Friday, April 26, 2013
This weekend get out to a book signing and dog rescue adoption event in East Cobb, a car show in Smyrna, "Plan 9 From Outer Space" on Marietta Square, and Good Mews Spring Flea Market.
Good Mews Annual Spring Flea Market When: April 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 28 from noon to 5 p.m. Where: Piedmont Commons (Publix) Shopping Center, 1050 E Piedmont Rd, Marietta, GA What: Good Mews will be holding its Annual Spring Flea market on weekends through Sunday, May 12. New merchandise will be on display each weekend. Carnival of Doom's Creature Feature - Plan 9 From Outer Space When: April 26, 9 p.m. Where: Next Stage Theatre, 11 Anderson St SE, Marietta, GA Cost: $12 What: Join the Carnival of Doom's inaugural Creature Feature Friday to witness the horror of Ed Wood's infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space. Carnival of Doom partnered with Next Stage Theatre Company to bring Marietta what has been deemed "the worst movie ever …
Monday, April 9, 2012
The no-kill cat shelter has begun construction on its new home on Robinson Road.
Good Mews won a $25,000 grant from Southwest Airlines last month and has begun work on its new no-kill shelter on Robinson Road near Roswell Road. The Cobb cat shelter was one of six nonprofit winners in the LUV Grants for Good contest Southwest ran to celebrate its arrival in Atlanta. The airline, working with judges from the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, narrowed 352 entrants to 15 finalists, and online voters chose two winners each among large, medium and small entrants. Good Mews was one of the two winners in the small category. “All these organizations do so much to improve life in their communities, and we are so fortunate to have learned so much about them through this contest,” said Debra Benton, Southwest’s director of community …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The animal rescue group is in northern Florida to remove and rescue the largest number of cats ever removed from one location in an animal cruelty investigation.
Cobb County's Good Mews cat rescue group is among several agencies assisting the ASPCA in the removal and sheltering of approximately 600 cats living in deplorable conditions at a non-profit cat sanctuary known as Caboodle Ranch in Lee, FL. The cats were kept in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. Numerous cats were found with untreated medical issues with many in critical condition. Responders also discovered deceased cats on the property. "Five of us are staying for a week," Good Mews shelter manager Robbin Yeager told Patch. "Don’t know the amount of cats yet we are going to be able to take until they are released for adoption purposes." “Removing hundreds of animals is a huge undertaking, and we are truly grateful that these …
Patrice Pettinato
2:11 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
you are soooo right!!! they should have offered to help instead of trap him like that --- and he's not even guilty!! I heard they staked him out like they were planning a raid on a terrorist encampment and then they rushed in flanked by the media. Disgusting. What I'd like to know is why did these cats wind up at the ranch to begin with if so many homes are supposedly available to them now? The … more ›