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Members of the year-round Chattahoochee Gold swim team practice at Mountain View Aquatic Center. STAFF/EMILY BARNES
Officials say Cobb swimming pools safe
CDC: 58% of water samples in study had fecal bacteria
12:23 AM, Friday, May 17
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Carole Kell presents Durham Middle School teacher Thomas Panter with this year’s Corky Kell Award in honor of her late husband during a surprise announcement at the Acworth school.
Top education honor goes to local teacher
A Cobb County middle school teacher with almost 20 years of experience is one of two educators surprised this week wi...
12:22 AM, Friday, May 17
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Cobb School’s $856 million budget includes some cuts and t...
School board also heard from more than 15 speakers, 11 of whom begged the board to reconsider the purchase of math ma...
12:21 AM, Friday, May 17
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Professional wakeboarder Rusty Malinoski twists in the air Thursday afternoon as he practices for this weekend’s MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour at Lake Acworth Beach in Acworth.
Wakeboard tour opens in Acworth
The first stop on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour hits Cauble Park today, with many of the professionals saying it...
12:18 AM, Friday, May 17
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Local students awarded Woods scholarships
The Woods Memorial Scholarship Committee will play host to the annual Memorial Scholarship Fund and Banquet at 7 p.m....
12:15 AM, Friday, May 17
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Pollo Tropical invites community to grand opening ‘beach p...
Pollo Tropical, a Caribbean-style restaurant chain, will celebrate the opening of its newest location today in Kennes...
12:00 AM, Friday, May 17
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Ball Ground woman arrested, charged in father’s killing
Andrea Blanton, 45, of Ball Ground was charged with murder Thursday morning in the strangulation death of her father,...
12:00 AM, Friday, May 17
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Steve Sullivan, an HVAC official with Life University, tells student Fadiya Sadiki-Yisrael of Acworth on Thursday that she cannot go to her class because of a gas leak at the university. Classes in most of the affected buildings were re-opened within an hour or two of the evacuation.
Gas leak forces evacuation at Life University
UPDATE: 12:10 - The gas leak has been contained.  and all buildings are cleared for students. A gas leak  led to...
12:10 PM, Thursday, May 16
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Cobb School Board
Worries over cuts have teachers at ‘breaking point’
The board will vote on its fiscal 2014 budget, which includes cutting 182 teachers, only allowing for half a salary s...
07:26 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Felix, a playful 2-year-old feline.<br>Staff/Laura Moon
Adopt-a-thon’s goal: Help needy animals find a home
Cobb Animal Shelter’s adopt-a-thon will try to find homes for 131 cats and kittens and 168 dogs and puppies 10 a.m. t...
12:37 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Marietta-based Georgia Tea Party a victim of IRS runaround
The Georgia Tea Party applied for a tax exempt 501(c)(4) status in 2009. The process took more than three years to ac...
12:34 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Gov. Nathan Deal
Deal signs order on Common Core school standards
Measure blocks info-sharing on students, federal standards
12:20 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Planned river trail gains $90K worth of ground
The Marietta City Council has OK’d $90,451 in land purchases for the development of a trail from Kennesaw Mountain to...
12:07 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Professional wakeboarder Josh Palma of Orlando, Fla., practices for the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour at Dallas Landing Park in Acworth in 2012.
Wakeboarders to attract 10,000 to Cauble Park
The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour continues to earn big points with local officials for boosting tourism for the cit...
12:04 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle with Dr. Ron Newcomb, president of Chattahoochee Technical College, and Mitzi Moore, board chair, stand together at the graduation ceremony on Monday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. <br>Special to the MDJ
More than 450 graduate from Chattahoochee Technical College
More than 450 graduates of Georgia’s largest technical college were honored in a ceremony at the Cobb Energy Performi...
12:00 AM, Thursday, May 16
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