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Food bank volunteers process 175,000 items
Midwest Food Bank (MFB), brought food and supplies to be processed at the Eaton’s Cooper Lighting warehouse to provide volunteer opportunities for employees at...
Feeding ducks and geese – killing them with kindness
As the baby ducks and geese are starting to appear at area ponds and lakes, Peachtree City officials are reminding residents that feeding wildlife...
Harris and Dixon compete again
It’s déjà vu for school bus drivers Sherry Harris and Michael Dixon as they get ready to compete head-to-head June 3-4 at the annual...
Do you struggle with prayer?
They used to call it “deportment” on the report card. Then they changed it to “conduct.” It referred to how I was behaving at...
Gannon-Palka Engagement
Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Gannon of Peachtree City, Ga. are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen Ryan Gannon to John...
Edgefield will host First Sunday in June celebration
Edgefield Baptist Church in Fayetteville will be the host church for the community’s re-creation of the first homecoming celebration, called back then, “The First...
Religion Briefs 06/03/15
CCWW plans cookout, auction
Christ’s Church at Whitewater will host an Old Fashion Summer Cook-Out and silent auction on Sunday, June 7, following the 10:45...
Memorable event
Dr. Dana Allin, synod executive of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, was in town to address the congregation of Evergreen Church as...
Woolsey Baptist’s Missions Conference begins this Friday
Woolsey Baptist Church will host a Missions Conference this weekend. The conference starts Friday, June 5, with an international meal from 6:30 to 7:30...
All Saints’ summer music camp starts Monday
All Saints Anglican Church will conduct its annual free children’s Music Camp June 8-12. The featured theme, “Hearing God’s Call,” will be evident in...
Buyalos, Hunter, Abrams & Bryan featured at All Saints’ concert
All Saints Anglican Church will host a free concert, open to the public, on Wednesday, June 10, at 7 p.m. Sopranist Chelsea Buyalos and...
Fayette Presbyterian’s VBS planned for June 15-19
Members of Fayette Presbyterian Church invite children to join them Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19, 6 to 7:30 p.m., for “the Coolest...
Interfaith Dinner set for June 27
Fayetteville’s Muslim community will host its annual Ramadan Interfaith Dinner on June 27 at 7:45 p.m. at the Islamic Community Center, 288 E. Lanier...
Graduation gifts
This is the season of college graduations, and many people may be wondering what kinds of gifts would be most appropriate for young people...
No memorial for urban dead
“Black lives matter!” was the chant heard at recent demonstrations in cities and towns from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore, Maryland. Yes, they do matter,...
June 6, a day to remember
Today, 71 years ago, General Dwight Douglas Eisenhower was beginning the countdown for the Allied invasion of Normandy. He was spending long hours with...
Free speech: The surprising case of Dickinson College
When my daughter told me that Mark Ruffalo—an actor and leftist activist—would be receiving a prestigious prize at her 2015 commencement at Dickinson College,...
Southern grocery store talk
It is, I believe, a distinct and unique trait of the South the way we carry on long conversations with people we are passing...
Chief hiring process in PTC is criticized
I was extremely disappointed to read that City Manager Jim Pennington did not follow through on his original plan to “utilize a panel of...
F’ville mayor injected politics in ceremonies
The folks who planned the Memorial Day Service in Fayetteville did a great job.
The only fly in the ointment was Fayetteville Mayor Greg Clifton...
‘Tomorrowland:’ Clooney sci-fi trip entertains with solid action, good message
Disney is a fascinating company. In the past few years, they have produced several live-action family fare during the summertime in an attempt to...
Mom of Josh Isaac tells more of soldier’s story
I wanted to publicly thank Mr. Mike King for including my son, Lance Corporal Joshua David Isaac, in Peachtree City’s 2015 Memorial Day celebration....
Developers’ golden visions can become our nightmares
While reading in recent issues of your Wednesday newspaper about something called “Developer Jim Pace’s vision for the heart of Fayetteville,” I was reminded...
Eloise Findley Waters, 87, of Fayetteville
Eloise Findley Waters, 87, of Navarre, Fla. and Fayetteville, Ga., passed away on May 25, 2015.
Eloise was a devoted wife to Malard "Muddy"...
David Roswell Thaxton, 72, of Fayetteville
David Roswell Thaxton, 72, of Fayetteville, passed away on May 26, 2015. David was born in Griffin, Ga. He proudly served our country in...
Paul R. Jones of Fayetteville
Mr. Paul R. Jones of Fayetteville passed away May 28, 2015.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years, Avis Jones and...
Franklin Belle Hiltzheimer Jr., 69, of Tyrone
Franklin Belle Hiltzheimer Jr., 69, of Tyrone passed away Monday, June 1, 2015 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital after his brief, yet courageous, battle with...
Margaret Ann Border, 89, of Peachtree City
Margaret Ann Border (89) of Peachtree City, Ga., formally from Waynesville, N.C. passed away on May 31, 2015.
She was the daughter of Raymond and...
Working in Zebulon
Back in the 1970s, jobs were difficult to find. The federal government would offer employers who applied and could prove they didn’t have the...
Projects and traffic advisories in Peachtree City
Here are some things that Peachtree City residents should make themselves aware of over the next few weeks.
The cart path over the creek near...
Spivey Hall Children’s Choir bound for Spain
Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall announced today that its Spivey Hall Children’s Choir will be embarking this week on a performance tour of Spain.
Starting...
Donation deadline June 13 for charity sale
The Embracing Military Families garage sale is June 19-20, and the deadline for donations is Saturday, June 13.
Donations of gently used clothes, furniture, exercise...
Peachtree City police disposing of unwanted meds
Citizens in and around Peachtree City with unwanted prescription medicines have a safe and legal way to dispose of them.
According to city officials, the...
Landscaping clinic June 3
Fayette Senior Services is sponsoring “One Stop Shop to Landscaping” Wednesday, June 3, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail in Peachtree...
