Monthly Archives: January 2016
Pace announces candidacy for Westmoreland’s seat
Peachtree City businessman Jim Pace announced Jan. 27 that he will be in the running for the 3rd Congressional District seat to replace outgoing...
Backyard Assn. meets Feb. 9
“Heirloom Plants for Garden Fragrance” is the theme for the next meeting of the Coweta County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers (MGEVs) Backyard Association. It...
DECA students advance to state
DECA students at Sandy Creek High and Whitewater High schools demonstrated their knowledge and skills in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management at the regional...
Applications sought for 2016-17 class
Strong leadership is an essential ingredient in the continuing development of a community. Leadership Coweta, a program sponsored by the Newnan-Coweta Chamber, provides existing...
Art show on hiatus
Fayetteville Main Street announced this week that the Fayette Fine Art Show will be on hiatus until various groups involved with the event are...
Chamber meeting Feb. 4
The Newnan-Coweta Chamber will hold its 68th Annual Chamber Meeting Thursday, Feb. 4, 2015, 6-8 p.m. at The Newnan Centre.
"Simply The Best" is the...
Art event in Peachtree City
Artistic minds came alive Jan. 7 as The Green Ginger restaurant in Peachtree City hosted a joint event with Saville studios and Somerby of...
Georgia Tech grads announced
The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute's 250th commencement exercises Dec. 11-12 at the...
Spring Fling vendors sought
Fayette Senior Services has opened registration for vendors of all sorts – arts and crafts, food, organizations, and more, as well as car enthusiasts...
Be on the lookout for boxwood blight
Boxwood blight, caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculatum, is a harsh disease of Dwarf English Boxwood and American or Common Boxwood. This disease has...
Health and aging discussed Feb. 22
“Make Health a Hobby” is the title of a discussion scheduled for Monday, Feb. 22, 1-2:30 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location...
Carbon monoxide fumes leave students ill
Reports of headaches by Booth Middle School students in Peachtree City on Monday led to the discovery by school system maintenance staff that carbon...
Unable to care for his dogs, PTC man, 72, shoots all 4 of them
PTC cops charge him with cruelty to animals
A Peachtree City man has been charged with cruelty to animals after killing his four dogs because...
Things to Do-Jan.28-March 12
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The Fayetteville Police Department is now helping Fayetteville residents and businesses be prepared for active shooter events by teaching an “Active Shooter Response”...
PTC Council takes heat off staff for ‘advocacy’ role
The Peachtree City Council on Jan. 21 at the request of city staff made minor changes to the public hearing structure to have staff...
2 burglaries, 2 cars broken into across Fayette last week
Locations across Fayette County during the week of Jan. 18-25 experienced two burglaries, two entering auto incidents and the theft of a car trailer.
A...
Fayette considers ethics, election board appointments
A very light agenda awaits the Fayette County Board of Commissioners at the Jan. 28 regular meeting after the major announcement two weeks ago...
Commissioner Barlow to head up Fayette Board of Health
The Fayette County Board of Health voted unanimously in a Jan. 19 special called meeting to name Commissioner David Barlow as its chairman.
Barlow became...
Personal observations on settlement
Thursday, Jan. 14, an agreement was reached on the district voting lawsuit that would have tested the wisdom of Solomon. Over the months, citizens...
An open letter of gratitude to The Bedford School
I used to wonder about people who said you don’t truly know love – or worry – until you have a child. I became...
Fayette School Board reviews proposed survey of graduates
The Fayette County Board of Education is reviewing a draft survey aimed at Fayette County high school graduates in an effort to see if...
No Trump!
When the publisher of National Review Magazine, Jack Fowler, called and asked me to write 300 words on why I oppose Donald Trump for...
The cranky Yankee
A few years ago, a gentleman went to a lot of trouble to write me a simple letter that he sent to the newspaper...
For sale: 1 over-taxed golf cart
Regarding the article in The Citizen dated Jan. 13: “Using golf carts in PTC just got pricier.”
To the Peachtree City Council:
As a neighbor of...
Want to cast your presidential primary ballot waaaaay early? Here’s how
Want to cast your vote in the Presidential Preference Primary and don’t want to wait until March 1. Those interested can vote now by...
Cart fee increase gouges users
This is in response to the Peachtree City Council’s recent decision to increase the Peachtree City cart path user fee charged to residents who...
Good settlement good for Fayette County
In light of the recent decisions by the and the Board of Commissioners, I wish to salute their respective actions and the plaintiffs...
PTC should offer sewer to its own residents first
As a resident of Peachtree City for over 30 years, and one who is on a septic system because sewer is not offered to...
Fund our schools first
In the coming legislative session, some have suggested that the state of Georgia implement a number of changes to educational funding. One of particular...
Following suicide, time alone does not bring healing
The recent very public death of a veteran on the streets of our hometown has awakened an entire community to the pain not only...
Trust and the city: public park inside nature area?
The recent letter to the editor by Southern Conservation Trust, which asks for your financial support, needs a comment. Contrary to what that letter...
About that ‘hoax’ argument: Be careful whom you trust
The Jan. 13 edition of The Citizen included an editorial arguing that skeptics of “Catastrophic Man Made Global Warming” (CMMGW) were perpetrating a hoax....
Agree: Humans must respond to climate change threat
I am a scientist (despite the unfounded opinion of at least one local politician): BS Physics (The Citadel), MS Engineering (Purdue University). And I...
Religion Briefs 01/27/16
Hopewell to host Game Night
On Friday, Jan. 29, from 7 to 9 p.m., Methodist Women will sponsor a Game Night at Hopewell United Methodist...
