Community Corner
🌱 Polls Open For Voting + East Cobb Food Scores + SWAT Team Responds
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in East Cobb.
Hi all! I'm back in your inbox this morning with all the most important things happening locally.
First, today's weather:
An afternoon t-storm; warmer. High: 79 Low: 66.
Here are the top three stories today in East Cobb:
- Reminder: Voting is open today! East Cobb residents will be going to the polls today in the 2022 primary election to vote on a ballot that includes a cityhood referendum. Voters will cast their vote for or against a new municipality of approximately 60,000 people, as well as local, state and federal competitive races. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all precincts. (East Cobb News)
- Check out East Cobb food scores for C & S Seafood & Oyster Bar, Chick-Fil-A, Infusion Crab ATL, Mango's Caribean Restaurant, and Zeus Greek Street Food. The list, compiled by Cobb & Douglas Department of Public Health, shows scores ranging from 96 to 82. (East Cobb News)
- A Cobb County Police SWAT team responded to a domestic dispute at 3345 Austell Road on Sunday evening in which a man shot and killed himself after fatally shooting another man. 25-year-old Francisco Renovato was found dead in a shed after fleeing the scene. Raul Medina was rushed to the Wellstar Cobb Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds where he later succumbed to his injuries. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
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Today in East Cobb:
- Al-Anon Family Group At Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church (7:00 PM)
- Bailey Bryan At Terminal West (7:00 PM)
- Yoga With Cats At Good Mews Animal Foundation (7:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Find out which companies are hiring in the East Cobb area. View locations, job descriptions, salaries, and then click to apply! (East Cobb Patch)
- Come see Amy Grant in concert at Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 26 at 8:00 p.m. Grant was the first contemporary Christian music artist to have a platinum record, the first to hit number one on the Pop charts, and the first to perform at the GRAMMY Awards. (Visit Sandy Springs)
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- Classic Connections Concert for a Cause (May 28)
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That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with a new update.
— Carla Varner
