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Tennant:
Appointment mishandled
Peachtree City Councilman
Dan Tennant wants to take a second look at council's decision to replace
Planning Commission member Willis Granger with a new appointee.
Starr's
Mill retail center sent back for review
Starr's Mill LLC
will go back before the Fayette County Planning Commission Nov. 2 with
its plan for a shopping center and other uses across from Starr's Mill
High School.
Speeders,
if you do the crime, you'll do the sign
Lead-footed drivers
are starting to get sticker shock in Fayette County State Court.
County:
AT&T Cable is improving service
Fayette residents
who have problems with AT&T Broadband cable service are getting
more attention now, says acting County Manager Chris Cofty.
Frustrated
cable customer drops lawsuit idea
Randolph Mills says
he is dropping his plans for a class action lawsuit against AT&T
Broadband because not enough people are interested in joining in.
Kids
who've suffered loss find help in 'Rainbows'
Two women Linda
Lake of Fayetteville and Diana Palma of Tyrone touched by the needs
of children and teens who have experienced loss, are bringing Rainbows
to Fayette County.
Final
hearing on 22% county tax hike is Thurs.
Fayette County commissioners
will meet twice this week.
Tuesday
is last day to register for Nov. 7 vote
State and local
officials want to remind you that Tuesday, Oct. 10 is the last day you
can register and be eligible to vote in the Nov. 7 General Election.
Group
forms to push school bonds
The Community Coalition
for Fayette Schools, a political action committee co-chaired by Fayetteville
residents Sam Burch and Trina Berry, has formed to educate the community
on the $66 million bond issue for new school construction on the Nov.
7 General Election ballot.
County
cracking down on sign violations
Fayette County is
cracking down on violations of its sign ordinance.
Fayette
emergency services accredited
The Fayette County
Department of Fire and Emergency Services has received Accredited Agency
status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for meeting
the criteria established through the CFAI's voluntary self assessment
and accreditation program.
Fayetteville
to revisit impact fees Oct. 16
The
Fayetteville City Council voted Monday night to table the issue of jail
impact fees until its Oct. 16 meeting.
Fayette
principal honored nationally
Gordon
Stuckert, principal of St. Paul Lutheran School in Peachtree City, joins
65 fellow principals in Washington, D.C. Friday for an awards banquet
recognizing them as the 2000 National Distinguished Principals.
Commission
to dig into septage problem today
The septage problem
will land in the lap of the Fayette County Commission today.
Merchants
fighting traffic problem
Ask
any owner of a retail establishment, no matter what products are being
sold, and he or she will likely tell you that being located in a high-traffic
corridor is paramount to a successful bottom line and the more traffic,
the better.
Defendant
flees; but not for long
A
defendant wanted on a bench warrant fled the courtroom Monday morning,
sparking a manhunt around the Fayette County judicial complex that eventually
led to his capture.
Walgreen's
plan denied by Fayetteville P&Z
In baseball terms,
one could say that Walgreen's was 1-for-2 with a hit and a strikeout
at last week's Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
School
board sets tax hearings
The Fayette County
Board of Education will conduct its final two public hearings on a proposed
property tax increase Thursday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the school district's
administrative offices.
Fayetteville
to arm patrol cars with computers
As
the Fayetteville Police Department leaps into the electronic information
age, its officers will rely less on the police radio and more on computers
for communications.
Police
Blotter
Failure
to land chopper lands man in slammer
A
Florida man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after he was
convicted for failing to deliver a helicopter to a construction company
that had paid $125,000 for it.
Court
Report
Tuesday
accident on 85 slows traffic, sends one victim to hospital
A
three-car accident on Ga. Highway 85 north in Fayetteville near Kathi
Avenue Tuesday afternoon clogged traffic as the center turn lane and
one northbound lane were closed
NAACP
preparing for 2000 Freedom Fund Banquet
The Fayette County
NAACP Freedom Fund 2000 Banquet is shaping up, said branch President
the Rev. Edward J. Johnson.
Fayette's
first nurse had long row to hoe
When
Geraldine Adams Stinchcomb became Fayette County's first public health
nurse in 1949, she had to roll up her sleeves.
Tyrone
school honors Hecht
Tyrone
Elementary School's PTO recently honored state Sen. Greg Hecht during
its regular meeting
Registration
drive set
An NAACP voter registration
drive is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Fayette
Pavilion Wal-Mart.
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