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Marietta City Council to Vote on Smoking Ban in Glover Park

July 8, 2009 – 9:27 am

I have to say that this will be a great thing for the city if the Marietta City Council decides to vote for a permanent smoking ban in Glover Park (downtown Marietta). The cigar smoke from some cheap cigars that someone was smoking was terrible at the last concert I attended. Why should I have [...]

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City of Marietta appoints members to various boards

May 15, 2009 – 8:42 am

Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway and City Council made appointments May 13 to the Board of Zoning Appeals, Redevelopment Corporation and Development Authority. Board of Zoning Appeals They reappointed Roy Shults to Ward 1 and G. Marshall Dye to Ward 4 of the Board of Zoning Appeals for three-year terms expiring April 14, 2012. They reappointed [...]

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Taste of Marietta this Sunday!

April 20, 2009 – 1:50 pm

The 16th Annual Taste of Marietta will be Sunday, April 26 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on the historic Marietta Square. At last year’s event, more than 75,000 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. In addition [...]

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Marietta Housing Authority board selects design for Dorsey Manor renovation

March 24, 2009 – 10:36 am

The Marietta Housing Authority has chosen an exterior design for the Tower at Dorsey Manor, an 80-unit senior housing facility on Lemon Street in Marietta. The renovation is in addition to the Retreat at Dorsey Manor, a 72-unit senior housing facility being built at the corner of Haynes and Lemon streets. The Tower renovation will [...]

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Marietta City Council approves electronic billboards on I-75

March 20, 2009 – 7:06 am

Marietta City Council has revised its regulations on billboards to allow LED electronic billboards along Interstate 75. City officials and billboard companies reached an agreement that billboard companies must remove four existing billboard sign panels for every one

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National Job Crisis Starts to hit home – Marietta School System Layoffs

February 11, 2009 – 8:49 pm

When the caos of the economy started to hit in late 2008, I thought it would be time to start capturing all the massive amounts of layoffs to come in 2009 on a centralized web site: Job Cutters.

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Marietta Power to Raise Rates for Marietta Customers

January 16, 2009 – 3:55 pm

Marietta Power strives to provide quality service and reliability while keeping utility costs down for customers. Unfortunately, there are times that adjustments are necessary in order to maintain and operate the utility system. On January 14, Marietta City Council adopted recommendations of the Marietta Board of Lights and Water to increase electric rates for [...]

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New LED Traffic signals and improvements coming to the Marietta Square

January 12, 2009 – 9:33 am

A new traffic signal improvement project is scheduled to begin the week of January 12, 2009 to upgrade the intersections in the Marietta Square including Cherokee Street at Lawrence Street, Mill Street at Church Street, Whitlock Avenue at Old Powder Springs Street, and Roswell Street at Atlanta Street.

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Marietta Post Office getting a much needed makeover

December 17, 2008 – 2:05 pm

The Marietta Post Office just off the Marietta Square is a great location for sending your mail out just about any time of year. As of late, however, the parking lot has been getting a much needed facelift and makeover.

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The city of Marietta will continue its repaving project with six city streets November 10-November 21

November 11, 2008 – 10:35 am

During times of redevelopment, we all must be patient. We’ve heard from our readers the frustrations of some of the surface streets and the shape they’ve been left in by some of the contractors in recent weeks. The good news is that a lot of the streets are being resurfaced over the next couple weeks.

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