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.
East Cobb resident qualifies for commission special election
Dec 20, 2024 · Tracy Stevenson. Three candidates who ran in the Cobb Commission District 2 election in May that was later invalidated in court have qualified to run in a special election for the same seat in February.
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.
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.
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.
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6 days ago · Joe Gavalis was named the 2021 Distinguished Older Georgian by the Georgia Council on Aging. Joe Gavalis, a retired federal law enforcement investigator who spearheaded the East Cobb Cityhood movement from 2018-22 and volunteered on a number of county and state boards, has died. In a column in The ...
Cobb government seeks opting out of homestead exemption law
6 days ago · The Cobb Board of Commissioners will hold three public hearings by the end of February after announcing it plans to opt out of a new Georgia ad valorem homestead exemption law. The county is one of several local jurisdictions—including the City of Marietta and Marietta City Schools—that is ...
2024 Cobb primary election day preview: Candidates, ballots, more
May 18, 2024 · To check your polling station and which races will be on your ballot, visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s GA My Voter Page.. All voters must go to the polls with proof of identification (details here).Here are the key contested races on the ballot for East Cobb voters; they do not include candidates who are running unopposed and will be on the general election ballot in November:
Lindley MS student ‘critical’ after self-inflicted shooting
Jan 15, 2025 · Cobb Police Sgt. Eric Smith said that “no additional details about the victim or the circumstances surrounding the incident will be shared to protect the privacy of those involved and maintain the integrity of the ongoing investigation.