murder cases today. In the first, Kevin Martin is appealing his conviction in the 2008 New Year’s Eve death of Peter Mwangi. Martin w...

February 06, 2012 01:12 AM | 1

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From left, Bishop Brian Keith Hodges, a New England Patriots fan, playfully teases Earl Johnson, who was rooting for the New York Giants, after a Patriots first down during the Super Bowl. They attended the 10th annual Super Bowl party for members of Gathering of Champions International Cathedral on Super Sunday. <br> Photo by Jon-Michael Sullivan

Church gathers for Super party
MARIETTA – More than 30 members of the Gathering of Champions International Cathedral gathered on Super Sunday to watch the New England Patriots go against the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. ...

February 06, 2012 12:58 AM | 5

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Mount Paran Christian advances to statewide mock trial competition

Dems object to redistricting map moving forward

A race against hunger

Musicians from Cobb set to play Grammys event

Some lawmakers feel Deal's gas tax plan could ease opposition to TSPLOST

Police searching for two ‘fake’ firefighters

Fired Osborne teacher suing school district

Bound for Afghanistan: Marietta-based Medevac unit to aid injured

Two firefighters in jail, accused of stealing meds

Special needs school in east Cobb to have open house on Wed.

Chairman Lee says he’s unaware of Gov. Deal’s new toll road proposal
MARIETTA — A day after Gov. Nathan Deal announced a plan that would use mainly gas tax money to pay for the $900 million managed toll lanes on Interstates 75 and 575 in Cobb County, Cobb Chairman T...

February 04, 2012 12:00 AM | 15

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Author to speak on bomber plant
MARIETTA — MDJ Editorial Page editor and author Joe Kirby is giving a pair of illustrated talks about his books that are open to the public. Kirby will be speaking Thursday evening to the Roswell ...

February 01, 2012 07:54 AM | 0

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Kindergarten registration in Marietta open Feb. 6-17
MARIETTA — Marietta City Schools advanced kindergarten registration for the 2012-13 school year begins Feb. 6 and ends Feb. 17. Advanced kindergarten registration hours at all MCS elementary school...

January 30, 2012 04:03 PM | 0

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Feb. 6 is voter-registration deadline for presidential primary
MARIETTA — Cobb County residents who want to vote in the March 6 presidential primary and special election must be registered by Feb. 6. If you have moved within the county, you must notify the Cob...

January 30, 2012 04:01 PM | 0

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Braves' Heyward signing autographs in Marietta
MARIETTA — Atlanta Braves right-fielder Jason Heyward will be meeting fans in Marietta at 12 p.m. on Saturday. In 2009, Heyward was named the Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America an...

January 27, 2012 09:50 AM | 6

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‘Teen Mom’ giving lecture at KSU
KENNESAW - Maci Bookout, star of MTV's popular TV show "Teen Mom", will give a lecture on the struggles of being a teen mom to Kennesaw State University students on Thursday evening. Chattanooga-n...

January 26, 2012 10:46 AM | 8

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Council member: Canton police chief was not asked to resign
CANTON — New details have emerged in Canton Police Chief Jeff Lance’s resignation last week amid a scathing report regarding how his department handled the Jorelys Rivera abduction and murder inves...

January 26, 2012 12:26 AM | 0

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Alorica recruiting call-center workers in Kennesaw
KENNESAW — The Georgia Department of Labor’s Cobb-Cherokee Career Center is helping Alorica recruit employees to fill about 100 permanent job openings for customer service representatives at a call...

January 24, 2012 03:40 PM | 1

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37 Cobb County Schools recognized for achievement, 4 for greatest gain
ATLANTA – Forty-one schools in the Cobb County School District were recognized by the Governor’s Office for improvements and achievement. Gov. Nathan Deal said 370 Georgia public schools are being...

January 24, 2012 03:39 PM | 8

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Irma ‘Pete’ Dryden was a nurse in Tuskegee, Ala., during World War II when she met her husband, Lt. Col. Charles W. Dryden. A Tuskegee Airman, like those featured in the film ‘Red Tails,’ Charles Dryden was one of the first African-American combat pilots in the United States military. Above: Irma Dryden is introduced by Larry Robert of VISTAS Hospice Care. She was honored Friday with a special reception at the Lodge at BridgeMill adult senior living center.<br>Staff/Todd Hull

More than a movie: Canton woman, whose husband was a Tuskegee Airman, campaigned to get new WWII film ‘Red Tails’ off the ground
CANTON — With the release of “Red Tails” this weekend, The Lodge at BridgeMill honored one of its own residents by playing host to a reception in her honor on Friday after viewing the movie. “Red...

January 22, 2012 12:40 AM | 2

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Jennifer Hudson signing new book in Kennesaw

Birrell to host Town Hall

Lower Roswell sees lane closures

Campbell High seniors are Work Ready Certified

Police say Mableton man grew pot using stolen power

Construction firm to recruit framers in Kennesaw Jan. 17

Authorities searching for man in connection with counterfeit checks

Doctors at the heart of Cobb unit’s success

Byrne: Lee ‘will not be running for re-election’

Cobb County Police arrest fifth suspect in connection with Kennesaw burglary

Marietta Citizens Police Academy taking applications

Boy with cancer attends bowl game

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