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Students exhibit robot at White House

Lindsay Field lfield@mdjonline.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:17:44 +0000

MARIETTA — Two Kell High School students were in the nation’s capital yesterday to show off their team’s robot, which is designed to clean up oil in shallow water. Junior Matt Tompkins and senior C…

Rep. aims to postpone TSPLOST

Jon Gillooly jgillooly@mdjonline.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:10:56 +0000

ATLANTA — State Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) and other lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would postpone the Transportation Investment Act referendum for two years to address what Setzler…

Commissioners will vote on bus camera fines

Lindsay Field lfield@mdjonline.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:58:48 +0000

MARIETTA — More than 100 Cobb school buses have cameras on their stop arms to catch drivers who don’t stop while children are getting on and off. To date, bus drivers have submitted 300 violations …

Police arrest mom in child sex case

Kim Isaza newseditor@mdjonline.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:38 +0000

MARIETTA — A mother charged with selling sexual access to her young daughters in Marietta is now in custody in Savannah-Chatham County, after a tip came in from someone who saw her case profiled on…

16 Cobb schools earn AP honors

MDJ Staff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:57:11 +0000

MARIETTA — The state department of education has recognized 16 schools in Cobb County as 2012 Advanced Placement Honor Schools. The schools in the Cobb and Marietta districts are among the 367 AP H…

Mental health home snubbed

Geoff Folsom gfolsom@mdjonline.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:53:30 +0000

POWDER SPRINGS — After 19 people showed up in opposition, the Cobb Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend turning down a woman’s application for a permit to operate a personal care home for…

Board will mull strategic plan at meeting

Lindsay Field lfield@mdjonline.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:59:55 +0000

MARIETTA — Despite all that was revealed last week about the Cobb school district’s two applications for Race to the Top money for Teach For America and STEM Inventors Academy, there is nothing on …

Mayor Tumlin seeks charter review group

Jon Gillooly jgillooly@mdjonline.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:58:46 +0000

MARIETTA — During its Monday work session, the City Council considered creating a city charter review committee, strengthening its ethics code and purchasing property for a new fire station. Last …

Three from Cobb now serve at state NAACP

Kim Isaza newseditor@mdjonline.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:53:16 +0000

MARIETTA — Three members of Cobb’s NAACP chapter are now officers at the organization’s state level. And in October, the state organization will hold its annual conference in Marietta. Jeriene Grim…

Hyde Farm partners with UGA

Geoff Folsom gfolsom@mdjonline.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:52:30 +0000

EAST COBB — University of Georgia students are studying Hyde Farm’s past to help determine how the park can be used in the future. Cobb County owns about 42 acres of the east Cobb site, and the Nat…