East Cobb early voting guide for the 2024 general election
Oct 12, 2024 · From Oct. 15-Nov. 1, Georgia and Cobb voters can cast their ballots in person in advance of the Nov. 5 general election. The 2024 elections feature new some boundaries due to court-ordered redistricting, particularly in races for the Cobb Board of Education.
Dates set for special elections for Cobb commissioner seats
Nov 13, 2024 · The special elections were ordered by a Cobb judge in July after she struck down electoral maps that the commission’s Democratic majority approved in 2022, claiming home rule redistricting powers.. Those maps had part of East Cobb in District 2. But the ruling declared that only the Georgia legislature can conduct county reapportionment and that the “home rule” maps were unconstitutional.
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3 days ago · “This fight was never about me but about protecting American values,” Commissioner Jerica Richardson said. The day after filing a last-gap appeal to stay in office for a little while longer, Jerica Richardson took her familiar seat on the dais of the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday.
Cobb to increase water and sewer rates through 2029
Dec 10, 2024 · The Cobb Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates for each of the next five years. Starting next year, residential and commercial customers will pay an additional 3.5 percent for water and sewer services each year through 2029, according to estimates presented by the Cobb County Water System at Tuesday’s meeting.
Cobb schools, county preparing for winter weather forecast
Jan 8, 2025 · Cobb County government and Cobb County School District officials said Tuesday that they’re closely monitoring weather reports for a likely winter storm later this week. The National Weather Service forecast includes a strong chance of precipitation Friday into Saturday as temperatures are expected ...
Cobb school district opens 2024-25 school choice slots
Jan 27, 2024 · The Cobb County School District has opened up its annual period for school choice transfers for the following school year. The deadline to apply for a school choice transfer for the 2024-25 academic year is Feb. 16.
How Cobb commissioner district maps look post-‘home rule’
Aug 30, 2024 · Her colleagues declined on Tuesday to give notice of a vacancy in the new District 2, where she is not a legal resident. The legislative maps drew her out, prompting her and her two Democratic commissioners to attempt to use home rule authority to assert reapportionment powers the Georgia Constitution has delegated only to the legislature.
East Cobb restaurant update: Guthrie’s Chicken opens Monday
Dec 12, 2024 · A year after its plans were approved by the county, a Guthrie’s Chicken location in East Cobb is set to open.. We went by the new building today (4774 Lower Roswell Road at Johnson Ferry Road) and the electronic sign said the opening is Monday, Dec. 16.
New Gritters Library opening, ribbon-cutting set for November
Oct 31, 2024 · A rendering of the new Gritters Library-Northeast Cobb Community Center. It’s been a little more than a year since the Gritters Library branch was demolished (our story on its temporary closing here) to make way for a new, expanded library and Northeast Cobb Community Center in Shaw Park.The Cobb Library System announced Thursday that the new facility will be opening less than a week from ...
Cobb school board to hold 2025 organizational meeting
Jan 5, 2025 · The Cobb Board of Education is holding a special called meeting Tuesday to swear in newly elected members and vote for officers for 2025. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. in the board room at the Cobb County School District Central Office, 514 Glover St., in Marietta.