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'Yes'
vote on West Village
Members
of the West Village Task Force came to Wednesday’s meeting ready
to make their decisions on whether to annex ... and they were ready
to defend their decisions.
'Big
Box' rules on the way?
Peachtree
City may be on its way toward reigning in large retail stores that want
to locate here.
Peachtree
City fine-tunes ethics ordinance
Peachtree
City’s ethics ordinance has officially been updated.
The changes might not be complete, however, since the new regulations
don’t address whether the city attorney should be required to abide
by the ordinance also.
VanLandingham
'pleased' with vote tally
Though “a little
bit disappointed” with the low voter turnout, Fayette County Commission
candidate A.G. VanLandingham said this week he is pleased and humbled
after winning the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s runoff.
WASA
looks at rules for new service
The Peachtree City
Water and Sewerage Authority has amended its policy on providing sewer
service to new subdivisions.
Seabough,
Key, Smith prevail in runoff
Terri Smith and
Marion Key were the victors in the Republican runoff Tuesday night for
seats on the Fayette County Board of Education.
Police
round up golf cart theives
Police believe five
out-of-town youths turned 11 stolen golf carts into a demolition derby
back on July 31.
Katz
rezoning request delayed
The rezoning application
from John Wieland Homes regarding the Katz property has been tabled
again at the request of company officials.
SPLOST,
redistricting plan recommended
A preliminary recommendation
to go for another Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) and
a redistricting plan for heavily overpopulated schools will be made
to the Fayette County Board of Education at its Aug. 21 meeting by the
board’s Facilities Action Committee.
Police
Blotter
Book
on state's soldiers available for pre-order
The work "Warriors
of the Wiregrass" should be back from the printer mid-late September.
We are offering this book to those who have indicated an interest at
a pre-publication price of $34.95 plus $5.00 S&H, each.
Movies
Out
with the old:
In
yet another message to the politicians, the voters in Coweta County
sent two incumbents packing Tuesday.
After
20 years, Senoia sewage system is a go
After nearly 20
years of debate, planning and discussion, the city of Senoia’s
sewerage system became a reality Wednesday morning.
Confederate
Air Force wants to call Coweta home
Coweta County could
soon have a Confederate Air Force to call its own.
County
gets green grant
Coweta County officials
are hoping to keep Coweta green.
Hearing
set for Senoia annexation
Residents who want
more information about SenoiaÕs recent annexation efforts should circle
August 29 on their calendar. City officials announced a public hearing
that day at 7 p.m. at City Hall to discuss the cityÕs efforts to annex
100 acres on Rockaway Road
Seabough
gets ready to tackle education matters
Coweta County voters
helped one of their own – Mitch Seabaugh - defeat incumbent state
Sen. Rick Price for the 28th District seat that represents portions
of Coweta, Fayette and Spalding counties.
Sports
Local
racers win at Speedway
Jackson Ga.’s
B.J. Holly inherited the lead for the win in the Late Model division
with two laps remaining, when the first and second place cars driven
by Senoia’s Chad Caldwell and Tyrone’s Scott Griffin were
put to the rear after a mishap between turns three and four on lap 36
of the Alan Vigil Southlake Ford 50 Late Model Feature at Senoia Speedway.
Clemson
and Vaderbilt are coming to PTC to play
The Clemson Lady Tigers soccer
team will travel to Peachtree city Saturday, Aug. 19 to face the Vanderbilt
Lady Commodores in an exhibiton soccer match to raise money for the
Peachtree City Lazers U-13 girls team.
Sports
Calendar
Opinion
Christians
and public protests: What guidance does the bible provide
By DAVID
EPPS
Pastor
My first encounter
with Christians being involved in public protests occurred in the mid-1970s.
A local drive-in theater had begun showing R-rated movies after 11 p.m.
on Friday and Saturday nights.
Letters
to the Editor
West
Village is an easy call: Don't annex it
Task Force members,
I would have liked to have been able to attend today’s meeting
of the task force to express some of my concerns with the current west
side plan and the task force process; however, business has called me
out of town. Please consider the following thoughts as you deliberate.
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