The Peachtree City Police Department is accepting donations that will be sent Friday to victims of Hurricane Sandy in the northeast.
The department is seeking bottled water, clothing including socks, underwear, long sleeve shirts and coats as well as toiletries including toothbrushes, toilet paper, soap and the like. The department cannot accept monetary donations for this relief effort.
The donations are...
A Hampton man will serve all 25 years of a prison sentence he received last week for raping a 24-year-old woman who suffers from Down Syndrome at a Fayetteville home one year ago.
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said he was disappointed by the verdict because it was the minimum sentence allowed by law.
Although the defendant, William Jeffrey Dumas...
It was a chance for Fayette County residents to offer suggestions on ways the Fayette County Board of Education might address the financial dilemma that will require up to $20 million in expense cuts or new revenues to balance the budget for the new school year that begins in July.
Sponsored by the Fayette County Issues Tea Party, the Oct....
Food trucks — a growing and popular phenomenon in many areas of the country — are about to get the Peachtree City treatment.
Thursday night the Peachtree City Council will discuss proposed regulations to allow food trucks to operate in the city. The rules were recently approved on a 4-1 vote of the planning commission with a recommendation that the...
It was a way to pay honor and respect to a man who served his country decades ago in Vietnam and to all those who served so far from home.
And for John’s Golf Cars owner John Stern, it was a way to blend his work with his appreciation of the service that his father, Cliff Stern, gave as a...
Fayette County School System Superintendent Jeff Bearden lost out in his bid to become the next head of the Floyd County School System. Bearden was one of two finalists for the top job, but the Floyd County Board of Education on Nov. 5 selected one of its own to fill the position.
The northwest Georgia board voted Monday to hire...
Rivers Elementary has 17 students, 29 school employees
Somebody wants to buy the nearly new but almost empty Rivers Elementary School on Sandy Creek Road. And the cash-strapped Fayette County Board of Education may sell the school site if the price is right.
Superintendent Jeff Bearden let the cat out of the bag last week when he told members of his...
Joseph Peter "Joe" Kress of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.
He was a warm person who loved to entertain and had a knack for making everyone feel like family. Joe was very involved in the 4-H Trap-Shooting Program and was a machinist for Nabisco for 25 years.
He is survived by his wife, Susan; son Jim Kress;...
Lt. Cols. J. Steven and Susan Brown, USAF Ret., of Peachtree City, Ga., would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Lauren Brown to Calvin Glen Coleman, the son of Maj. Geoff Coleman, USA Ret., and his wife Jenny Dixon, of Staunton, Va., and Ms. Mary Coleman of Valley, Ala.
The wedding is being planned for March...
Jamie Carol Hooper and Dr. Alfred John Fernandez, Jr., were united in marriage on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The bride's parents are Jim and Nancy Hooper of Peachtree City.
The groom's parents are Alfred and Denise Fernandez of Roswell.
The ceremony and reception were held at The Veranda Historic Bed and Breakfast Inn, Senoia, Ga. ...
Mr. and Mrs. Tim McNichols of Senoia, Ga. announce the engagement of their son, Sean Michael McNichols to Sarah Elizabeth Salsberry, daughter of Dave and Jennifer Salsberry of Ft Worth, Texas.
The bride to be is the granddaughter of Ms. Phyllis Meeks of Paden City, West Va., and the late Mr and Mrs. Richard Salsberry of Wellsville Ohio.
Miss Salsberry is...
The Fayette County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hoping that public pressure might convince the Fayette County Commission to settle the district voting lawsuit the NAACP filed last year against the commission and the Fayette County Board of Education.
NAACP officials allege that the county has paid more than $227,000 to an Atlanta...
This year, one of Peachtree City’s pioneering companies is marking its 50th anniversary of operations here.
Monday morning, the employees of Norman W. Paschall Inc. also celebrated the 93rd birthday of their founder, Norman “Zeke” Paschall.
The boss was caught by surprise with a brief ceremony in which he was presented a proclamation from the city by Mayor Pro-Tem Kim Learnard....
Peachtree City Hall is geared up for long lines anticipated this week thanks to a new change in state law that requires a business representative to present their identification in person so it can be checked for their immigration status.
This is now part of the process for receiving an annual occupational (business) tax license from the city as each...
It is a good thing for the city and the police department, according to Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton after the Nov. 1 announcement to the Fayetteville City Council that his department will move ahead with forming the Fayetteville Police Auxiliary Force (FAF) made up of graduates from the Citizen Police Academy.
Heaton in an Oct. 19 letter said the...
Will the Peachtree City Council cut a deal with Mayor Don Haddix to avoid a lawsuit over the unprecedented pay cut he was given in May, or will they hire an attorney and battle a potential lawsuit in the matter?
The answer is expected tomorrow night after council discusses the matter in executive session and takes one of two actions:...
In Coweta County, voters returned incumbent Democrat Al Smith to the District 5 post on the County Commission.
Smith defeated Republican Hayden Marlowe to retain his seat.
Coweta reported a turnout of more than 75 percent, with 55,774 voters casting ballots.
Here are the numbers:
Coweta County Commission (District 5)
Al Smith (incumbent Democrat) – 4,126 (53.91%)
Hayden Marlowe (Rep) - 3,528 (46.09%)
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Romney – 39,663...
Budget cutting goes all the way to the top in Fayetteville. Sixteen-year-veteran City Manager Joe Morton is cutting himself from full-time to part-time.
There have been a number of longtime Fayetteville staffers to take early retirement in the past few months. A total of 18 qualified and only a few remain. The most recent to leave is Morton, whose last...
Which races most interested Fayette voters? The vote totals tell the tale: With a nearly 79 percent turnout, Fayette voters chose the presidential race as the most important, followed by the renewal of the education local option sales tax (E-SPLOST).
Following those two were the charter school amendment, the statewide Public Service Commission race involving Chuck Eaton and then the...
With all precincts reporting, E-SPLOST wins renewal in Fayette 54% to 46%. Post 2 Republican Mary Kay Bacallao defeated Democrat and incumbent Terri Smith 65% to 35%.
Elections workers sort through the printouts from each early voting machine, a process that started at 7 p.m. while they waited for all precincts to check in at the county elections office downtown. To check out the latest results visit https://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-06-2012/local-election-results-her...
UPDATE 8:24 p.m. — Fayette early vote ONLY:
E-SPLOST: Yes 17,204 (52.03%), No 15,859 (47.97%)
Bacallao 20,405 (63.99%), Smith 11,483 (36.01%)
Charter schools: Yes 20,433 (62.54%), No 12,241 (37.46%)
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TALLY UPDATE 8:10 p.m. — Updated figures show the TAD referendum sweeping to victory tonight. The vote as reported by the Fayette County Elections Office is Yes 3,499 (69.88%), and No 1,508 (30.12%).
UPDATE 9:40 p.m. — With all precincts reporting, the ESPLOST passed with 53.72 percent of the vote and Mary Kay Bacallao won the Post 2 seat on the Fayette County Board of Education with 64.81 percent.
Also, Fayetteville voters have approved the TAD referendum 2-to-1, according to the Fayette County Elections Office.
Here are the races and the questions (results currently...
Presidential elections decide only who wins the White House and a congressional majority. They don’t by themselves solve the nation’s problems.
George W. Bush had a majority Republican Congress and did little with it. President Obama had a majority Democrat Congress during his first two years in office, but appeared to let ideology trump solutions, causing additional harm to the...
Jon Hubbard, a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, has a book, titled “Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative.”
Among its statements for which Hubbard has been criticized and disavowed by the Republican Party is, “The institution of slavery that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually...
When we wake up on Wednesday after Election Day, there will be less uncertainty in America. But will there be greater confidence?
The election will not solve fundamental issues such as transportation, education and healthcare. In fact, it will create new questions. Successfully addressing these challenges will require strong leadership at the state and national level.
Leadership is not just about...
All eyes have been on voting day, Nov. 6. But ten days later may prove to be the true make-or-break moment of President Obama’s political career — regardless of the election result.
Nov. 16 is the deadline for states to submit a blueprint to the federal government for Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — a key component of the new healthcare law.
Already,...
By Regina Griggs and Peter Sprigg
Voters in 32 out of the 32 states where it has appeared on the ballot have upheld marriage as the union of a woman and a man. Advocates of same-sex marriage are holding out hope that their long losing streak will end on Election Day in Minnesota, Washington, Maryland or Maine.
Increasingly, advocates of...
In this house of wood and stones that I call home, there are books scattered and stacked hither and yon.
Some might say this house is cluttered with books, but I would never be that irreverent for cluttered seems to mean “unnecessary” or “junk.” Not one book I own would be categorized as either.
Books spill through the rooms, starting on...
WASA chairman urges volunteers for sewer board
What is the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA)? WASA was established in 1987 by an act of the Georgia state legislature to oversee and operate the collection and treatment of wastewater within the service district, which is primarily Peachtree City.
WASA is an entity independent of the Peachtree City government. There are...
Due to the discriminatory ban Boy Scouts of America maintains against homosexuals, I recently returned the Eagle Scout award I earned in December of 1994.
Growing up, I loved Scouting. My father encouraged me to join Tiger Cubs when I was 6 years old, and I remained active until high school. I made many great friends throughout the years, and...
Again, I do not know why I even open The Citizen because it does nothing but increase my blood pressure and cause headaches but, as “they” say, insanity, etc., etc.
While I take exception to just about everything in Mr. Hoffman’s letter, I have to totally disagree with his reference to “two bodies involved.”
It would appear to me there are...
I recently visited the outstanding Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. One small, sobering exhibit was about American POWs in Vietnam, which again reminded me that so many Americans have given so much for our country, and also of how negligent and deceitful some of our national leadership has been.
Although our country needs both a strong federal government and national...
Usually on two to three mornings every week a small but somewhat vocal (and opinionated) group of Peachtree City residents gather at Mimi’s for breakfast and coffee to discuss events from local politics through world issues.
Since many of the participants are veterans of military service, one can correctly assume there is little to no political correctness or sugarcoating of...
