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Free blood pressure stations now open at East Cobb church, senior centers
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Wellstar and the American Heart Association have installed free blood pressure monitoring stations at Christ Anglican Church and several Cobb County senior centers, funded by ARPA dollars and a CHIP Partnership grant.
Community
Kiwanis Club to plant 2,977 flags at Kennesaw Mountain for 9/11's 25th anniversary
The Kiwanis Club of Marietta will plant 2,977 American flags at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, with a public flag parade on Aug. 29 and a memorial service on Sept. 11.
Marietta, GA
5:37 pm, August 28, 2026
88°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 93° · 31% rain
Community
Free blood pressure stations now open at East Cobb church, senior centers
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Wellstar and the American Heart Association have installed free blood pressure monitoring stations at Christ Anglican Church and several Cobb County senior centers, funded by ARPA dollars and a CHIP Partnership grant.
Community
Kiwanis Club to plant 2,977 flags at Kennesaw Mountain for 9/11's 25th anniversary
The Kiwanis Club of Marietta will plant 2,977 American flags at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, with a public flag parade on Aug. 29 and a memorial service on Sept. 11.
Marietta, GA
5:37 pm, August 28, 2026
88°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 93° · 31% rain
Community
Free blood pressure stations now open at East Cobb church, senior centers
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Wellstar and the American Heart Association have installed free blood pressure monitoring stations at Christ Anglican Church and several Cobb County senior centers, funded by ARPA dollars and a CHIP Partnership grant.
Community
Kiwanis Club to plant 2,977 flags at Kennesaw Mountain for 9/11's 25th anniversary
The Kiwanis Club of Marietta will plant 2,977 American flags at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, with a public flag parade on Aug. 29 and a memorial service on Sept. 11.
Marietta, GA
5:37 pm, August 28, 2026
88°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 93° · 31% rain
Community
Free workshops let Cobb residents paint hearts for suicide awareness trail
Cobb County PARKS is hosting free heart-painting workshops across the county for its second annual "You Are Loved" suicide awareness art project, with the nearest East Cobb session on Aug. 15 at The Art Place on Sandy Plains Road and a culminating trail walk Sept. 3 in Kennesaw.
Community
Peachtree Art Center marks first year with free open house
Peachtree Art Center on Sandy Plains Road celebrates its first anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 23, with a free open house featuring local artwork, mini-classes, food, and prizes.
Community
Dog Days 5K returns to East Cobb for its 21st year
The Rotary Club of East Cobb hosts its 21st Annual Dog Days 5K on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA, continuing a tradition that has raised more than $900,000 for local and international service projects.
Community
KSU student builds AI camera system to track creek trash to the Chattahoochee
Kennesaw State mechatronics student Saam Grami has installed AI-powered cameras along Cobb County's Rottenwood Creek that identify and track floating litter in real time, with the goal of guiding future autonomous cleanup robots to intercept trash before it reaches the Chattahoochee River.
Community
Marietta library launches free true crime series, Cold Case Club
The Georgia Room at Switzer Library in Marietta launches a free Summer True Crime Series on Monday, Aug. 3, with weekly sessions exploring Georgia's most infamous crimes and a Cold Case Club focused on the 1965 disappearance of Mary Shotwell Little from Lenox Square.
Community
Whataburger, food bank feed hundreds of East Cobb families ahead of school year
Whataburger and the Atlanta Community Food Bank hosted a mobile food pantry at Brumby Elementary School on July 21, providing fresh groceries, school supplies, and hot meals to roughly 300–350 East Cobb families ahead of the new school year.
Community
Cobb's cooling center stays open through Friday as heat lingers
MUST Ministries' Hope House on Bells Ferry Road is extending its free cooling center through Friday, July 31, offering air conditioning and meals from noon to 6:30 p.m. as Cobb County temperatures remain in the low 90s.
Community
Wounded Marine veteran shares mindset lessons at Northeast Cobb luncheon
Marine veteran Andy Robinson shared his story of rebuilding after a 2006 combat injury at the Northeast Cobb Business Association's July 28 luncheon, challenging local business owners to identify their own mindset barriers. The NCBA's next luncheon features entrepreneur Jim Beach on August 19.
Community
Volunteers build nearly 3,000 flags for 9/11 memorial at Kennesaw Mountain
Dozens of volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Marietta and partner organizations gathered Saturday, July 19, to hand-assemble flags for the Field of Flags 9/11 memorial, which opens at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Community
Sheriff Owens draws 400 to annual shrimp boil, announces 3,000-backpack giveaway
Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens hosted more than 400 people at the 35th annual community boil at Jim Miller Park on Friday, July 24, announcing deputy autism training, jail education programs, and a back-to-school giveaway of 3,000 backpacks and a $1,000 scholarship.
Community
Sope Creek Paper Mill Ruins to get first major preservation work in decades
The Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy launched a two-phase campaign to preserve the Sope Creek Paper Mill Ruins off Paper Mill Road, with Phase 1 clearing invasive vegetation and Phase 2 bringing in masonry specialists in 2027.
Community
Cobb EMC employees pack 1,000 meal kits for MUST Ministries' summer program
More than 50 Cobb EMC employees and board members packed 1,000 meal kits on July 24 for MUST Ministries' Summer Lunch Program, which feeds nearly 7,000 children a week across metro Atlanta and runs through July 31.
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