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License changes coming to home-based Smyrna, Ga., businesses

March 24, 2021 Special to Express Telegraph

City leaders here plan to update business license requirements for home-based businesses, but the changes do not include lessening the burden on single-member LLCs.

Norfolk Southern gifting historic rail car to Duluth museum

November 10, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

Norfolk Southern Corporation is gifting the historic Marco Polo rail car, a car President Franklin D. Roosevelt used while in office, to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. The Pullman Company built the Marco

Dunwoody recognizes Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

October 15, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The city of Dunwoody has recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In doing so, they encouraged all residents to help support families affected by pregnancy and infant loss honor and remember the babies that were

Cobb names October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

September 28, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners last week recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In doing so, they encouraged all residents to help support families affected by pregnancy and infant loss honor

Kennesaw Museum Foundation launches ‘Great Railroad Roam’

September 23, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Kennesaw Museum Foundation and the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History are hosting a socially distanced fundraiser that is fun for the whole family. The Great Locomotive Railroad Roam, a scavenger hunt

Southeastern Railway Museum park train undergoes restoration

September 17, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Southeastern Railway Museum has removed its 1957 vintage park train from service as its primary operating locomotive’s engine undergoes a complete engine overhaul. The museum shipped the historic locomotive engine to Industrial Engine Rebuilders

I Heart Mac & Cheese announces Aug. 26 re-opening date for Athens, Georgia, location

August 21, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The fast-casual concept specializes in made-to-order, fully customizable build your own macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Local families receive donated cars

July 29, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

Midas Alpharetta has repaired donated cars at no cost for a pair of families working with Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb to rebound from situational homelessness. The donations are part of Midas’ Project Spark, a

David Greenspan: It’s time, it’s time to talk, not text

July 1, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

If we truly wish to address the challenges facing our community, our state and our nation – we must have the courage to take the first steps to talk, communicate and share ideas. Taking that first step can be the most challenging, but one that we must take if we want to make tomorrow better than today.

Southeastern Railway Museum receives Gwinnett Creativity grant

June 30, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Southeastern Railway Museum has received a 2020 Gwinnett Creativity Fund General Operating Grant. The $7,500 grant will help the museum continue to offer programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gwinnett Creativity Fund allows non-profit