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Eating together as family brings great benefits
I guess it depends on whose survey you scan. One recent article reported that families with kids are eating out more because they are...
Religion Briefs 04/22/15
Male chorus singing set at Holly Grove
Holly Grove AME Church will host its annual “Male Chorus Anniversary” on Saturday, April 25, at 6 p.m....
‘Holy Hilarity’ service planned for this Saturday at COS
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church will celebrate the therapeutic power of humor at the Saturday, April 25, 6 p.m. worship service. The tradition of...
National Heights Baptist to host Shred Day April 25
National Heights Baptist Church will host its fourth annual Shred Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. at 103 Old Norton...
PTC Presbyterian donates 15,000 meals to stop hunger
Small acts of generosity add up together to accomplish great things, so discovered the members of First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City. They recently...
Youth to be confirmed Sunday
Eleven eighth graders will stand to publicly confess their faith in the rite of Confirmation at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church on Sunday, April...
Four generations for Easter worship
On Easter Sunday four generations of Lamar Wallace’s family worshiped together at Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone. Wallace (in hat) is the 103-year-old...
Burson joins staff of COS
Zachary Burson is the new director of contemporary worship at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City. He leaves a position at Covington...
PTCUMC will offer ‘Totally Awesome’ camp in June
Peachtree City United Methodist Church has begun taking registrations for its upcoming summer camp, “Totally Awesome,”scheduled for June 22-26.
The camp, based on an ‘80s...
Signature F’ville bridge at hospital gets council support
By 2018, Fayetteville could have a pedestrian and cart path bridge rivaling the signature bridge that crosses Ga. Highway 54 at the Aberdeen Shopping...
20 Australian visitors learn about F’ville’s Holliday House
Visitors to the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum in Fayetteville are a common occurrence. What was a bit different on April 16 was a visit by...
Fayette BoE says it’s ’toon time at 5 high schools, SCHS first
The Fayette County Board of Education on April 20 bolstered the school system’s animation program technology needs by approving nearly $366,000 for hardware (computer)...
132-acre rezoning for homes on Thurs. Fayette agenda
A public hearing regarding the potential rezoning of a 132-acre tract for a single-family conservation subdivision is among the items to be heard Thursday...
Historic WWII bomber visits PTC
Hundreds turned out over the weekend for WWII Heritage Days at Falcon Field in Peachtree City. This year, the B-24 Liberator, Diamond Lil, shown...
Celebrating travel and tourism in Fayette County
The Peachtree City Convention & Visitors Bureau will celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week May 2-10 with a photography contest and an invitation for everyone...
Sandy Creek students stage ‘Cinderella’
The classic fairy tale “Cinderella” will be presented onstage by Sandy Creek High School’s Fine Arts Department on Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m.,...
Professor to speak on Hank Williams
“The Hank Williams Reader,” a new book on the country music legend, is the topic of a presentation at the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society’s McRitchie-Hollis...
Norma Chapman Haynes presents new book
Newnan's own Norma Chapman Haynes, a friend of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society for many years, has announced the publication of her book, “Home Is Where...
Should someone you know be Fayette’s Mother of the Year?
Should someone you know be Mother of the Year? Let us know! The deadline for Fayette County’s 13th annual Mother of the Year Contest,...
On the email trail of the Great Wolf Part I
On April 17, 2015, The Citizen made an Open Records request to Peachtree City’s public information officer, Betsy Tyler, for emails sent to and...
Pattiz running at state
Tom Pattiz of Peachtree City, a student at The Heritage School, qualified to run in three events at the Georgia Independent Schools Association's state...
Montpetit honored with DAISY award
Linda Montpetit, RN, a case manager at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, has been named the most recent winner of the prestigious DAISY Award for Extraordinary...
Local students earn college honors
The following local residents were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for...
Kadkhodaian nabs GSC honor
Artemis Kadkhodaian, a sophomore second baseman for the University of West Georgia and a Starr's Mill graduate, has been named the Gulf South Conference...
Fayette Force takes title
The Fayette Force seventh-grade basketball team won the Joyce Fox Memorial Classic tournament the weekend of April 18-19 in a field of 13 teams...
Peachtree City to host NJCAA championships
The National Junior College Athletic Association has announced that the Peachtree City Tennis Center will host this year's NJCAA Women's Division III Tennis Championships...
After no to Great Wolf, what now?
The City Council turned Great Wolf Lodges water park away from Peachtree City’s door April 16 with a unanimous vote to deny the indoor...
For PTC’s Tom Rickert, a mission to Iwo Jima
Peachtree City resident Tom Rickert flew missions over Vietnam half a century ago. But it was another mission that recently took him to the...
Blockbuster movies queued up for filming in Fayette
The first movie filmed at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayetteville in set to be released this summer. Multiple websites that follow movies have the...
Ex-chief in plea bargain discussions with D.A.
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard on April 20 said talks are underway with the attorney for former Peachtree City Police Chief William McCollom...
Sheriff warns of scammers claiming to be deputies
It seems that there is always a scam around with the intent of taking someone’s money. One that occurred last year and has made...
Only 8, Andrew Fleming is a fundraising phenomenon
Eight-year-old Fayetteville resident Andrew Fleming is never at a loss for helping people in need. Now in his third year of making a difference,...
Students begin planning yard sale fundraiser
Students in the Peachtree City Elementary Community Service Club (shown above) are working on their Annual Yard Sale project. Each year the money from...
Students begin planning yard sale fundraiser
Students in the Peachtree City Elementary Community Service Club (shown above) are working on their Annual Yard Sale project. Each year the money from...
