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Generous donation
Fellowship of Love Church (FOLC) in Fayetteville recently donated $2,500 to Fayette Senior Services as a contribution towards its building expansion fund. The donation...
Holy Trinity church will offer end of life seminar
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City will offer a free End of Life seminar in two sessions this month, a program that “will...
Money, family, schedules, topics at Summit
The Summit Church will offer three dinner meetings, Oct. 19, Jan. 11, and May 17, all at 6 p.m., to discuss managing money, dealing...
Reindl tapped for children’s ministries director
Kim Reindl is extremely busy these days. As the newly installed director of children’s ministries at Cokes Chapel United Methodist Church, she will...
Religion Briefs 10/01/14
Holy Trinity will have Memorial MassEmbrace Ministry of Holy Trinity will host a Memorial Mass in honor of all babies lost during pregnancy, stillbirth...
Air power’s siren song — again
In the early morning of Sept. 23, 2014, American air forces — joined by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan —...
Campus sexual assaults
College freshmen are completing their first month on campus. According to the website The Other Freshman 15, “The first 15 weeks of college can...
Lift the offshore drilling moratorium
President Obama’s recent move to allow seismic exploration of oil and gas reserves offshore Georgia and the Atlantic Coast has left many hopeful that...
Southern Living and changes
A few years ago, the magazine I have long loved – Southern Living – changed. Like most Southerners, I have an aversion to change,...
Somebody doesn’t know what’s up
In the Sept. 24, 2014 issue of The Citizen, the headline article on Page 1 was entitled, “Young adults wave goodbye to Fayette.” On...
Seeing cops through race-colored glasses
In response to David Browning, “How could cop shoot unarmed man 6 times?”
Easy.
Just like the two East Point, Ga., officers tazed a man they...
Youth football game raises sportsmanship questions
This weekend, the 10-year Rec Chiefs took to Riley Field to face their fourth opponent of the year. There was a good crowd and...
BP, lawyers and the environmental trough
I would like to give another side to David Browning’s letter of Sept. 17. In the first place I would not consider it gross...
Faisst-Keegan engagement
Lou and Chris Faisst of Peachtree City, Ga. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Rae Faisst to Daniel Patrick Keegan,...
Vincent Francis Rossetti of Peachtree City
Vincent Francis Rossetti, a retired custom homebuilder, whose company worked in dozens of Georgia communities, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Peachtree...
Cody Wayne Phillips of Senoia
Mr. Cody Wayne Phillips of Senoia passed away September 21, 2014.
He is survived by his parents, Steve and Resa Phillips of Senoia; grandparents,...
Marcus Glenn Howell, 72, of Fayetteville
Marcus Glenn Howell, 72, of Fayetteville, passed away September 23, 2014.
He was preceded in death by his parents Alvin and Opal Howell and brother...
Joseph F. Langdon, 77, of Peachtree City
Joseph F. Langdon, 77, of Peachtree City, passed away September 26, 2014.
He was a 1955 graduate from Hamilton (Ohio) High School and later...
James Richard Boykin, Jr 45, of Fayetteville
James Richard Boykin, Jr 45, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away September 24, 2014.
He was preceded in death by his father James Boykin Sr.
He...
Manuel Adams of Peachtree City
On Wednesday September 10, 2014 Manuel "Hamby" Adams passed from this world following complications from lung cancer.
Born to Mary (Adams) Owens and James...
Lawanda Jean Corley, 65, of Roswell
Lawanda Jean Corley, 65, of Roswell, Ga. passed away on September 23, 2014 following a lengthy illness.
She was born on October 17, 1948...
A big help
The Peachtree City Police Department received a donation from Clothes Less Traveled. The check is to help fund the department’s CERT program for...
Celebrating history
Members of the Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Fayetteville, participated in the 150th commemoration of Kilpatrick's Raid on...
Things to do-Oct.2-Nov.8
OctoberOctober 2Disney’s “The Jungle Book Kids” runs from today through Oct. 5, at the Fayetteville Train Depot . Show times and ticket prices are...
A close-up to history
Cub Scout Bears, third graders, from Den 9 of Peachtree City’s Pack 75 took a tour of the Dixie Wing for their “What Makes...
It’s Students’ Day at the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City
Georgia students and their families are invited to come to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City for a day of activities and...
Librarians get in on the act at the Alliance
Local librarians Chris Snell and Sarah Trowbridge will have their moment in the limelight Oct. 5 at 2:30 p.m., when they serve as guest...
Disney classic tale coming to Fayetteville
A Company of Friends Theatrical Productions invites family audiences to come enjoy the musical jungle adventure, “Disney’s Jungle Book, Kids” on October 2-5.
Full of...
Comedy kicks off the season at the Legacy
Tickets are now on sale for Ron Hutchinson’s “Moonlight & Magnolias,” the hilarious comedy about the creation of ‘Gone with the Wind’. Just in...
Irony, part deaux
This column originally ran Sept.29, 1998.
Hooray, I thought, when AAA in Wilmington, N.C. let me borrow a telephone line to e-mail a story back...
‘Could you be more specific?’
Glenn McCoy editorial cartoon — Secret Service radio call: "Agent Smith, do you see anyone at the White House that doesn't belong there?" Agent...
‘I can help you throw away your medal’
Cip Bok editorial cartoon — Secretary of State John Kerry to President Barack Obama: "I can help you throw away your medal."
PTC remembers POWs/MIAs
Out of sight, out of mind? Not a chance. A small group of veterans from Fayette and Coweta counties and their families made the...
Patriots down Ala. foe 24-17
After a slow start the Sandy Creek Patriots picked up the pace offensively to take a first-half lead and held on for a 24-17...
