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Brown loses on ‘transparency’ changes
After more than an hour of discussion at last week’s Fayette County Board of Commissioners meeting, no changes were made in either the county...
Hwy. 54E PTC annexation plan gets 1st hearing
The near-term future could bring another annexation into Peachtree City. The Peachtree City Planning Commission on April 13 in a non-voting workshop item heard...
Alexandra Vlachakis is finalist for state title
The Georgia Department of Education has announced that Fayette County’s Teacher of the Year, Alexandra Vlachakis of Sandy Creek High, is one of 10...
Shelton inducted into Sports Hall of Fame
The Piedmont College Letter Club recently inducted Peachtree City resident Spencer Shelton (’10) into its Sports Hall of Fame.
Shelton was honored April 11 during...
Car purchases help Christian City
Infiniti of South Atlanta is hosting a car campaign to help raise money for homeless children.
For every new or used car purchased between now...
Lowe wins history award
James Franklin Lowe of Fayetteville is an award winner in the annual history essay contest sponsored at Samford University by the Birmingham Center of...
‘Walking Dead’ actress visits fans
Laurie Holden of AMC's hit show “The Walking Dead” recently visited hundreds of fans in Senoia at the Waking Dead Cafe to sign autographs and...
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Margarette Coleman is ‘New Neighbor’ of the month
The Peachtree City Chapter of the New Neighbors League Club (NNLC) names Margarette Coleman as the New Neighbor of the Month for April.
Coleman joined...
Volunteers need for 30th Golf Classic
The Newnan-Coweta Chamber’s 30th Anniversary Golf Classic is just around the corner and volunteers are needed to help with everything from food to parking...
For and against Great Wolf
So, here we are, in the spring of the 56th year of Peachtree City’s existence as a “new town,” a “planned community,” and Great...
Residents, council to face off on Great Wolf rezoning vote
Great Wolf rezoning opponents to rally, stage golf cart procession, march to Thursday meeting
There are few times when the potential for inclement weather is...
Ex-mayor Lenox makes controversial offer to Great Wolf opponents
An April 7 email by Preston Chase subdivision resident John Dufresne indicated that former Peachtree City Mayor Bob Lenox (1990-2001) recently attempted to “pressure”...
Race fundraiser expects more than 1,000
The 11th Annual Race for Riley fundraiser for the Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville will be held April 25 in Chattachoochee Hills at Serenbe...
Atlanta premier of musical opens in Tyrone
“Rocket Boys,” a new musical based on the 1998 New York Times No.1 bestseller by NASA engineer Homer Hickam (also immortalized in the hit...
The new Inquisition
How long will this country remain free? Probably only as long as the American people value their freedom enough to defend it. But how...
The ‘new’ Hillary
In the video announcing her presidential candidacy, Hillary Clinton says the economic deck “is still stacked in favor of those at the top.”
She should...
A Masters classic
AUGUSTA — It was a classic Masters, made so, in part, by a young Texan with class, manners, etiquette, a sense of place; a...
It all just goes so fast
A friend said something the other day that has clung like mist to the crevices of my mind. She’s soon to turn 70 and...
Law and facts rule against Great Wolf
There is an old saying among lawyers: “When the law is against you, argue the facts; when the facts are against you, argue the...
Rally against Great Wolf doesn’t help the Bubble
I was quite surprised to open my Saturday edition of The Citizen and my eyes were met with a headline about a call for...
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The Line Creek Civitan Club and the Camp Big Heart Civitan Club are hosting the 10th annual Civitan “Leave No One Behind” Golf...
Voters, keep a record of who votes for water park
They tore down paradise and built a parking lot. Isn’t there a song with words something like these? The situation with Peachtree City and...
Fayette condemning homes for Hwy. 92S roundabout
The Commissioners and DOT of Fayette County have plans underway to put in as many as three roundabouts on Ga. Highway 92 South.
We all...
Thoughts on racism, rights and an oath
Addressing Col. Parker’s letter (The Citizen, April 4, 2015): It’s amazing how one can sneak race into an issue about constitutional rights and veterans’...
Heritage Days takes flight in Peachtree City
The momentous conclusion to World War II in 1945 will be celebrated 70 years later as the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts...
Dr. Ronald Clark Byars of Fayetteville
Dr. Ronald Clark Byars of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2015at the age of 80, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s...
District voting
I spent the first 28 years of my life in Ohio, which was pretty much always a Democratic state. When I came to Georgia...
Kroger worker on break robbed in parking lot
An employee on an outside break from the Banks Crossing Kroger store in Fayetteville was robbed on April 11 by a man in the...
PTC house fire blamed on computer in garage
There were no injuries in an April 13 early morning house fire on Bowfin Bay in Peachtree City.
Peachtree City Assistant Fire Marshal John Dunlap...
PTC Planning Commission approves industrial subdivision
The Peachtree City Planning Commission on April 13 approved conceptual site plan submitted by MOBA/USA for an industrial subdivision on a 50-acre site on...
Russell George Jameson Sr., age 64 of Sharpsburg
Russell George Jameson Sr., age 64 of Sharpsburg, Ga. passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015. He was born in New York City to the...
Lauren Nicole Gainey, 21, of Peachtree City
Lauren Nicole Gainey, 21, of Peachtree City, passed away April 13, 2015.
Lauren graduated from Starr's Mill High School in 2012 and currently was a...
PTC planners like potential Sprouts grocery
A small specialty grocery store and a handful of retail offerings will be coming to the intersection of Walt Banks Road and Ga. Highway...
Loren Auers, age 59, of Fayetteville
Mr. Loren Auers, age 59, of Fayetteville, passed away on April 8, 2015.
He retired from Delta Air Lines and was a member of St....
