We first reported the gas shortage in Marietta last week. The past few weeks have been crazy in Marietta and Cobb County to find gas. Long lines, gas stations attendants playing referee to just get folks into and out of the gas lines.
Last Friday night, the Blue Devils suffered a 27-7 Loss to East Paulding at Northcutt Stadium. Got any pictures from the game? We’d love to post them - email us at advertising@whitlockavenue.com
Here’s the full 2008 Marietta Blue Devils schedule so you can catch the remaining games.
Date
Opponent
Location
Time
9/5/08
at Northview (WON)
Away
7:30
9/12/08
CHEROKEE (WON)
Northcutt
7:30
9/19/08
at [...]
Last Call: 2:55AM Monday - Sat. That’s the “last call” as it stands right now in Marietta. If Mayor Bill Dunaway had his way, this would be changed. Mayor Dunaway has said, “Drink all you want to until 2 a.m.,” as he told the Marietta City council during a recent committee meeting, adding, “I don’t [...]
We first reported to you well over three years ago with the update to the renovation to the Strand Theatre. After more than two years of hard work on the restoration effort, and more than 4 years of raising money for the restoration effort, the Strand will be re-opening in Dec 2008.
By Shannon McCaffrey
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - Georgia transportation officials on Friday grappled with how to fill a $189 million budget shortfall that could endanger road projects and force employee furloughs and even layoffs.
“This is a crisis and we are trying to buy time until we can recover,” state transportation board member Emory McClinton said.
Transportation Commissioner [...]
There was a great turn out for the Marietta Reads! event in Glover Park this past Saturday. Marietta Reads celebrated its sixth-year anniversary on Saturday on the Marietta Square from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Congratulations to Leigh Colburn! She will be accpeting the Award on October 12th at the MHS Alumni House and also recognized during the 10/17 MHS Homecoming game at 7:30pm.
Marietta, GA - Marietta High School (MHS) Alumni Society has selected Marietta High School Principal, Leigh Colburn as the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Colburn [...]
We’ll be dedicating Friday news stories each week to feature a local business in Marietta. Today’s business is: The Marietta Wine Market. Are you looking for something fun to do that’s a change from your normal ‘going out activities’ in Marietta?
Are the mosquitoes bad in Marietta? Sometimes they can be and it looks like the city will be doing their part to help out the citizens of Marietta this week. This is great news for us all.
I never thought the day would come where it would be about impossible to find gas in Marietta / Cobb County. This past weekend, there were a ton of gas stations around Marietta that were just plain out of gas. Other stations only have certain grades available. Here’s where it’s gets tricky. Back in [...]
