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A Ghost Story
Some years ago we were heading home from a long-distance trek, when we heard a traveler’s ghost story on a two-day train ride from...
Kassems receive award for advocacy
Fayetteville residents, Dr. Mohamad and Lynne Kassem, received the prestigious NobisWorks Luminary Award for Professional Advocacy at the recent Galaxy of Stars & Tommy...
Wednesday funeral planned for Chick-fil-A’s Cathy, 93
S. Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A who called the southside home, died early Monday morning at the age of 93.
Cathy grew the restaurant...
Roundabout is set for Lower Fayetteville Road
Slow traffic conditions along portions of Lower Fayetteville Road have existed for years. But a portion of the back-ups in the area of the...
Interns to make case for cart path to Starr’s Mill complex
Fayette County high school interns working with the Fayette County government presented their findings and options for a golf cart path and crossing for...
Patriots steamroll through Hampton 49-6
It was the first home game in the history of the new Hampton High School in Henry County, and the Sandy Creek Patriots made...
Joe W. Eidson, age 74, of Douglasville
Mr. Joe W. Eidson, age 74, of Douglasville passed away on September 2, 2014.
Joe was the owner of Joe's Barber Shop in Tyrone...
Frederick Riley Sisson of Fayetteville
Frederick Riley Sisson left us on September 1, 2014 at the age of 25.
Born in Atlanta on July 28, 1989, Riley grew up...
Judith Ann Plank Artzberger, 73, of Peachtree City
Artzberger, Judith Ann Plank, 73, of Peachtree City, Ga., formally of Wheeling, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, in Emory Hospital, Atlanta,...
Peter Brian Wallace of Fayette
Peter Brian Wallace was born in Waltham, Mass. on December 6, 1948. He went to be with our Lord September 4, 2014.
Loving...
Split vote OKs 100 housing starts on MacDuff
The Peachtree City Council on Sept. 4 agreed by a 3-2 vote to allow Kolter Homes no more than 100 certificates of occupancy prior...
PTC’s $30 million budget passes by a unanimous count
After a lengthy discussion on budget revisions initiated by Councilman Eric Imker on Aug. 21, the Peachtree City Council on Sept. 4 unanimously adopted...
Canongate gets new owner
Sequoia Golf, owner of the Canongate Golf Clubs, has sold its stock and assets to ClubCorp for $265 million. Sequoia CEO Joe Guerra said...
City to address sidewalk maintenance Sept. 18
The Peachtree City Council later this month will consider an ordinance addressing the installation and maintenance of sidewalks in subdivisions. The council at the...
Legion is honored
Peachtree City Mayor Vanessa Fleisch (at podium) announced Sept. 4 that Sept. 16 be recognized as American Legion Day in Peachtree City. Pictured from...
Plant sale approaches
The greenhouse is full and Coweta County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers are raiding their gardens for plants to donate to their Fall Plant Sale...
Reading proves very profitable
Coweta first grader Maddox Tomlinson was awarded $1,529 for his college savings as one of four regional winners in the Path2College 529 Plan’s Summer...
Lunch is served
Residents who head to the Fayette Senior Center at the Gathering Place in Peachtree City can order lunch a couple of Fridays a month...
Remote for a dinosaur
September marks the start of the 14th year for this weekly column. Many thanks to you, dear reader, for making it all possible. Without...
Newest member
Jeff Duncan is sworn into office after a unanimous vote to select him as a new Planning Commission member during the Tyrone council meeting...
Showtime!
There’s something about the opening game of high school football season. There’s a “feel” in the air that announces that all is ready for...
Meet winners
The Landmark middle school boys cross-country team took first place at the Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farm in Henry County. Colton Wooster was...
Tax unchanged from last year as Fayette rolls back rate
As expected, the Fayette County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday night to roll back the general fund tax rate from 5.714 mills to 5.602...
Jeff Davis Drive rezoning denied for traffic safety issues
Concerns about eight new driveways emptying directly onto South Jeff Davis Drive were what motivated the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to deny a...
Fayette schools’ enrollment down to 2002 level
Fayette County public schools saw a small overall decrease in the number of students who began the 2014-2015 school year in early August. With...
Fayette charter school will have to wait another year
Plans by Liberty Tech Charter School to establish the new school in Fayette County will have to wait until next year. Items such as...
Tools to help Haiti
Tom Arsenault surveys the donation of a large variety of tools secured by “Tools for Empowerment” for use in the Caribbean nation of Haiti....
PTC Council to take another look at 650-home proposal Thurs. night
The Peachtree City Council on Sept. 4 will take another look at text amendment changes to the LUR-14 (Limited Use Residential) zoning ordinance being...
MacDuff extension: When will it open?
Road to feature two accesses to Hwy. 74Residents hoping for traffic relief on MacDuff Parkway learned that there will now be two points that...
2 rezonings, fire aid on F’ville’s agenda
Those planning to attend the Sept. 4 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council might want to arrive early to get a seat. The council...
Divas Half Marathon arrives in PTC
Boas, tiaras at finish lineThe Divas Half Marathon and 5K national race series arrives in Peachtree City this weekend, and even before the sea...
Osmose to build HQ in PTC Industrial Park
UPDATED — By the first week of October, ground will be broken on Peachtree City’s latest “get” — another corporate headquarters.The city’s senior planner...
Skateboard artistry
Peachtree City resident Adam Barteski was one of many skateboarders participating Aug. 30 in the second annual Opekuat Great Skate Across Peachtree City. The...
Odd procedure by P&Z on Oddo plans to rezone tract
Fayetteville Planning and Zoning commissioners, like their counterparts in other jurisdictions, are charged with following guidelines on matters of rezoning and the development of...
