Good morning, Marietta.

Cobb County is hosting multiple Halloween and fall festivals this fall with trick-or-treating & costume contests, plus hayrides and family activities at parks and historic sites across the county.

Charlie, a 1-year-old neutered tan/white American pit bull terrier weighing 27 lbs (ID 13838), is available for adoption at Cobb County Animal Services.

Visits are by appointment preferred though walk-ins are welcome; owner surrenders require appointments, and the shelter is at 1060 Al Bishop Drive in Marietta.

Ava is a 12-week-old female tabby domestic short hair kitten (Animal ID 21185) available for adoption at Cobb County Animal Services; appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome, owner surrenders require appointments, and the shelter at 1060 Al Bishop Drive in Marietta can be reached at 770-499-4136.

The Cobb County Courier is running a five-question quiz on two Marietta events — the Oct.

31, 1963 Halloween explosion and the Nov. 1, 1981 fire — with answers and source links provided in the daily newsletter.

Georgia's average price for regular gasoline fell 8 cents to $3.65 a gallon last week, AAA reports, making a 15-gallon fill about $54.75; Cobb County averaged $3.67 and Atlanta $3.68, with the state gas tax suspension and winter-blend fuel helping lower costs despite high crude oil prices.

The MDE School opened an expanded playground on its East Cobb campus, welcoming dozens of family members, faculty, and supporters (ribbon-cutting ceremony) and adding new play elements for students.

William Root ran ads in the June 17, 1847 Marietta Helicon promising miracle cures and listing dozens of patent medicines sold at his drugstore near Marietta Square, and the digitized pages are available through Georgia Historic Newspapers at UGA for public research.