Marietta Streetfest returned to the Square this weekend, and though the weather wasn't the best, many braved the periodic rain to peruse artist booths, listen to live music and enjoy local food. The event was held Saturday and Sunday.
Local families gathered at the Vinings Library on a misty Monday morning to participate in story and play time. The group listened to readings by children's librarian Amanda Dusse, danced, practiced their ABC's and ran through a shower of bubbles.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the LFO performing arts theater. Music courtesy of www.bensound.com
As the sun rose over Kennesaw Mountain Saturday morning, the sound of bagpipes silenced a crowd that had gathered beside the park's visitor center.
Marietta First Church of the Nazarene in west Cobb has lined its entrances and parking areas with 100 American flags, as well as flags for each branch of the U.S. military, in recognition of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Matt Mojcik, who lives at Marietta Crossing apartments, said once he'd moved his car to safety and saw how flooded the parking lots were after storms brought heavy rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, he decided to go for a swim.
A Cobb County Department of Transportation crew responds to Columns Drive around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, after flooding overnight blocked traffic through the morning hours.
Saturday's Field of Flags march heads up Kennesaw Avenue toward Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Organized once every five years by the Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Field of Flags acquires 2,977 flags, one for each person who died in the attacks, and invites people to carry them to …
Saturday's Field of Flags march began a two-week memorial marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Organized once every five years by the Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Field of Flags acquires 2,977 flags, one for each person who died in the attacks, and invites peopl…
Hundreds visited Marietta Square over the weekend to browse local creations, grab a bite at Marietta restaurants, listen to live music and take in the town during the 2021 Art in the Park festival. The festival, held in and around Glover Park at Marietta Square, began Saturday, Sept. 4 at 10…
University of Georgia football icon Herschel Walker officially launched his U.S. Senate campaign Wednesday with a short video touting his small-town Georgia roots and distaste for today’s brand of partisan politics
Though they periodically had to dodge drizzling rain under large tents in the morning hours on Saturday, hundreds flocked to Adams Park in Kennesaw to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival over the weekend. Attendees enjoyed live music, local crafts, entertain…
A man was escorted by school district police out of the Cobb Schools central office building during a rally on Thursday that drew more than 200 people, both for and against a mask mandate in Cobb Schools.
Marietta resident Greg Kaiser spent some time creating massive bubbles for the children running around the patches of lawn in Glover Park at Marietta Square. Kaiser said he comes to create the bubbles with long sticks and rope or net attachments to create different types of bubbles as a medi…
The West Cobb Craft Club is back to its weekly meetings at the West Cobb Regional Library, 1750 Dennis Kemp Lane, Kennesaw, after a COVID-19 hiatus. The group meets on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. All skill levels and arts are welcome.
POWDER SPRINGS — At Thurman Springs Park Saturday afternoon, a pair of local churches teamed up to equip city students for their return to school.
MARIETTA — Terri Carter, with the Cobb County/University of Georgia extension, hosted a sushi-making demonstration at Cobb County's Senior Wellness Center Wednesday.