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About the Lake Peachtree dam issue and stormwater ‘fees’
I’d like to add my thanks to Mr. Charles Phillis for his very informative letters and constructive criticism of the way the Lake Peachtree...
It’s long past time to repair the spillway and fill the lake
My great-great-great-grandfather and his two brothers joined a group of right wing radicals that became a group of clandestine rebels who believed it...
Encourage creativity, develop interpersonal skills in young people
The county’s team of high school interns gave their presentations at our Aug. 14 Board of Commissioners meeting. There was a large audience in...
Things to do-Aug.23-Sept.12
August 23Fayetteville Main Street is hosting its second free “Moovie Night” of 2014 at Southern Ground Amphitheater tonight with “Back to the Future”. Beginning...
Wow!
Braelinn Elementary School teachers jump into the new school year at their first school pep rally to show their school spirit. Six teachers brave...
Andrew Shlapak is the county’s newest Eagle Scout
Troop 175 is excited to announce Andrew Shlapak was judged to meet the standards and high ideals of an Eagle Scout.
He is from Troop 175 Peachtree City United Methodist...
Students spend three weeks in Germany
A total of 30 students studying German from Fayette County High, McIntosh High and Starr’s Mill High schools spent three weeks in the German...
Book time
First grade students in Kim Thompson’s classroom made their first visit to the Peachtree City Elementary School Media Center to check out a book...
Helping out
The Wilshire Estates neighborhood in south Peachtree City has made active choices to support one of the four major focus areas of the Fayette...
Award winner
Two graduating seniors from Whitewater High School received the 2014 “American Legion School Awards” presented by the Fayette County Post 105. Channing Thomas and Wyatt Burke were...
‘Moovie Night’ is Saturday
This Saturday, August 23, Fayetteville Main Street is hosting its second free “Moovie Night” of 2014 at Southern Ground Amphitheater with “Back to the...
Bon Jovi Tribute band plays Saturday
If you love rock n’ roll and 80’s music, then you will love Slippery When Wet! The Bon Jovi tribute band is playing The...
Kitchen Conservation
The honeymoon is probably over by now for this summer’s crop of June brides.
Figuratively as well as literally.
The honeymoon is definitely over by the...
Man robbed, pistol-whipped in N. Fayette
A man in north Fayette County was robbed of his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint and then pistol-whipped in the early morning hours...
Bowling center request approved
By this time next year, Peachtree City residents could be hollering “Strike!” as bowling balls glide down wooden alleys.
The bowling alley is part of...
Couple nabbed in meth arrests
A Fayette County man and woman were arrested Aug. 7 on charges of drug trafficking after four ounces of methamphetamine were found at their...
Residents troubled by changes on water bill
Some Fayette County residents have called into question the $3 monthly charge on water bills that serves as a leak protection program to give...
School millage remains at max level
It is not an increase in the millage rate but it is an increase in property taxes.
The Fayette County Board of Education voted Aug....
Oddo land on planning agenda
Plans to establish a subdivision on what is arguably Fayetteville’s largest remaining undeveloped tract will be presented Aug. 26 before the Fayetteville Planning and...
GMC proposal back before Fayetteville City Council
The proposed development of Georgia Military College will be back on the agenda for the Aug. 21 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council.
The measure...
Construction in Fayetteville is on the rise
The growth in construction of single-family homes in Fayetteville continues.
With all residential categories combined, the city currently has 783 lots available. That number might...
Tax hike vote is Thurs.
Peachtree City residents get two more chances to have their say before a proposed millage rate increase is voted on by the City Council...
Tyrone’s Founders Day expands to a week this year
The Founders Day Parade is always a highlight during the town's annual festival. Photo/Ben Nelms.
The Tyrone Founders Day Festival will be a weeklong event...
Senoia set to grow by 36 acres on its western side
The Senoia City Council has agreed to accept an application for the annexation of approximately 36 acres on the city’s west side to be...
South Fayette traffic crash claims one life
A single-vehicle accident on Aug. 17 in south Fayette County claimed the life of a Fayetteville man.
Christopher Hayes, 24, died as a result of...
A job well done
The Peachtree City Council honored the city’s newest Sergeant Jamie McDowell at its Aug 7. City Council meeting. McDowell was given his new rank...
Albert Edward Ensell IV, age 57
Albert "Tippy, Eddie Munster, Babu, Squirrel Boy, Dingus" Edward Ensell IV, who was born August 25, 1956 in Wildwood, N.J., died Saturday, August 9...
West side developments move forward
Peachtree City is following noted author Horace Greeley’s mantra of “Go West, young man" as the city’s Planning Commission moved forward by approving two...
Bypass extension work to begin later this month
The transportation landscape on Newnan’s southeast side is about to undergo a transformation. Crews are set to begin work on a project that will...
Shopping center planned for Newnan Bypass
The economic climate in Coweta County continues to improve. Evidence of that reality will come Aug. 19 when county commissioners conduct a public hearing...
Rhonda Smits is named state Nurse of the Year
East Coweta Middle School nurse Rhonda Smits has been named Georgia’s 2015 School Nurse of the Year.
Smits received the honor at the July 16...
Appreciation time
Appreciation time
Coweta County Administrator Michael Fouts, left, received an unexpected gift from commission Chairman Bob Blackburn at the Aug. 5 meeting. Noting Fouts’ one-year...
Art contest winners announced at PTC Library
Winners of the Peachtree City Library’s “Ride the Wind” Art Competition were announced Aug. 9, during local author Larissa Reinhart’s signing of her latest...
Starr’s Mill student to be crowned Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen on Sunday
Abigail Feltner, a senior at Starr’s Mill High School, will be crowned Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen at a special crowning ceremony on Sunday, at...
