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🌱 Cobb Students Return To School + Midtown Music Festival Cancelled

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Posted Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 5:07 pm ET|Updated Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 9:48 pm ET

Hi all. It's me, Carla Varner, your host of the East Cobb Daily. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today...

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny with a t-storm. High: 89 Low: 70.

Here are the top three stories in East Cobb today:

Cobb County students were among a dozen school districts that headed back to school yesterday morning. Monday was the first day for thousands of students in Atlanta Public Schools, Cobb, Cherokee, Fannin, Greene, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, and Rockdale counties. Lisa Herring, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent, said this year's focus will be personalized learning and attendance and students' mental health. (WSB-TV 2)
The 2022 Music Midtown festival scheduled for September has been cancelled, partly due to Georgia's laws regarding guns in public parks. At play is a recent appeals court ruling related to the Atlanta Botanical Garden's ability to restrict guns from its property. The festival posted on social media yesterday that the cancellation was a result of "circumstances beyond our control." (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
See who sold and bought the following residential real estate properties in East Cobb between Jul. 11 and 15. The deeds were filed with the Cobb Superior Court Clerk's Office Real Estate Department. (East Cobb News)

Today in East Cobb:

Half Price Bottles of Wine + Live Music At Kaleidoscope Bistro & Pub (6:00 PM)
Christian Lee Hutson at The EARL (7:30 PM)
August Wine Events: Loire Valley At Stem Wine Bar (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

Find out which companies are hiring in the East Cobb area. Scroll through the latest job postings, view position descriptions, salary, and location, and then click on the link to apply. (East Cobb Patch)
Calling all teens! The Teen Drama Club meets every other week at Switzer Library from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to learn and practice short skits. (cobbcounty.org)
Don't miss out on this Meet Up for Adults with Special Needs this Thursday, Aug. 4 in the multi-purpose room at the North Cobb Regional Library. Adults with special needs are invited, along with their caregivers, to meet new friends and enjoy stories, crafts, games, movement, and music. (cobbcounty.org)

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You're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.

— Carla Varner