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Celebrate the holidays in Smyrna
This December, festive holiday events and more are happening in Smyrna. From concerts and college football to Christmas tree and menorah lightings, holiday markets and mahjong, there is so much to do with family and friends in Smyrna. Home for the Holidays & Kris Kringle Market will be 5 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Market Village & Village Green Park, 200 Village Green Circle SE in Smyrna. This all-ages event is free to attend. Get into the holiday spirit with performances by local school choirs across the Market Village. Santa will be making a special appearance to light the tree and will be available for photos after the tree lighting.College Football Saturday is 3 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Village Green Park. This all-ages event is free to attend. There will be a live DJ, prizes and giveaways. Bring chairs and cheer one’s team on to victory.Smyrna Handmade Holiday Market will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 6 at Brawner Hall, 3180 Atlanta Road SE, and the Reed House, 3080 Atlanta Road SE, both in Smyrna. This all-ages event is free to attend. Local artisans
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Marietta Daily Journal
Marietta Daily Journal
Pope's O'Sullivan moving from sideline to AD
Pope football coach Sean O’Sullivan is trading one job on campus for another, completing a longtime goal in the process. O’Sullivan stepped down as his coaching post to take over as the school’s full-time athletic director. He will follow interim AD Lindsay Barnette and former longtime AD Josh Mathews, who left at the end of the 2025-26 school year to become the associate director of athletics at the First Academy in Orlando, Florida. The move was approved Thursday by the Cobb County School Board. “I am excited for the opportunity to lead this program for the school and the community,” O’Sullivan said. “The foundation is there and I know it will be my job to keep us at the current high level of success.” O’Sullivan said the AD role is a job he had as a career goal, but just not quite so soon. He said he was hoping to potentially move toward the position in six to 10 years from now, but the opening sped up the timeline, and when he thought about it, he said now turned out to be the right time. “Josh did an unbelievable job,” O’Sullivan said. “Any time you take over for someone who
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One oversized Thanksgiving table started Canton’s Rustic Trades
The first table Clay Adams built was too big for his house. On Thanksgiving morning in 2007, his family helped carry it from the garage into the living room. Adams and his wife, Maggie, had been thinking about how many relatives they needed to seat. They had given less thought to how much space would be left afterward.
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Life University’s Lights of Life shines into 37th season with more than 1 million lights
Life University distributed the following press release about its annual holiday lights display:. Drive-through display lights up Marietta Nov. 26 through Dec. 31, with $15 per vehicle admission. Life University will flip the switch on more than 1 million twinkling lights Thanksgiving night, Nov. 26, launching the 37th annual Lights...
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Marietta North Avenue Rezoning Case Listed for Hearings
A rezoning case at 673 North Avenue is listed on the city’s hearing schedule. Under the city’s rezoning process, the Planning Commission makes a recommendation and the City Council decides the application. What the rezoning case is—and what the hearings will decide. The listed case is a...
Marietta Daily Journal
Marietta Daily Journal
Whitefield Academy welcoms in Mount Pisgah to open postseason
Whitefield Academy won its fifth consecutive game with last week's 56-44 come-from-behind Region 5AA victory over Trinity Christian and in the process captured its second region championship in the last four years. The reward for the hard work is an opportunity to host Mount Pisgah Christian on Friday in the first round of the Class AA-AAAA Private state playoffs. This is Whitefield's 10th straight trip to the postseason, and it enters the matchup averaging 43.2 points per game while holding opponents to 22.4. The Wolfpack have scored 42-or more points in each of their last five games and kept opponents from scoring 20-or-more points in three of their last four games. Led by Landon Ryan (96-of-150, 1,579 yds., 20 TDs), Amos Robinson (189 car., 1,206 yds., 18 TDs), Ian Kelly (44 rec., 702 yds., 12 TDs) and West Virgina commit Luke Linder (tight end), Whitefield believes that it has momentum entering the playoffs and is looking for it to continue. "Ever since our non-region schedule, the kids have really bought in to what we've been teaching them," Whitefield coach Robert Walsh said. "They've learned a lot. And early on when we were down in games and had to battle back,