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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘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 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 5 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Mount Paran Christian advances to statewide mock trial competition
    by Marcus E. Howard
    mhoward@mdjonline.com
    02.05.12 - 12:00 am
  • Dems object to redistricting map moving forward
    by Jon Gillooly
    jgillooly@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 11:40 pm
  • A race against hunger
    by Lindsay Field
    lfield@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 11:37 pm
  • Musicians from Cobb set to play Grammys event
    by Megan Thornton
    mthornton@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 10:35 pm
  • Police searching for two ‘fake’ firefighters
    by Marcus E. Howard
    mhoward@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 12:00 am
  • Fired Osborne teacher suing school district
    by Lindsay Field
    lfield@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 12:00 am
  • Bound for Afghanistan: Marietta-based Medevac unit to aid injured
    by Geoff Folsom
    gfolsom@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 12:00 am
  • Two firefighters in jail, accused of stealing meds
    by Megan Thornton
    mthornton@mdjonline.com
    02.04.12 - 12:00 am
  • Special needs school in east Cobb to have open house on Wed.
    by Lindsay Field
    lfield@mdjonline.com
    02.03.12 - 11:09 pm
  • 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 15 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 6 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 8 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 1 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 8 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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    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 2 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Birrell to host Town Hall
    by MDJ Staff
    01.16.12 - 04:03 pm
  • Authorities searching for man in connection with counterfeit checks
    by Brandon Wilson
    bwilson@cherokeetribune.com
    01.09.12 - 01:55 pm
  • Doctors at the heart of Cobb unit’s success
    by Marcus E. Howard
    mhoward@mdjonline.com
    01.08.12 - 12:00 am
  • Byrne: Lee ‘will not be running for re-election’
    by Geoff Folsom
    gfolsom@mdjonline.com
    01.07.12 - 12:00 am
  • Boy with cancer attends bowl game
    by Megan Thornton
    mthornton@mdjonline.com
    01.05.12 - 12:13 am
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