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Woman living in hotel charged after toddler found ...
by Marietta Daily Journal Staff
01:21 PM, Tuesday, May 21
A local woman living in a hotel in Kennesaw is accused of neglecting her 4-year-old child after leaving the child home alone for six hours. Fumiko Blakely allegedly left her child without supervision at the Green Roof Inn and Suites while she w...

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CCT route 10 bus pulls into the MARTA arts center station in Atlanta before returning to the cumberland mall station.<br>(File/MDJ Staff-Erin Gray)
Commissioners planning to allow advertisements on transit ...
Nearly a year after first requesting proposals for advertising on Cobb Community Transit buses, county commissioners ...
12:45 AM, Monday, August 13
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School bus cameras can catch drivers who illegally pass; f...
Hundreds of Cobb County school buses will be back on the streets beginning tomorrow, and drivers who pass a school bu...
01:15 AM, Sunday, August 12
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Cobb property tax bills go out Wednesday
The bill will be in the mail this week for Cobb County property owners. Tax Commissioner Gail Downing said her staff ...
01:13 AM, Sunday, August 12
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Deadline looms to get referendum for bond on ballot
Roswell City Council members have been discussing a potential bond referendum to pay for various projects for almost ...
12:58 AM, Sunday, August 12
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2013 budget discussions start Monday
Officials in Kennesaw will begin discussions of the city’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget at a special call work session age...
12:53 AM, Sunday, August 12
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Actor Jordan Stovall performs with his puppet, Princeton, in the musical ‘Avenue Q.’ The musical opened Friday at Marietta's Alley Stage, which used to be part of the now defunct Theatre in the Square. <br> Photo special to the MDJ
Lights on again at Alley Stage on Square
On Friday night, the lights of the old Theatre in the Square building in Marietta Square shone again with the opening...
05:57 PM, Saturday, August 11
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Douglasville keeping tax rate steady
A special Douglasville City Council meeting earlier this month brought some good news for the city’s taxpayers.
01:17 AM, Saturday, August 11
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Chastain Park planning to install five new security camera...
Five new security cameras are being installed at Chastain Park after a year of planning.
01:15 AM, Saturday, August 11
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Lassiter High School teacher Beth Morgan, right, is congratulated by fellow teachers and staff at the school as she is announced as the school district's Teacher of the Year on the high school level on Friday morning. <br> Photo by Laura Moon
Cobb honors Teachers of Year
Cobb Schools honored three teachers Friday morning as its 2012 Teachers of the Year for the elementary, middle and hi...
01:55 PM, Friday, August 10
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East Cobbers voice mixed reactions to city idea
Take our poll at the botton of the page! --- This week, Chairman candidate Bill Byrne suggested the Cobb Legislative...
07:09 AM, Friday, August 10
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Sales tax takes a holiday this weekend
After a three-year hiatus, Georgia shoppers will enjoy a sales tax holiday beginning Friday.
01:21 AM, Friday, August 10
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Board members Buzz Alexander, left, and Jerry Pannell, center, and Rob Williams, golf pro, right, talk about the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw that will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a dinner on Friday. <br> Photob by Jon-Michael Sullivan
Pinetree Country Club celebrates golden anniversary
Golf Club celebrates 50 years with dinner, tourney. The dinner will be highlighted by a speech from Marietta resident...
01:11 AM, Friday, August 10
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Cobb foreclosures down 26%
September’s listings of 847 are lowest number for this year
01:05 AM, Friday, August 10
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Kennesaw plans on opening new dorms Thursday
Kennesaw State University will conduct a ribbon-cutting Thursday to open University Place II, a $26 million expansion...
01:03 AM, Friday, August 10
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Former Atlanta Hawks player and Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins leaves a note for members of the Acworth Achievers After School Mentoring Program at the Roberts School Community and Education Center in Acworth on Tuesday morning. <br> Photo by Laura Moon
Hawks lend a wing to center
Students in the Acworth Achievers Mentoring and After School Program have a newly renovated space to go to after scho...
12:55 AM, Friday, August 10
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