Category Archives: Marietta Square

Considering a move for the post office?

May 26, 2006 – 1:43 pm

My family and I are on vacation this week in Florida. A couple days ago, we stopped by the local post office to mail some items. The facility was very well-kept and was probably built in the last 10 years, at most. It made me think of our Marietta post office, downtown. Everyone I know [...]

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Happy Birthday to the Square and the first free concert on the Square this Friday!

May 25, 2006 – 7:36 am

Don’t miss out on the Free Concert this Friday at 8pm by the Jesters, a pop-rock group. See you all there! Family activities start two hours before the 8 p.m. concert by the Jesters, a pop-rock group. Officials will hand out slices from 10 birthday cakes with scenes of the park on top. Two decades [...]

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Public meeting scheduled for Gang Awareness Presentation

May 23, 2006 – 4:03 pm

Marietta is again scheduling a discussion on gang activity in the city and in Cobb County. Be sure to check out the presentation in the middle of June. (Marietta, Ga. ? May 23, 2006) Community leaders and residents are invited to a presentation about the growing problem of gangs in Cobb County. Co-sponsored by the [...]

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Funny Money: Funny Play

May 22, 2006 – 7:23 pm

Sunday afternoon, the Polk Street Players closed out their 2005-2006 on a funny note, with their production of Ray Cooney?s Funny Money. This British comedy kept the audience laughing with the story of Henry Perkins? (played by Greg Fitzgerald) discovery of a briefcase containing over 900,000 pounds. In an effort to conceal this discovery, the [...]

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Lyman Homes site could be going to the MHA

May 22, 2006 – 12:36 am

In recent years, the working class home buyers in Marietta have been challenged with finding an affordable place to live in the city. Areas such as the lower income housing Johnny Walker homes have been demolished, amongst others, in hopes of a new grand plan for the city. According to the MDJ, The Marietta Housing [...]

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Strand Update : Divided we Strand?

May 19, 2006 – 3:45 pm

As we have been reporting to you earlier this year, the Strand renovation is moving along nicely. According to the AJC, there are quite some mixed opionion on the progress that is being made with the renovation/restoration. Published on: 05/18/06 The Strand Theater on the Marietta Square plans to host a grand reopening next summer. [...]

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Glover Park renovation donors honored for 20th anniversary

May 19, 2006 – 7:21 am

Community leaders and the city honored donors and friends of Glover Park’s renovation during a 20th anniversary celebration this week on the Square. In 1852 Marietta Mayor John Heyward Glover presented the city with land for its first park in the center of the town’s square. In the mid 1980s, prominent Cobb County developer John [...]

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Uniforms approved for some Marietta Schools

May 17, 2006 – 11:56 am

The Marietta School Board passed the school councils request to implement a uniform dress code at West Side Elementary and MSGA last night. West Side’s uniform dress code consists of a polo-style shirt in navy or yellow with West Side Elementary and the school’s mascot on the left side. Students can also choose to wear [...]

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Important notice regarding traffic near downtown Marietta

May 16, 2006 – 11:04 pm

Be advised about the traffic situation, starting today, at Mill Street. Also, take notice of the upcoming possibility of more road closings near the railroad crossings as detailed below. WhitlockAvenue.com: keeping our citizens informed! Streets temporarily closed in Marietta for railroad maintenance MARIETTA, GA — CSX Railroad will temporarily close Mill Street at the railroad [...]

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Marietta launches free public wireless Internet downtown, unveils directional signs during National Tourism Week

May 15, 2006 – 11:39 am

It looks like the city of Marietta has jumped on the Wifi bandwagon finally! Hopefully this will give us some good accessibility from our laptops or mobile devices when we are on the Square. Be sure to visit WhitlockAvenue.com’s Mobile Access Site to read and discuss your city while on your wifi device! What are [...]

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