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Fellowship is a gift that must be enriched
On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, NASA launched its unmanned rocket Antares that was tasked with bringing supplies to the International Space Station. Six seconds...
Fayetteville First UMC’s new Advent Study starts tonight
The community is invited to prepare for Christmas through a new free Advent study “Hope Amidst the Chaos” written and led by Fayetteville First...
Great Fall Festival
Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone had a successful Fall Festival last month and the face painting booth was very popular. “Wonder Woman” Fran...
Religion Briefs 11/19/14
Holiday GriefShare set for tonight, Friday“Surviving The Holidays” a special session of the GriefShare program for those who are grieving the death of a...
Dedication ceremony set for Dec. 7
All Saints Anglican Church will dedicate its new sanctuary Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. Coffee and dessert will follow the ceremony. The new...
COS plans chili supper, worship Thanksgiving Eve
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City invites all to the annual Thanksgiving Eve Chili Supper and worship service on Wednesday, Nov....
Christ’s Church’s weekly Lifetree Cafe explores life and faith
Christ’s Church at Whitewater is presently hosting Lifetree Cafe, a weekly “conversation cafe” to bring people from all walks of life into “a growing...
Registration continues for Woolsey’s 5k run for missions
The fourth annual 5k for missions at Woolsey Baptist Church will be held Saturday, Dec. 6. Registration is now open and continues through Friday,...
OM opens registration for January ‘Perspectives’ class
Enrollment is now open for Operation Mobilization’s upcoming “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” class which will begin Jan. 8 and will meet weekly...
Line Creek cleanup set
Girl Scout Cadettes, Ana Hall and Mallory Plunkett, from Service Unit 617 in Fayette County are hosting a community cleanup project at the Line...
Fayetteville Main Street’s Christmas ornament has arrived
Fayetteville Main Street Program’s annual Christmas ornament has arrived. The scene this year is from a painting of the Post House by local artist...
Commissioner Barlow unloads on Democrats
What began as a tribute to veterans and included a congratulatory message to an incoming commissioner was quickly overshadowed by a tirade against liberal...
Girlfriend insulted, man uses a bat on the insulter
Yes, words — and a baseball bat — can cause a skull fracture.
That’s what happened when Emmanuel Landeros-Lopez overheard disparaging remarks about his girlfriend.
Landeros-Lopez,...
Car chase ends in house crash
Two Stockbridge women, chased by deputies Nov. 13, jumped from their moving vehicle just before it crashed into a home in Clayton County. Handcuffs...
Fayette BoE sets policy for using its reserves of 10%
The Fayette County Board of Education on Nov. 17 adopted a policy that will require an annual reserve fund up of to 10 percent...
Thomas Matthew Tamblyn, Jr., 88, of Peachtree City
Thomas Matthew Tamblyn, Jr., 88, of Peachtree City, Ga., passed away November 10, 2014.
He was born June 21, 1926 in Birmingham, Ala. and graduated...
Joseph Robert Bowers of Fayetteville
Joseph Robert "Joe" Bowers passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014.
He was born in Fayetteville, Ga., May 01, 1924 to the late Joseph Edward...
Barry Moore, 38, of Fayetteville
Barry "Scott" Moore, 38, of Fayetteville, passed away on November 13, 2014.
Mr. Moore is preceded in death by his grandparents, Benjamin and Rose Estrada...
George North Sparrow, Jr. of Fayetteville
George North Sparrow, Jr. of Fayetteville passed away on November 15, 2014 at Southwest Christian Hospice in Union City.
He was a graduate of...
Fayette BoE hosts local legislators
Members of the Fayette County Board of Education on Nov. 14 hosted the annual legislative luncheon. Among those attending the event were, from left,...
No discussion: PTC Council keeps multi-family moratorium
It was not even a matter for discussion. The Peachtree City Council on Nov. 6 voted unanimously to continue the moratorium on multi-family rezoning...
Outlaw policing for profit in Ga.
Back in 1966, Bobby Fuller sang about, “Robbin’ people with a six-gun, I fought the law and the law won.” And rightfully so: Robbery...
Who you calling stupid?
“Stupid is as stupid does” — Forrest Gump
Unless you regularly follow conservative media, you may not have heard what one of the architects of...
Obama vs. us
Suppose you saw a person driving his car on the wrong side of a highway, against the traffic. Would you call him a stupid...
Don’t throw out good food
A friend, an only child, was talking about cleaning out her parents’ house after the death of her father.
“My parents,” she said, “were both...
PTC pay raise: Lies to ‘foolish, unthinking residents’
I was very disappointed to read Pennington’s Nov. 5, 2014 front page article entitled, “Pennington fires back at pay raise critics.”
To me, it...
Imker to Fayette: Beware pay study
Please, when considering subject item , ensure you control which of the various municipalities and counties will be used in “comparison” of salaries.
Peachtree City...
Chairman Brown disavows Barlow’s ‘racial insults’
I received numerous negative comments about our Nov. 13 County Board of Commissioners meeting.
I wanted to express some thoughts about what happened.
First, let me...
Help military families during holiday time
This month we celebrated Veterans Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the price some have paid for all of us, and to say...
Things to do-Nov.19-Dec.13
NovemberNovember 19The McIntosh High School drama department will be performing an encore of the one-act play “Five Kinds of Silence” at 7 p.m. in...
Girl Scouts to aid in Line Creek cleanup
“Breakfast with Santa” returns to Tyrone on Sat., Dec. 6, 8:30–11:00 am, at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone. The pancake breakfast will raise...
A holiday tradition is set to return
The Sandy Creek High School Choral Department will host the 2014 Breakfast with Santa Dec. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sandy...
Two holiday dinners
In the summer of 1939 I had whooping cough so bad, my left lung collapsed.
It was decided to put me in the Edwin...
Legacy brings fun to the season
“Nuncrackers,”the sequel to the hit, “Nunsense,” is coming to The Legacy Theatre beginning Nov.21. The show features new songs and new laughs but stars...
