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Fayette's growth slow compared to other metro Atlanta counties
Preliminary
results from the Atlanta Regional Commission's metro Atlanta population
estimates show that Fayette County is one of the slowest-growing in
the area.
Memorial
service Sunday for PTC man killed during police chase
A memorial service
will be held Sunday for a Peachtree City man who died several weeks
ago in an automobile collision brought on by a high speed police chase.
Correction
A story on Page
1A of the Aug. 14 edition of The Citizen incorrectly identified one
of the candidates in the Fayette County Commission Post 4 Republican
primary. Caroline Smith is running against Thomas Stephens and incumbent
Linda Wells for that seat.
PTC
mayor supports referendum to fix, extend cart path system
With
funds cut out of Peachtree City's upcoming budget for repairs to the
cart path system, Peachtree City officials are worried how they'll fund
such efforts in the future.
DOT
moves most of I-85 work to evenings, weekends to minimize commuter impact
Responding
to outrage from southside Atlanta commuters, the Georgia Department
of Transportation has changed its work schedule for lane closings due
to improvements slated for both sides of I-85 between Flat Shoals Road
and Riverdale Road in south Fulton County.
WASA
gets low bids for massive expansion project
It
looks like expanding two of Peachtree City's sewer treatment plants
won't be so expensive after all.
Airport
Authority OKs new 'license' for weather monitoring station ... with one
change
Plans
to build new commercial hangars at Falcon Field are coming into conflict
with federal officials who claim the structures might interfere with
readings at a weather monitoring facility operated there by the National
Weather Service.
Emory
Wilkerson Candidate for State Senate, District 34
Editor's note:
The Citizen invited all Fayette legislative candidates to submit written
statements for its Aug. 14 edition. Mr. Wilkerson's statement was inadvertantly
omitted. It is printed here in its entirety.
Voters
head to the polls Tuesday
Coweta
County voters head to the polls Tuesday to elect two school board members
and select the Republican nominees for two County Commission posts.
Christian
City reeling from Wednesday night shootings
The
Christian City community spent Thursday grieving for one of its employees
after a bizarre triple murder near the retirement home Wednesday night.
Attendance
nears 18,000
Coweta County's
27 schools counted 17,878 students on the second day of school Tuesday
morning.
School
choice issue finally decided
Parents
at Coweta County Schools finally learned this week that only two school
would be offering a "school choice" program this year.
Sharpsburg
wants to annex East Coweta High School
Will East Coweta
High School soon be part of Sharpsburg?
New
GSP headquarters moves closer to reality
Coweta
County's branch of the Georgia State Patrol may soon have a new home.
Tractor
pull starts today
The
town of Turin in Coweta County is having a celebration this weekend.
The party starts on Friday night with a concert and free refreshments
and continues on Saturday with the eighth annual Turin Antique Farm
Power Show and Tractor Pull.
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