Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Marietta Square is back…

April 30, 2010 – 8:55 am

The Marietta Square is back and better than ever after a four-month long renovation. Streets are open to traffic, merchants and restaurants are open for business and parking is available. Improvements The city has installed ornamental poles for lights and traffic signals, decorative lighting and consolidated signage, brick crosswalks, a refurbished fountain in Glover Park, [...]

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Taste of Marietta 2010

April 25, 2010 – 7:41 am

The 17th Annual Taste of Marietta will be Sunday, April 25 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on the historic Marietta Square. At last year’s event, more than 100,000 people hit the streets to sample their favorite foods. Tastes, including Italian to seafood, steak, BBQ and desserts, range in cost from 50 cents to $4. This year, [...]

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Gem city grill serves up some great food in Marietta!

April 23, 2010 – 7:44 am

If you’ve not been to the Gem City yet, then you’re missing out. It’s right next to Gabriel’s on Whitlock. Here’s a shot of the Stacker Salad that we had last night. It was fantastic!

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Gabriel’s Restaurant Welcomes New Chef and Expands Dinner Selections

April 11, 2010 – 9:53 pm

Gabriel’s Restaurant and Bakery, renowned for its mouth-watering desserts and daily helpings of fresh veggies, announces its expanded new dinner menu, new hours and a new chef. Chef Brian Charles has joined the culinary team at Gabriel’s Restaurant. Brian, along with owner and cookbook author Johnnie Gabriel, has developed an expanded dinner menu that debuts [...]

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Keep Marietta Beautiful – how you can help

April 8, 2010 – 10:24 am

Keep Marietta Beautiful invites the public to help clean the city’s streets and keep Marietta beautiful April 10 from 9 a.m.-noon during the Great American Cleanup. Volunteers will meet at the Public Works Complex, 750 North Marietta Parkway, and receive trash bags, vests and a cleanup location, Keep Marietta Beautiful director Joan Ellars said. “Vests [...]

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What you ought to know about Earth Day in Marietta, GA

April 6, 2010 – 8:11 am

Keep Marietta Beautiful invites the public to be good to Mother Earth by helping clean and beautify the city, while celebrating “Unity in the Community” and the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 24 from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. More than 300 volunteers are needed to plant gardens, stain a fence, clean trails, clean the Confederate [...]

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City of Marietta helps residents swat mosquitoes

April 5, 2010 – 12:55 pm

Spring is in full bloom and that usually means mosquitoes would soon be flying around Marietta, but the city is taking steps to prevent mosquitoes from growing and causing problems for residents. Marietta’s Public Works Department is beginning a program that offers to send an employee to homes to kill mosquito larvae and prevent adult [...]

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Marietta Square Traffic Updates: Atlanta Street at Roswell Street closed April

April 2, 2010 – 7:04 am

The intersection of Roswell and Atlanta streets will be closed April 12-23 to connect services to a new water main and install brick crosswalks. Motorists will only be able to travel eastbound on South Park Square during the closure. A counterclockwise circulation of traffic around the Square will be maintained for access to parking and [...]

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Best Mountain Bike Trails in the Southeast

April 1, 2010 – 1:26 pm

If you’re a mountain biker and have not ridden Blanket’s Creek just outside of Atlanta, then you’re missing out. Big Time. With some of the best dedicated riders out there, the trails at Blanket’s Creek are about as good as they get in the South, and they’re about get even better. Read this post from [...]

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