East Cobb early voting guide for the 2024 general election
2024年10月12日 · 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.
Dates set for special elections for Cobb commissioner seats
2024年11月13日 · 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.
New Gritters Library opening, ribbon-cutting set for November
2024年10月31日 · 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 ...
Italian restaurant, patisserie coming to Avenue East Cobb
2024年10月9日 · Next summer, Tenku Sushi Elevation will be opening in one of the new “jewel box” buildings that’s part of Avenue East Cobb’s recent redevelopment. Tenku’s first restaurant, in Woodstock, offers a variety of Japanese dishes that include nigiri and sashimi, signature rolls, robata grills, omakase, and flame-seared marinated octopus.
East Cobb restaurant update: Guthrie’s Chicken opens Monday
2024年12月12日 · A year after its plans were approved by the county, a Guthrie’s Chicken location in East Cobb is set to open.. We went by the new building today (4774 Lower Roswell Road at Johnson Ferry Road) and the electronic sign said the opening is Monday, Dec. 16.
Cobb school board to hold 2025 organizational meeting
3 天之前 · The Cobb Board of Education is holding a special called meeting Tuesday to swear in newly elected members and vote for officers for 2025. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. in the board room at the Cobb County School District Central Office, 514 Glover St., in Marietta.
East Cobb Votes: Close school board races; transit tax fails
2024年11月6日 · UPDATED, 12 A.M.: The ballot-counting in Cobb County is continuing into Wednesday, without much significant change in local election results. Here’s our special link with real-time results for races in the East Cobb area from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.
Newly elected Cobb District Attorney sworn into office
2024年12月11日 · Sonya Allen was sworn into office Wednesday as the new District Attorney in Cobb County, a little more than a month after her election. The Democrat and former assistant district attorney in Fulton County was accompanied by her parents and daughter as she took the oath of office from Georgia Supreme Court Justice Verda M. Colvin.
Cobb to increase water and sewer rates through 2029
2024年12月10日 · 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.
Editor’s Note: Thanks, East Cobb News readers, for a great 2024!
2024年12月28日 · While enjoying some days off for the Christmas holiday, I wanted to take some time to thank East Cobb News readers as 2024 draws to a conclusion.. As I write this, we’ve surpassed 1.4 million page views and more than 725,000 unique visitors for the year.