Category Archives: Site Features

Marietta Square Construction Update: Church Street at Mill Street closed for construction

March 3, 2010 – 8:02 am

The intersection of Church Street and Mill Street on the Marietta Square will be closed March 4-18 for work on a new water main and construction of brick crosswalks. A counterclockwise circulation of traffic around the Square will be maintained for access to parking and businesses on the Square. All other local traffic will be [...]

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Rare March Snow in Marietta, GA – National Cemetary in Marietta

March 2, 2010 – 9:51 am

While coming into the Square today, the snow coming down was a rare March treat. I had my camera with me so I decided to snap a couple pics around the Marietta Square. Here are the ones I wanted to share with every one, more to come later today

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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 [...]

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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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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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Dear Manning Properties, use my money and buy some signs please.

December 14, 2009 – 1:34 pm

Whatever you do, don’t dare park in one of the Manning Properties spots off the marietta square. They’ll gladly take your $50 or $125 when they tow your vehicle if you park in their ‘unmarked’ spaces behind Dupree’s. They claim each space is marked but that’s up for debate if you ask em. Trust me, [...]

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Marietta’s Melanie Oudin has a tough loss in the fourth round of Wimbledon

June 30, 2009 – 9:09 pm

Two days after beating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, the unseeded Melanie Oudin (above) fell in straight sets to 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. “I’m very proud of myself how I did here,” the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., said Monday after losing 6-4, 7-5 to 11th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. “I think it’s just like another step [...]

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Follow the City of Marietta on Facebook, Twitter and others

June 12, 2009 – 7:03 am

Follow Marietta on Facebook, Twitter, online tools 6/9/2009 The city of Marietta is using new online tools to reach out to citizens and make it easier to keep up with what’s going on in the city. The city recently launched Facebook, Twitter and Flickr pages online as a way for the public to easily learn [...]

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