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PTC Council ready to adopt final SPLOST project list
The time for the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to be signed for the much-addressed 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) is here. The...
Liberty Tech gets 2 grants, preps for hands-on learning
Liberty Tech Charter School Principal Mike Stewart, left, accepts a $25,000 grant check from Coweta-Fayette EMC board member and Brooks Mayor Dan Langford. Photo/Submitted.
The...
PTC manufacturer donates to Real Life Center
Hoshizaki America, Inc.’s Peachtree City manufacturing plant held a canned food drive that ended Nov. 18 to donate to the Real Life Center. Employees...
How not to become holiday theft victim
The month of December comes with a higher level of retail shopping than any month of the year. With all the activity, the Fayetteville...
Business burglarized in Fayetteville
The period of Nov. 22-28 came with a burglary and an entering auto in Fayetteville and an entering auto and vehicle theft in unincorporated...
168-unit senior center for Fayetteville
The land clearing along Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville east of Burch Road and adjacent to Ginger Cake Creek will lead to the...
Possible attempted kidnapping suspect sought by Newnan police
Newnan police are searching for a man suspected in what was reported recently as an attempted abduction of a young girl. Police on Nov....
Three positions available on Zoning Board of Appeals
The Fayette County Zoning Board of Appeals is a body comprised of five members who are appointed to three-year terms. The purpose of the...
Tree recycling set for Jan. 7
Keep Newnan Beautiful and the City of Newnan want to “chip” in and help you get your house back in order after the Christmas...
Special-needs playground dedicated
A special needs playground seven years in the making has finally become a reality for pre-kindergarten students at Oak Grove Elementary.
It all started back...
Christmas coming to Brooks
Brooks Woman's Club member Bebe Moore decorates the sign in preparation for "Christmas in downtown Brooks," scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 4, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Holiday events...
Holiday house plants covered Dec. 5
“Christmas in Bloom” is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 5, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive).
During...
3 Atlanta men arrested in PTC break-in
A Nov. 30 break-in at a computer store at The Avenue in Peachtree City led to a chase up Ga. Highway 74 North and...
Art exhibit begins Dec. 1
Coweta County’s next Art at the Admin exhibit features the art of Abryonna Williams.
The exhibit runs from Dec. 1 through Jan. 31 in the...
Senoia Optimist Club sets poinsettia sale
The Senoia Optimist Club is selling poinsettias for only $15 each. All profits will fund local youth-serving projects including the use of adaptive playground...
Two Christmas concerts this weekend
“Christmas with the Southern Crescent Chorale” is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. as well as Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m....
Board volunteers sought
Peachtree City is currently seeking volunteers for two positions on the Recreation & Special Events Advisory Board (one member, one alternate).
Applicants must have lived...
Time to renew cart permits
Peachtree City residents’ golf cart renewal bills have been mailed, and city officials recommend that the process be completed online. The web address is...
Comprehensive Plan open house Dec. 8
Peachtree City is updating its Comprehensive Plan and invites the public to participate Thursday, Dec. 8, 6:30-8 p.m. in the Community Room on the...
GCA sets December concerts
Griffin Choral Arts continues a community Christmas tradition with two December Concerts during its Tenth Anniversary Season.
“CHEERS!” will be presented Thursday, Dec. 1, at...
Learn to deal with cold weather
“Don’t Let the Frost Bite” is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 5, 1-2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location (The Gathering Place, 203...
The God gap
God (lucky Him!) doesn’t vote. But this indisposition does not make Him a mere spectator of our electoral processes — or their aftermath.
If you...
Death by Fidel
Fidel Castro is dead. To say those words is so strange. I’ve never known a moment when he wasn’t alive.
Castro came to power seven...
The left’s enduring love affair with Fidel Castro
In a statement following the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, President Obama spoke of “the countless ways in which (Castro) altered the course...
Populist-nationalist tide rolls on
Now that the British have voted to secede from the European Union and America has chosen a president who has never before held public...
Working preachers
In the months before we married, I sought to show Tink the Southern mountains of my raising. On a colorful autumn afternoon, I was...
A star-spangled experience
On Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at about 2 p.m. in the afternoon, the United States park ranger at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, asked for...
PTC should require horns on golf carts
Peachtree City is well known for its 100 miles of golf cart paths. Approximately 11,400 golf carts are currently registered in Peachtree City, and...
You don’t understand ‘racism’ label: It’s not about you
As always, I read Father Epps’ column in The Citizen and the Nov. 26 and 27 weekend edition one was no different.
The article does...
Daniel John Hinrichs, 86, of Senoia
Daniel "Dan" John Hinrichs, 86, of Senoia, passed away on November 28, 2016.
He was born in Lincoln, Neb. on June 29, 1930 to...
Stella Cooper Mitchell, 74
Stella Cooper Mitchell, 74, passed away on November 28, 2016. She was born on March 15, 1942 in Woodbury, Tenn. to Walter and Frenchie...
Michael Roy Trantum, 73 of Peachtree City
Michael Roy Trantum, 73 of Peachtree City, passed away on November 25, 2016.
He was born in Jamestown, N.Y. on May 1, 1943 to the...
Tom B. Spratt Jr., age 87
Tom B. Spratt Jr. passed away at his home on Saturday, November 26th, 2016.
He was born June 24, 1929 to Thomas Bruce Spratt and...
Dr. Henry Raymaker, Jr., age 89
A graveside service for Dr. Henry Raymaker, Jr., age 89, of Dublin, was held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2016, at Dublin Memorial...
