Some post-election pundits are placing the blame for the GOP’s loss on Chris Christie. His lavish praise for Barack Obama in the aftermath of Sandy was a moment that could not be purchased with tens of millions of dollars of political advertising. The biased media, hungry for anything positive, portrayed the incumbent as Presidential and bi-partisan. As if one...
I wanted to vote for Obama simply because he is a black guy. Having a black fellow leading our country sends a message to the world. That even though we have stumbled a number of times since our humble beginnings, we do strive to achieve those ideals so elegantly proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and that we are...
An ethics complaint filed against Fayette County attorney Scott Bennett will be revised because it was based on the county’s former ethics ordinance and not its latest one.
Attorney Wayne Kendall, representing complainants Judith and Richard Moore, told the county’s ethics board Friday afternoon that he was unaware of the new ethics ordinance until the day before, so he would...
On Saturday, Nov. 17, Main Street will host its final Market Day event of 2012 at the Lane Brown Gazebo. The Market opens at 10 a.m. and will close at 2 p.m.
As always, local vendors will be offering a variety of handmade and homegrown products. Everything from holiday wreaths, handmade children’s clothes, yard art, which includes collegiate bird...
Next Thursday, most families will be gathered around a turkey celebrating Thanksgiving and that night, with Black Friday sales beginning at the stores, the Christmas season officially kicks off. If mobs of consumers doesn’t put you in the holiday spirit, consider purchasing tickets to one of the many holiday shows coming to local stages.
The Legacy Theatre launches “Winter Wonderettes,”...
In your house, I mean. Do you live in the living room or sit in the sitting room? Do you even have a sitting room? Do you drive on a parkway and park in your driveway, or vice versa?
English, our native lexicon, brags that it encompasses nearly one million words and is the largest in the world. English must...
Grief program offered at Holy Trinity
A special GriefShare Program, “Surviving the Holidays,” is being offered at Holy Trinity Church, 101 Walt Banks Rd. in Peachtree City. A Holiday Devotional booklet will be provided. The session will meet Wednesday evening, Nov. 14, from 7-9 p.m in room #103, or Friday morning, Nov. 16 in room #205 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. For...
Father Jason Epps has been appointed as the Dean of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Sharpsburg. In the Anglican Communion, a dean of a cathedral usually serves as the rector, or senior pastor, of the cathedral. In the Charismatic Episcopal Church, however, the bishop of the diocese serves as the cathedral rector while the dean serves as...
Please let us be clear that the purpose of a Thanksgiving Day in our United States is to give thanks to God for all His blessings. Please do not teach children that it is about the Pilgrims thanking the Native Americans for helping them. That is a very bad history re-write.
The call for this Thanksgiving is nowhere better given...
The Peachtree City Police Department was one of several law enforcement agencies to win big last week when the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) hosted its 12th Annual Governor’s Challenge Awards at the Macon Centreplex.
An annual recognition program of law enforcement agencies of all sizes and from all over the state, the program features recognition in seven different...
Visitors sample chili at one of the many booths at the annual Line Creek Civitan Chili Challenge. Photo/Michael Boylan.
Six-year-old Maggie Kluemper (L) and her 4-year-old sister, Lili, talk with author and Peachtree City resident Lori Neidlinger about her new book, "I Banish You Pink!" at the Braelinn Elementary School Christmas Bazaar held Saturday. The annual event followed the school's Fun Run. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Mrs. Flandermeyer’s kindergarten class at Peachtree City United Methodist Church recently sponsored a special kids’ election for the preschool and kindergarten. Kindergarten students registered kids to vote, made campaign posters and presented their candidates. On election day they served as poll workers. Pictured here is the kindergarten class with their candidates George and Martha seated on top of the...
A host of veterans salute the flag presented by the Civil Air Patrol to kick off the annual Veterans Day ceremony in Peachtree City Nov. 3. Guest speaker Lt. Col. Ben Malcom spoke of the behind the scenes maneuvers conducted in the Korean War, as veterans from that war were presented with special certificates from the U.S. Department of...
The Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority’s board and staff received recognition this month from Executive Director Jack Dozier and Deputy Director Pam Burnett of the Georgia Association of Water Professionals during an anniversary luncheon.
“Most people in our country take for granted the availability of safe drinking water and wastewater services, but approximately 2 million deaths occur annually across...
Several of Friday night's football games had playoff implications but few of them had much drama.
Landmark Christian (7-3), ranked 10th by MaxPreps, traveled to McDonough to meet the top ranked ELCA Chargers and lost 43-0. The Chargers presented a stifling defense and scored pretty much at will. Keyante Green was a force on offense for ELCA and Landmark had...
The 30-year-old contractor teacher who worked at Northgate High School and was charged in May 2011 with the molestation of a 16-year-old former special needs student has received 15 years probation in Coweta County Superior Court.
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Jack Kirby on Monday followed a non-negotiated plea by Dorothy Elizabeth Dixon to one count of...
A groundbreaking ceremony held along Millard Farmer Road Nov. 3 marked the continuation of longtime efforts to protect a Civil War battle site and the beginning of the effort to make the 105 acres on which the Battle of Brown’s Mill was fought a place that eventually be open to the public.
Speaking at the ceremony were Coweta County Commissioner...
“We’ve come a long way.” That was how Coweta County Animal Control Director Bill McKenzie noted the recent expansion of the county’s animal control facility. The expanded facility opened in September and can now accommodate 92 dogs and 92 cats.
The expansion came with a $250,000 price tag, half of which utilized county funds while the remaining half came...
Foodies looking to get their grub on the go, and perhaps expand their pallette at the same time, will get their wish. Rules allowing mobile food trucks were approved by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.
Council decided against adopting a requirement suggested by the planning commission which would have limited mobile food trucks to being operated by existing city...
Jimmy J. "JJ" Story, age 81, of Peachtree City, Ga., passed away on Wednesday, November 07, 2012.
He was born on July 22, 1931 in El Reno, OK to Scott and Mary Story. He attended the University of Okla.
JJ was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the US Air Force as a Staff Sergeant. He...
Mary Ellis, age 74, of Sharpsburg, GA passed away November 7, 2012. Mrs. Ellis grew up in Lansing, MI where she met and married her husband of 47 years, Clarence (Bud) Ellis. A loving wife and mother of 3, Mrs. Ellis went on to become a Real Estate agent after moving to Georgia in 1986. Loved by all who...
Election Day on Nov. 6 brought out a wealth of voters for the presidential race and for the two constitutional amendments on the ballots. Also featured were the contested races for the District 5 seat on the Coweta County Commission and the District 132 seat for the Georgia House.
In all, there were 55,774 ballots cast in the election....
A Peachtree City police officer was honored Thursday for saving a resident’s life by performing CPR in late September.
Cpl. Chris Hyatt was traveling to work when he heard the medical call broadcast, and he diverted to the incident scene because he was closer than the on-duty responding officer, officials said.
Hyatt found the victim unconscious, not breathing and without a...
Get into the holiday season with two special December events in Historic Senoia. “Light Up Senoia” kicks off the celebration on Saturday, Dec. 1 with a festive parade through downtown. The festivities begin at 4 p.m. “Light Up Senoia” will include decorated floats, live music and entertainment. Charlie Filkins and Scott Sargeant, “The Car Guys,” will emcee the event.
For...
Based on the lines for early voting, it’s no surprise that Fayette County managed a 78.8 percent turnout in the hotly contested presidential election this week.
Fayette County school board incumbent Terri Smith was defeated by Republican challenger and college professor Mary Kay Bacallao for the Post 2 seat on the board of education. Bacallao, a Republican, won more than...
It was a spur of the moment idea and plans were made. My high school alma mater, Dobyns-Bennett High School of Kingsport, Tenn., has recorded the most high school football victories in the history of Tennessee. D-B has also garnered the most state football championships.
The legendary coach, Bobby Dodd, (as in “Bobby Dodd Stadium” at Georgia Tech) was a...
“Macbeth” marched on to the Clayton State Theater stage for five drama-filled evenings starting Thursday night. The curtain rises in the Clayton State Theatre, room G132 of the Arts & Sciences Building, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with Laker ID for Clayton State students, faculty and staff members. General admission is $5 for non-students.
“Macbeth,” directed by Patricia Henritze,...
With the election finally behind us, you’d think all the tension in our household would finally have subsided. No more arguments about who’s right and who’s wrong.
Unfortunately all is not peaceful in our normally peaceful corner of the world. Now there’s a far bigger battle on the horizon. And ground zero? It’s the middle of our living room. And...
Customers of a new craft beer store will have a chance to sample the fare before making their purchase thanks to new regulations passed Thursday night by the Peachtree City Council.
The new rules are a nod to the new growler phenomenon where malt beverages are sold for off-premises consumption in containers of 32 and 64 ounces.
Customers would be limited...
The Nov. 5 vote by the Senoia City Council to change the city charter to officially diminish the mayor’s power and to impose term limits on elected officials was unanimous. The charter is expected to be adopted in 2013 by the Georgia General Assembly.
Though operating for several years more like the council-manager form of government that puts...
It cost the Peachtree City Council $2,025 to refund Mayor Don Haddix his back pay Thursday night as part of a settlement agreement to avoid a lawsuit over the unprecedented pay cut council enacted on Haddix in May.
The agreement also calls for Haddix’s pay for this fiscal year to be fully restored, and the city did not have to...
Says 2 sitting commissioners 'should have known better'; asks for fine, penalties
Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan has filed a formal open meetings complaint regarding the interview process to hire a new county manager, an effort undertaken by two of Horgan’s fellow commissioners along with the three commissioners-elect who will take office in January.
The complaint was lodged this week with...
A College Park woman was arrested Wednesday morning after producing a robbery note at the Publix store at the Fayette Pavilion and being apprehended a short time later by officers who found her walking in the area.
Keri Lynn Moreland, 38, of College Park, was charged with armed robbery, according to Fayetteville Police spokesman Steve Crawshaw.
Crawshaw said officers responded...
