🌱 Cobb County Overdose Increase + Mableton Cityhood Forum + Tax Bills

Hi all. It's me, Sean Peek, your host of the East Cobb Daily — here to explain all the most important things happening in the community today. Let's have at it.

First, today's weather:

A thunderstorm around. High: 86 Low: 68.

Here are the top three stories in East Cobb today:

1. New Hospital Surveillance data shows fentanyl overdoses are spiking in Cobb County over the last few months — specifically in the 30127 zip code. The Cobb County Government is warning the public that while this spike appears to be associated with street drugs, (including cocaine and pressed pills such as Percocet, contaminated with Fentanyl) using any street drug puts the user at high risk of an overdose. For a list of resources for opioid treatment and recovery, click here. (Press Release Desk)
2. The first Mableton cityhood forum will be held this Wednesday, Aug. 17. Cobb County has organized this community meeting to learn about the proposed City of Mableton that will be on the November ballot. The City of Mableton referendum is the last of four votes on cityhood for various parts of unincorporated Cobb County — previous referendums for the City of East Cobb, the City of Lost Mountain, and the City of Vinings all failed on May 24, 2022. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Cobb County Police Academy. (Cobb County Courier)
3. On Monday, Tax Commissioner Carla Jackson announced that the 2022 Cobb County property tax bills have been issued. Payments are due on Oct. 15 and must be USPS postmarked or received by the due date to be considered on time. A press release from the Cobb County Government states that "a total of 267,850 tax bills representing $1,099,887,569 was calculated consisting of 252,206 Real Property for $1,027,804,446 and 15,644 Personal Property for $72,083,123." (Press Release Desk)

Today in East Cobb:

• Acrylic Studio Classes With Artist Laura Surace, At Marietta Cobb Museum Of Art (9:00 AM)
• A Novel Idea, At Alpharetta Branch Library (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Congratulations to the Cobb County Public Library Summer Reading Challenge Grand Prize winners! Each winner received a basket filled with unplugged, mindful goodies. (Cobb County Public Library via Facebook)
• Hey there, neighbor! These deeds for residential East Cobb real estate sales were filed from Jul. 25-29, 2022. (East Cobb News)
• The Cobb Library Fall Book Sale is Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16 at Cobb Civic Center. For more information, visit cobbcat.org/booksale. (Cobb County Public Library via Facebook)

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About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.