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PTC
bridge funding is newest bottleneck
Drivers, you could
wait up to eight years or as few as two years for bridge widening at
Peachtree City's busiest highway intersection.
Tax
equity mediation begins Fri.
Professional mediator
Tim Keim has been handed the task of unraveling the long-standing dispute
between Fayette County and its three largest cities of tax equity.
Cities
may back off jail agreement
While county commissioners
meet today at 8 a.m. to discuss their agreement with Fayetteville concerning
joint use of the County Jail, city leaders may be backing away from
the discussion.
Fayette
emergency workers have new safety tool for schools
The Fayette County
School System has taken its emergency preparedness to another level
... and local industries are being encouraged to do the same.
Transportation:
Fayette vs. ARC?
Transportation issues
will probably be a hot topic when the Atlanta Regional Commission starts
its 2002 session in January, say local members Greg Dunn and Kenneth
Steele.
New
water plant built with future in mind
One
can't escape the feeling of spaciousness when walking through Fayette
County's new South Fayette Water Treatment Plant on Antioch Road.
Steele
named to ARC board
Fayette
County's mayors have unanimously chosen Fayetteville Mayor Kenneth Steele
to represent them on the Atlanta Regional Commission Board of Directors.
Hecht
chairs gas study committee
Lt.
Gov. Mark Taylor has appointed state Sen. Greg Hecht as chairman of
the Senate Natural Gas Study Committee.
Seabaugh
proposes tax refund bill
Calling
it his "Show me the money" tax refund act, state Sen. Mitch
Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, announced a plan that he said would limit state
government spending and provide for potential tax refunds.
Young
driver in crash with tree sued by passenger
A
Fayetteville teen who crashed his vehicle head-on into a tree in Peachtree
City July 14 is being sued by one of the passengers who was seriously
injured.
Army
Rangers visit local school
While most people
took one day to remember and honor those who have dedicated their lives
to protecting the United States, students at Booth Middle School spent
an entire week learning what it means to be a military veteran.
Advanced
placement scholars named
Forty-seven
students from Fayette County, McIntosh, Sandy Creek and Starr's Mill
high schools have been named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College
Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level
AP examinations.
Collins
commends local star for 9/11 song
Nov.
7 at the Country Music Awards, star singer Alan Jackson debuted his
new song, "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning,"
commemorating the events of Sept. 11.
Fayette's
top spellers advance to district competition
Eighteen
of Fayette's top elementary and middle school spellers competed at Sams
Auditorium for the opportunity to represent the county in the upcoming
District 5 spelling bee competition.
Brooks
school honors county's veterans
More
than 70 veterans and their families representing all branches of the
military took part in Veterans Day celebrations hosted by Brooks Elementary
School.
YMCA
names top volunteer
Michael Harris has
been named 2001 Volunteer of the Year for the Fayette Family YMCA.
Tree
sales benefit community groups
Once again you can
support your community as you purchase your Christmas tree this holiday
season.
Peachtree
City students honor veterans
More
than 670 Huddleston Elementary School students, their teachers and many
of their parents, gathered around the school yard flagpole early Monday
morning of Veterans Day week to honor the nation's veterans and to pay
respects to the flag.
Korean
television starting in area
AT&T Broadband®,
primary provider of Broadband services in metro Atlanta, including Fayette,
and the Korean Television Network have teamed up to telecast 24 hours
of Korean programming to more than 50,000 Korean Americans starting
Dec. 1.
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