330 Legacy Park Trees to Get the Ax

But some residents aren't happy that the trees are coming down.

Kennesaw plans to chop down 330 trees that have become a safety issue in the city's Legacy Park community. According to CBS Atlanta, Kennesaw will spend between $50,000 and $75,000 to remove trees that have caused sidewalks to buckle and about $140,000 to repair 700 sections of damaged sidewalks. But not everyone in Legacy Park is happy that the trees are coming down. Several residents told CBS Atlanta that they worry about the impact to the community's look.

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Community Plans Special Evening for Legacy Park Boy, 7

Declan Boustead, a first grader at Kennesaw Elementary School, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 16, 2012.

Legacy Park Hosts Neighborhood Sale

Here are some area sales happening over the next few days, and if we missed yours, add it in the comments.

Where: 3074 Shelbourne Trace NW, Kennesaw (Legacy Park) When: Fri, 9am-2pm; Sat, 8am-2pm Featured items: Furniture, new six-horsepower garden tiller, propane patio heater, right-handed and left-handed golf clubs, Matt Ryan-signed jersey, framed art, antiques, collectibles, china sets, taxidermy deer head and more. Additional info: You can see what each house is selling online.  Where: 1403 Drexel Court, Marietta (Princeton Lakes neighborhood) When: Sat, 9am-2pm Featured items: Antiques, collectbiles, kids items, toys, clothes, furniture, tools, home accessories, household items, shoes, salon products, salon mirrors, track lighting ceiling fans, appliances, computer desk, computer equipment, automotive parts, kitchen items, home fixtures …

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Man, 78, Accused of Ripping Off Neighbors

Kennesaw's Legacy Park Community Association lost almost $18,000.

A 78-year-old Kennesaw man spent two hours in the Cobb County jail Friday on charges that he embezzled nearly $18,000 from his homeowners association. Douglas Gilpatrick Tulper of the 2300 block of Brookgreen Commons was facing a Jan. 18 arrest warrant when he turned himself in just before 9 a.m. Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Tulper is charged with two felony counts of theft by taking, and he was released on a $10,000 bond around 11:30 a.m., jail records show. He is accused of siphoning $17,799.82 from the Legacy Park Men’s Club while he served as treasurer between December 2009 and June 2011, the AJC said, citing the arrest warrant. The club is part of the homeowners association for the 117-acre Legacy Park community …

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Superintendent Connects with Kennesaw

Cobb County's Michael Hinojosa talks about technology, college prep and today’s students at a town hall meeting in the Legacy Park community.

Appearing relaxed and open, new Cobb County Schools Superintendent Michael Hinojosa spoke about his goals and answered dozens of questions at a town hall meeting presented by the Legacy Park Education Committee at the Legacy Park Clubhouse on Tuesday night. Hinojosa, who became the district’s 20th superintendent in July, said early in his roughly 85-minute appearance before about 40 people that he usually gets along with school boards. “I’ve been doing this 18 years, and I’ve worked with 75 board members, and only two or maybe five I didn’t get along with,” the 32-year educator said with a chuckle. “But none of your board members have ill will. We have to work with these guys because they’re in for the next two or four years.” Primrose …

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Construction Begins in Final Phase of Jiles Road Expansion

The third and final phase of the $23 million road expansion is projected to be completed in two years.

Construction intended to relieve traffic congestion by widening Jiles to a four-lane road entered its third and final phase Monday. Workers and heavy landscaping equipment will soon be seen tearing up the area between Baker Road and Highway 41, the last stretch of road to be renovated over the next two years. Project History The project in its entirety was first placed before the City Council of Kennesaw around 1996, according to Mayor Mark Mathews. Since then, it has undergone several phases of approval and review, until it was ultimately granted funding through the 2005 SPLOST. The bill is projected to settle around $23 million by the time construction is completed on July 18, 2013. This final phase will make up $11 million of the total…

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