https://mariettatoday.com/Local news for Marietta, Georgia: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across Cobb County.en-GBSat, 17 Oct 2026 14:59:45 +0000https://mariettatoday.com/evergreen-senior-housing-roswell-street/https://mariettatoday.com/evergreen-senior-housing-roswell-street/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEvergreen, 64 affordable apartments for seniors at 879 Roswell St. NE, breaks ground Thursday, Oct. 22. The four-story building will have stores on Roswell Street.https://mariettatoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://mariettatoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHarvestFest fills Marietta Square Saturday, the Cherokee Heights Arts Festival is on Freyer Drive and the Strand Ole Opry plays Saturday and Sunday.https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-data-center-zoning-rules/https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-data-center-zoning-rules/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMarietta City Council is asked Monday to advertise zoning code changes for data centers, the first public step toward rules to follow the moratorium that ends Dec. 31.https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-sidewalk-variance-jordan-roselane-traton/https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-sidewalk-variance-jordan-roselane-traton/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA builder wants to skip sidewalks at a 22-lot Marietta subdivision. City staff say Jordan Street and Roselane Street, by the M2R Trail, should still get them.https://mariettatoday.com/veterans-day/https://mariettatoday.com/veterans-day/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMarietta's Veterans Day parade steps off at 10:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, from Roswell Street to the Square, with a noon ceremony in Glover Park and a 5K.https://mariettatoday.com/nutcracker/https://mariettatoday.com/nutcracker/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnTwo Nutcrackers at Marietta's Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in 2026: GMDT over Thanksgiving weekend and The Georgia Ballet with live orchestra from Dec. 17.https://mariettatoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://mariettatoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMarietta arts this fall: Jackie Dorsey's musician portraits at the art museum, the Georgia Symphony Oct. 10, Strand concerts, Halloween films and workshops.https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-high-graduation-rate-record-sat-2026/https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-high-graduation-rate-record-sat-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMarietta High's Class of 2026 graduated at a record 95.1%, up 19.4 points since 2019, and posted a 1092 SAT average, 61 points above Georgia's public schools.https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-power-grid-automation-outage-switches/https://mariettatoday.com/marietta-power-grid-automation-outage-switches/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMarietta Power's new automated switches are projected to cut outage minutes by more than half. The $3.96 million project is mostly federally funded.