3 days ago · The 45th Annual Walton Raider Chase, a Peachtree Qualifier, will be held on Saturday, February 8th! Considered to be one of the long-standing 5K races in Marietta, the team’s only fundraiser is expected to generate fast times as the course is composed of few hills and starts and finishes at Walton High School.

Nov 13, 2024 · The special elections were ordered by a Cobb judge in July after she struck down electoral maps that the commission’s Democratic majority approved in 2022, claiming home rule redistricting powers.. Those maps had part of East Cobb in District 2. But the ruling declared that only the Georgia legislature can conduct county reapportionment and that the “home rule” maps were unconstitutional.

3 days ago · Johnson Ferry Road between East Cobb Drive and Bishop Lake Road will be subject to lane closures starting Wednesday for what’s being called “urgent repairs” by Atlanta Gas Light. The office of Cobb District 3 Commissioner JoAnn Birrell sent out a …

Dec 20, 2024 · Tracy Stevenson. Three candidates who ran in the Cobb Commission District 2 election in May that was later invalidated in court have qualified to run in a special election for the same seat in February.

Oct 31, 2024 · A rendering of the new Gritters Library-Northeast Cobb Community Center. It’s been a little more than a year since the Gritters Library branch was demolished (our story on its temporary closing here) to make way for a new, expanded library and Northeast Cobb Community Center in Shaw Park.The Cobb Library System announced Thursday that the new facility will be opening less than a week from ...

Aug 30, 2024 · Her colleagues declined on Tuesday to give notice of a vacancy in the new District 2, where she is not a legal resident. The legislative maps drew her out, prompting her and her two Democratic commissioners to attempt to use home rule authority to assert reapportionment powers the Georgia Constitution has delegated only to the legislature.

May 7, 2024 · Submitted information: As of May 6, 2024, we have a new billing system with a new Customer Self-Service portal. This portal has enhanced features including the ability to submit online requests for: senior discounts, water service, payment plans, leak adjustments, general adjustments, etc.

Oct 12, 2024 · From Oct. 15-Nov. 1, Georgia and Cobb voters can cast their ballots in person in advance of the Nov. 5 general election. The 2024 elections feature new some boundaries due to court-ordered redistricting, particularly in races for the Cobb Board of Education.

Jan 27, 2024 · The Cobb County School District has opened up its annual period for school choice transfers for the following school year. The deadline to apply for a school choice transfer for the 2024-25 academic year is Feb. 16.

Dec 10, 2024 · The Cobb Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates for each of the next five years. Starting next year, residential and commercial customers will pay an additional 3.5 percent for water and sewer services each year through 2029, according to estimates presented by the Cobb County Water System at Tuesday’s meeting.