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Georgia Highlands College’s Marietta campus to fight crime and rebuild the Franklin Road community

February 28, 2010 – 4:48 pm

Marietta’s Weed and Seed program has teamed up with more than 20 human communications students from Georgia Highlands College’s Marietta campus to fight crime and rebuild the Franklin Road community. The students volunteered more than 250 hours of their time at service agencies in the Franklin Road area, including the Franklin Road Boys and Girls [...]

Marietta City employee saves city taxpayers $334,000

February 26, 2010 – 9:15 am

Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin, City Council, finance director Sam Lady and accounting manager Beth Keller honored accountant Mohammed Ennin February 10 for finding ways to help Marietta save approximately $334,000 through a federal tax credit program as a result of the city using alternative fuels, including biodiesel, in city-owned vehicles. As a result of Marietta [...]

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Marietta Square Traffic is a complete mess – what do you think?

February 23, 2010 – 10:03 am

This was shot earlier today and is an example of how much a pain the Square is becoming each morning. Hopefully they’ll be wrapped up soon….

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Cobb Housing permits see bump in January

February 21, 2010 – 10:17 am

According to an article in the MDJ, Cobb housing permits are up. What do you think? Will we see an increase in building? I’m not hopeful. January 2010 saw an uptick in the number of home-building permits issued across Cobb County, but builders are still bracing for more foreclosures to flood the market. There were [...]

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Marietta receives $3 million for streetscape, traffic improvements

February 20, 2010 – 10:11 am

Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin announced during his first State of the City speech to the Kiwanis Club of Marietta February 18 that the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Marietta $3 million to fund streetscape and traffic improvements on Franklin Road, which will beautify one of the major corridors coming into Marietta, improve traffic flow, [...]

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Marietta Mardi Gras 5K Updates…

February 12, 2010 – 6:23 pm

See the site Marietta Mardi Gras 5K for updates.

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