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The Legion pool
When I was a kid, I spent a good part of my summers at the Legion Pool in Kingsport, Tenn. Two or three miles...
What do you want?
Most of the ideas for this column don’t actually come from me. They come from The Wife. Now to many, it won’t come as...
Sheriff updates citizens
Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager was the guest speaker at the March 31 meeting of the Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club held in Senoia. Yeager used...
Senoia to resurface Main St.
Senoia residents will soon see a new topping to Main Street in the downtown area. An April 7 approval by the City Council will...
Speed zone flashers will be installed near school
An April 1 move by the Coweta County Commission was designed enhance safety conditions on Ga. Highway 34 at Thomas Crossroads Elementary School by...
The ABC’s of a bond communication issue
It seems that the $52 million in Fayette County Development Authority (FCDA) industrial revenue bonds issued in December for Phase 1 of the Pinewood...
Comcast worker honored for rescuing man from fire
It was a hero’s welcome for Comcast employee Najee Mosley-Mack at the April 3 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council. Mosley-Mack attended the meeting...
Police, firefighters raise funds for Wounded Warrior Project
Public safety team to tackle Tough Mudder April 26
A group of Fayette firefighters and police officers has been in training for a physical challenge...
Multiple split precincts to challenge Fayette voters
Where’s your district? New district voting map means voters need to do their homework
Fayette voters in nine different precincts are likely to have questions...
2 arrested after April 3 car chase across Fayette
A Marietta man was charged with aggravated assault and a host of other crimes after leading Fayette deputies on an April 3 car chase...
Fayette to revamp development authority with 5 new members
The Fayette County Commission on Thursday will appoint five brand-new — and younger — members to the nine-member Fayette County Development Authority.
Commission seeks to...
Donuts with Dad at Spring Hill Elementary
The cafeteria at Spring Hill Elementary was packed for a “Donuts with Dad” event sponsored by the school’s PTO March 28. Dads, granddads, uncles...
Enthusiastic about the 5th Annual Breast Cancer 1-Day Walk
Warming up at Drake Field — At right, a quick warm-up was all that was needed April 5 to get the mass of participants ready...
Fayette County’s health rankings: Some highs, some surprising lows
Which Georgia county has the best access to healthcare but the second worst potential exposure to polluted drinking water? Yep, it’s Fayette.
Fayette County holds the...
Westbrook-Stanczak Wedding
Carol and Sam Westbrook of Peachtree City, Ga. and Sally and Rick Richardson of Treasure Island, Fla. proudly announce the marriage of their children...
Davis-Siahkoohi engagement
Mr. Karim and Mrs. Kimberly Siahkoohi of Irvine, Kentucky are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Afsaneh to Kevin Davis, son of...
Not your usual bake sale at McIntosh HS
Police testing for pot in McIntosh student’s birthday brownies
A student at McIntosh High School could face a marijuana distribution charge if GBI tests confirm...
Fayette presses F’ville for fire dept. consolidation
Uniting county, F’ville city fire units a ‘wash’ on taxes, county mgr. says
A proposal to consolidate the Fayetteville and Fayette County fire departments is...
Sarah Palmer to chair 2014 Cattle Barons’s Ball
Fayetteville resident and local business woman, Sarah Palmer, has agreed to round up a posse of local volunteers to plan and organize the American...
Christian City celebrates another successful event
At the home of Debi Lenox in Peachtree City, volunteers and staff gathered to celebrate a successful “2013 Chair-ity Event” benefitting The Children’s Village...
A Girl Scout’s project will impact many over the years
Before Theresa Daugherty came along, women on bed rest at Piedmont Fayette Hospital and Riverdale Medical Center did not even have access to simple...
April ushers in traditional events in Fayette
As spring comes into full bloom, residents are already circling their calendar for two beloved rites of spring.
On April 19, the Optimist Club of...
What will your kids remember about Memorial Day?
While Memorial Day is still weeks away, I hope to plant a seed in your mind now before you commit to the beach, pool...
Flight 370 and a sea of questions
As I write this, the mystery persists with dwindling hopes for closure. An airliner and 239 people have disappeared, vanished from the sky and...
So this is tolerance: The gay blacklist
“There is a gay mafia,” said Bill Maher, “if you cross them you do get whacked.”
Maher, the host of HBO’s “Real Time,” was talking...
Much ado about Noah
It wasn’t so long ago that conservative Christians believed Hollywood to be evil and some preachers instructed their congregations not to go to movies...
The left’s evolving hierarchy of rights
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ve noticed the growing clash between religious freedom and issues like same-sex marriage and forced funding of...
Thinking outside the Obamacare box
Healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt our country. Debates over Medicaid expansion, the Medicare “doc fix,” the state of Georgia’s health plan, coverage of autism...
EPA’s alliance with radical environmentalists must stop
While running for reelection in 2012, President Obama repeatedly claimed that he would pursue an “all of the above” energy policy. But after winning...
Jones: ‘What would you do?’
The most important thing I can tell you is that the lawsuit is a result of a violation of the Voting Rights Act more...
How about districts for Hispanic, Asians?
In reference to Kim Learnard’s letter of April 2, 2014 (“Stop the insanity”):
Kim’s position on not opposing district voting by using her council position...
Crime blights Fayette
Thank you so much for what you do. We the citizens of Fayette County feel this paper on Wednesday is “our” paper.
But, how very,...
DOT’s ‘typical junk’ favors signals over traffic circles
I read the article about the crash at state roads 34 and 54 with interest — and surprise — that these don’t occur more...
2 views on climate change
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Summary for Policymakers” was released on March 31, 2014. Not all of the news is good.
The impact...
