MARIETTA — Over the low hum of scanners and chatter between election workers, the slow and steady work of democracy continued Tuesday at Jim Miller Park.

Peter Heintzelman, president and CEO of Cobb EMC, announced his resignation from the Marietta-based electric co-operative Friday.

MARIETTA — This past weekend marked the debut of downtown Marietta’s entertainment district, where patrons of local bars and restaurants can now carry alcoholic beverages on the Square and surrounding streets.

In any other year, State Rep. Teri Anulewicz, D-Smyrna, and her family of four would be getting ready to pile into the car and celebrate Thanksgiving in New Orleans.

Lisa Crossman, a leader in the local public health response to the pandemic, was named Marietta Citizen of the Year on Tuesday.

MARIETTA — Residents will enjoy a property tax savings next year thanks to the Marietta City Council.

Marietta philanthropist Stephen Imler, who serves on the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre’s board, has pledged to match up to $50,000 in donations made to the theater through the end of the year.

Veterans Day will be observed this year at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with the presence of Bob Weatherford, Director of the American Legion Riders, Post 304, at the pulpit on Nov. 8 at 11 a.m.

MARIETTA — The City Council is interested in a trial period for an open container district on the Square, where visitors could walk with their alcoholic beverages in a specified area downtown.

MARIETTA — Will third time be the charm for an open container district in the downtown?

Marietta police are looking for a motorcycle rider they say has been pulling dangerous stunts in the city and unincorporated Cobb, putting the rider and others at risk.

Outside dining on Marietta Square will soon be a little more comfortable even though the weather is getting cooler.

The Secretary of State’s office has opened an investigation into Democratic statehouse candidate Priscilla Smith for a “residency issue.”

Andrew Qualley was among the Union soldiers who fought in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and survived. A little over a century later, the same battlefield is nearly in his granddaughter’s backyard.

MARIETTA — Dozens of vendors set up tables and tents and parked their trailers and buses to show off their art, their crafts and other pieces for sale at the Marietta Artisan Market on Saturday.

Police are investigating the death of Lamar Miles, 23, who was shot in a Marietta home on Sunday.

Marietta City Schools Superintendent Grant Rivera said he visited every elementary school, walked every hallway and stopped by most classrooms on Tuesday, the district’s first day of its phased reopening plan.

MARIETTA — Some of Marietta’s youngest elementary school students returned to classrooms for face-to-face learning on Tuesday.

Marietta City Schools are scheduled to reinstate a face-to-face learning option for elementary schools after Labor Day, but some students are already receiving in-person instruction off campus.

MARIETTA — John Falk, 70, can be found most mornings directing traffic around Marietta Middle School when the school is open for classes. As an employee of the Marietta Police Department, he writes police incident reports, takes photos and other evidence at crime scenes and helps reroute tra…

Marietta police have identified three Austell residents as the people who were killed in a car crash on Interstate 75 on Tuesday.

Greater Community Church of God in Christ, located at 406 Roswell Street in Marietta, is sponsoring a Virtual Community Health Fair this weekend. The theme for the event is “Serving God in Spite of …” based on a scripture text in I Thessalonians 5:18. 

MARIETTA — The Horace Orr Post 29 of the American Legion and Coca Cola United recently teamed up to supply the Georgia National Guard in Marietta with water and assorted Coke products for the Guard’s ongoing recruitment and retention project.

Seventy-five years ago, just minutes past midnight on July 30, two torpedoes launched from the Imperial Japanese submarine I-58 near the Philippines sped through the dark waters of the Pacific and struck the USS Indianapolis.

Marietta City Council voted Tuesday in a special session to enter into an agreement with Cobb County to receive more than $3 million in federal money to combat the coronavirus.

The Marietta school board will hold a special called meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom to adopt the school district’s budget after a public hearing.

There must be a lot of tasty picnic baskets in Marietta. At least one black bear seems to think so.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s public college and university presidents are fully onboard with plans to open campuses to in-person instruction during the upcoming fall semester.

ATLANTA — While some school districts across Georgia have announced plans to start school next month with online instruction only, U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, is introducing legislation aimed at helping schools reopen safely.

In a special-called board meeting scheduled for Friday morning, Marietta City Schools Superintendent Grant Rivera will recommend starting the school year virtually.

A Marietta adult shop will have to pack up its merchandise and close, city officials determined at a hearing Wednesday.