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Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran will offer Lutheroad Day Camp
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City announces the eighth annual Lutheroad Day Camp, scheduled for July 21-25, at the church.
The hours...
Fayette Presbyterian’s Spring Fling deemed a huge success
Fayette Presbyterian Church (FPC) held its Eighth Annual Spring Fling Saturday, May 10, in the Gazebo and Heritage Park Fountain area of the Fayetteville...
Dees, Mullins, Menk win Coweta BoE races
Coweta County voters in local contested races on May 20 chose incumbents Amy Dees and Harry Mullins and first-time candidate Linda Menk in the...
2014 primary election results
Steve Brown held off two opponents to win re-election to the Fayette County Commission, as all nine precincts have reported and he had a...
John E Venezia Sr., of Peachtree City
John E Venezia Sr. passed away on March 29, 2014. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 14, 1915.
He was a twelve...
James Alvin Varney, 75, of Peachtree City
James "Jim" Alvin Varney, 75, of Peachtree City died peacefully in his sleep on May 16, 2014.
Jim was born to the late Carl...
Clinton W. Shaw, Jr., 93, of Newnan
Clinton W. Shaw, Jr., 93, of Newnan, Ga., passed away May 19, 2014.
He proudly served his country in the United States Army during...
The winner? The Government Party
The Bible teaches that God, our maker, prefers a humble person over a haughty person. The process of our growing older advances His goal....
Endorsing candidates in primary season
You may have noticed that I have been publicly “silent” during this primary season regarding my stance on the various candidates and elections.
That is...
The role of senior housing in Fayette’s vision
As a member of the Fayette County Visioning Steering Committee, I’ve had the opportunity to lend my voice and support to this county-wide initiative...
Gay rights? Forget free speech
Once, Social Security was the “third rail” of politics. Touch it and face political death. Now it is homosexuality. Criticize anything gay people do...
The ultimate sacrifice: Remembering our heroes
Last year on Memorial Day, my wife, daughter and I were touring Cambridge, England. We took a bus ride three miles out of the...
America’s civil religion: Presidents and Memorial Day
Throughout American history presidents have often used religious rhetoric for various reasons: to provide comfort and consolation, argue that God providentially directs our nation,...
Decisions made in youth
To this conclusion I have come: the most deadly years of our lives are the ages 16 to 21. Those years give us a...
District voting for Democrats
I agree with Mr. Lowry’s statement that the real purpose of the NAACP lawsuit was not to address a racial concern.
Indeed the record before...
King: In defense of Kim Learnard
Ms. Smithfield: A rebuttal.
Your assertion that it was Learnard who is responsible for our council’s moment of silence is totally baseless.
In fact, it...
Credit card breaches seem on the increase
My **** credit card was compromised when someone “skimmed” the information on the magnetic strip. On March 28, someone used that information to make...
Fayette County High School Class of 2014
Courtney Paige Abrahims
Olusola Ajibola Adegunloye
Wahid Malik Ali
Hayley Lorraine Barker
Brianna Nichole Bizzell
Alyasa Necole Brown
Brandi Christine Burnsed
Jamie Lynn Callison
Chelsea Layne Campbell
Chynna Lynn Campbell
Kennedy Ellen Cann
Macy Alexander...
McIntosh High School Class of 2014
Gabriel Absi
Adam Kevin Adey
Oliver Sebastian Adlam
Jabari Marquis Oluwaseyi Ajao
Edwin Alberto
Elizabeth Ann Allaire
Nicholas William Alvey
Luke Noble Anders
Cortland Marie Anderson
Jaqueline Andrade Orozco
Paul Jacob Appleman
Samuel Bernard Archbold
Justin...
Sandy Creek High School Class of 2014
Joseph Samuel Alexander
Francisco Javier Alfaro Arredondo
Cadie Jean Allen
Broderick Omarr Allen, II
Gabriel Tyler Arnold
Julian Jacob Austin
Maria Fernanda Avila Figueroa
Todd Christopher Baker
Brandon MacArthar Ballard
Nicholas Charles Bates
Tabitha ...
Starr’s Mill High School Class of 2014
James Samuel Adams
Andrew Carson Adcox
Paige Mattaliano Aguilar
Jason Curtis Akins Jr.
Faiz Shiraz Aly
Marco Amalfitano
Elizabeth Wheeler Brereton Andrews
Alexander James Ashley
Alexis Nicole Autera
Ryan Christopher Avidano
Nader Baaklini
Malik Ahsumé...
Whitewater High School Class of 2014
Abigail Kerri Ackerson
Joseph Scott Adamson Jr.
Elisabeth Anne Alexander
Michael Austin Alexander
Kenneth Thomas Allen
Sarah Elizabeth Alley
Heath Lee Alread
Christian Bailey Aragon
Katherine Nicole Avrit
Benjamin Uriah Barnett III
Kyjana Lalluvia...
Fayette’s 2014 class gets ready for graduation
The 2013-2014 school year in Fayette County has come to a close. And with the end of the school year, it is time to...
Golf teams tee off at state
Six local high school golf teams turned in top-10 finishes in the GHSA state tournament Monday at various courses in the Augusta area.
The Starr’s...
Movies on the minds of visiting planners
Coweta County and the City of Newnan recently partnered to host attendees of the American Planning Association’s National Conference in Atlanta on a daylong...
MacDuff rezoning OK’d 3-1
Imker objects to selling ‘soul of Peachtree City down the tubes for money’
The Peachtree City Council Thursday night voted 3-1 to rezone an 88-acre...
Coweta says ‘yes’ to 55+ communities
It did not take long for the new Residential Retirement Community and Care (RRCC) zoning category approved in November by the Coweta County Commission...
No answer yet for Lake Peachtree
A definitive answer for repairing the Lake Peachtree spillway, thus enabling the lake to be refilled with water, is likely several weeks away.
While county...
F’ville P.D. donates to Camp Southern Ground
Fayetteville Police Chief Scott Pitts presented a $600 donation to help Camp Southern Ground’s mission to build an amazing camp and create unforgettable outdoor...
Language students excel at FLAG competition
A total of 38 foreign language students from Fayette County High, Sandy Creek High, Starr’s Mill High and Whitewater High schools competed in the...
Fayette school system receives large FACTOR grant
A grant received by Fayette FACTOR (Fayette Alliance Coordinating Teamwork Outreach and Resources) will allow all school employees to be trained in Darkness to...
Chattahoochee volunteers start work May 17 on new bike trail network for park
The Friends of Chattahoochee Bend State Park are about to begin another venture. This time the group is at work with the initial construction...
Senoia Memorial Day parade, festival expected to attract crowd
Senoia has a reputation for putting on a large variety of premiere events. But there is nothing quite like the annual Memorial Day Remembrance...
Mentors honored at annual breakfast
Just one person, listening, helping, encouraging, and believing in another, is all it takes to change someone’s life. That one person is a mentor.
The...
