Recycler Pays; Will Melanie Moore Win?

1. Today should be a prototypical August day in Northeast Cobb, according to the National Weather Service: a lot of sun, a high in the mid-90s and a 30 percent chance of showers popping up in the afternoon. The overnight low will be around 67.

2. Marietta Recycling had on Wednesday and agreed to plead no contest to two noise ordinance violations and to pay the city $5,000, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. In return, the city dropped 33 other counts. Meanwhile, the MDJ adds, Marietta Recycling has sued to reverse Cobb County’s r in Northeast Cobb next to the complex.

3. Cobb County school bus drivers will be making dry runs Friday in preparation for Monday’s opening day, and kindergartners through second-graders can take that opportunity for a test ride. The kids, along with their parents and siblings, just need to be at their regular bus stop at the regular pickup time for a quick round trip. You can check on your child’s bus schedule here. Meanwhile, the school system is allowing students to bring water bottles onto buses in August and September so the kids can stay hydrated.

4. In more school news, the Cobb County Board of Education endorsed Chairwoman Alison Bartlett’s reapportionment map Wednesday morning and rejected Northeast Cobb member David Banks’ alternative. Northeast Cobb Patch will have a full report today on the board’s shorter-than-normal work session. While the school board was meeting, Gov. Nathan Deal issued a proclamation calling the General Assembly into session Monday at 10 a.m. for a special redistricting session that will cover congressional and legislative districts but not local governments and school districts. Also on the special session’s agenda are the governor’s freeze on the state gas tax and a possible move of next year’s regional transportation SPLOST referendum to November.

5. The competitive dancing is done on So You Think You Can Dance? All that’s left on the Fox show’s eighth season is a two-hour finale tonight that will reveal whether grad is the winner. Don’t forget the at 7 p.m. in the Lassiter gym. The show itself starts at 8.