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An electronic sign on Powder Springs Street near Sandtown Road reminds drivers to stay alert as they approach the intersection heading toward downtown Marietta.<br>Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen Heeding the sign
MARIETTA – Marietta Police say an experiment they’ve conducted in recent months seems to show that when drivers are warned that they are approaching a high-crash location, they pay a...
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Cobb jobless rate tops 10%
MARIETTA – One in 10 Cobb County residents are unemployed. The county’s unemployment rate continued to rise in January, hitting 10.1 percent – the second highest rate ever reco...
March 11, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board finally gets around to discussing grand jury transit report
MARIETTA – After a full day at its Wednesday work session, the Cobb County School Board finally addressed last week’s scathing grand jury findings regarding the district’s tran...
March 11, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sanderson laments cuts
MARIETTA – Cobb Schools Superintendent Fred Sanderson on Wednesday called the district’s $95 million deficit in fiscal year 2010 “unimaginable,” and warned that hard choi...
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Wilkins guilty on all 4 counts
MARIETTA – A Cobb County jury read its verdict at 2 p.m. today in the murder trial of Mathew Wilkins, finding the 21-year-old guilty of felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault and...
March 10, 2010 02:30 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marietta BLW predicts more rate increases
MARIETTA – Expect more water, sewer and electric rate hikes from the Marietta Board of Lights and Water come January, BLW general manager Bob Lewis told the City Council on Monday. Lewi...
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Judge OKs advancing recall effort for Crooks
MARIETTA – A judge ruled Tuesday that the efforts to recall Cobb County School Board member Dr. John Crooks can move forward. Judge Walter Matthews of Rome found that the facts as set fort...
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Members of the Cobb County School Board and Superintendent Fred Sanderson listen and respond to questions during the public budget forum at Kennesaw Mountain High School on Tuesday evening. <br>Photo by Laura Moon Public attends budget forum
KENNESAW – About 75 concerned Cobb County School District parents and teachers showed up at the Kennesaw Mountain High School theater Tuesday night for the district’s first forum to ...
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MDJ sports staff earns 3 national awards
KISSIMMEE , Fla. – The Marietta Daily Journal sports section was honored with the Associated Press Sports Editors’ “triple crown” on Tuesday, placing in the top 10 nationa...
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Preservation ordinance gets revised in Marietta
MARIETTA – Local attorney Greg Griffin, owner of the 1849 antebellum plantation house Tranquilla on Kennesaw Avenue, is not a fan of historic preservation districts. So when the seven mem...
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Cuts could up class sizes, reduce teachers
MARIETTA – Following a budget update at the Cobb County School Board’s work session on Wednesday, Superintendent Fred Sanderson said his staff and the board are working on a prelimin...
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Commission changes voting rules
COBB COUNTY – The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday revised its procedures to allow only three members to vote on county matters, and the vote must be unanimous for the issue to pas...
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Nick Thornton of Marietta, a civil engineering technology junior at Southern Polytechnic State University, sits in the concrete canoe workshop on campus. He was recently selected as 2010 Engineering Technology Student of the Year by the Georgia chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers. <br>Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen Engineering excellence
MARIETTA – Nick Thornton, a junior at Southern Polytechnic State University, was recently selected as the 2010 Engineering Technology Student of the Year by the Georgia chapter of the Nati...
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Former Cobb School Board chairwoman Betty Gray, center, presents, from left, Chattahoochee Technical College student Reanna Daniels, South Cobb High School senior Jessaca York and Pebblebrook High School senior Uxivyon Pearce their checks for a $1,500 scholarship during the annual Betty Gray Teacher Education Scholarship luncheon at Roswell Street Baptist Church. At right is 2008 scholarship recipient, former South Cobb High School student Jay Sessoms, now a student at Georgia State University.<br>Photo by Mike Jacoby Cobb students awarded education scholarships
MARIETTA – Although Betty Gray joked that she was glad Tuesday afternoon wasn’t a rainy day because that meant her hair wouldn’t curl too much, she did say in her 57 years of e...
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Dr. Crooks recall to go forward
MARIETTA — An effort to recall school board member Dr. John Crooks may proceed, Judge Walter Matthews ruled late Tuesday. The judge found that the facts as set forth by Carrie Nicholas-Welkis, o...
March 09, 2010 05:07 PM | 3 3 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Earl Smith, of the Earl Smith Strand Theatre, and his wife, Rachel, have a laugh before The Center for Family Resources Oscar Night America benefit at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sunday evening. Local stars attend annual Oscar gala
COBB GALLERIA – Cobb notables worked the red carpet during the 14th annual Oscar Gala conducted at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in support of the Center for Family Resources on...
March 08, 2010 12:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Guests enjoy the Goliath roller coaster during the 2009 opening day of Six Flags Over Georgia. Six Flags Over Georgia park opens today for 43rd season
Six Flags Over Georgia opens today for its 43rd season. The park, at 275 Riverside Parkway in Austell, is open weekends only until May 21, when it will begin operating daily. The park will also be...
March 06, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Final hearing set for landlord business license amendment
COBB COUNTY – There will be a final hearing and possible vote at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting regarding a proposed code amendment that would require Cobb landlords to o...
March 06, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police found about 1.4 pounds of processed marijuana and 17 marijuana plants while searching a Smyrna home.<br>Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen Smyrna police bust marijuana home operation
SMYRNA – Authorities found about 1.4 pounds of processed marijuana and 17 whole marijuana plants while searching a Smyrna home on Feb. 26, according to a report from Smyrna Police. Jonath...
March 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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