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Recruits of the Marietta Fire Department got their first live-fire training, on a pair of city-owned houses that the department set afire. Working in groups of four, the recruits controlled and put out the fires, before gathering to watch the houses burn. • Photos | Marietta Fire Department's Web site
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• Story: Milestone in Marietta | Photos from the early days to now | Strand Theatre Web site | LocationMore Cobb headlines
- Cobb high schoolers plan shopping event for those in need
- Acworth man held in 'motorcycle helmet' bank robberies
- Mosque official may get jail time for not complying with order
- Hearing on dropped-off boy delayed a week
- New legislation to outlaw tax shuffling
- Marietta man arrested in knife-and-fork slaying
- DeKalb police chief: Tasers for 1,011 cops
- Law firm to cut rates to help strapped clients
- Cobb EMC deal leaves co-op with arena advertising
- Marietta man wins $203,000 in Fantasy 5





