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Plans
for south PTC and adjoining Senoia may produce next development hot spot
With development
coming from three sides, the intersection of Rockaway Road and Ga. Highway
74 in southwestern Fayette could become one of the busiest areas in
the county.
County:
Samaritans, no; but yes to farmers' site
The Fayette County
Commission has decided that charity should start at home and not in
the government's coffers.
Fayette
Samaritans get some help, need more
The Fayette community
has begun to respond to the need of the Fayette Samaritans for its own
facility from which to serve clients with emergency food provisions,
housing help and clothing.
Fayette-only
judicial circuit nixed by study
A preliminary report
presented to the Georgia Judicial Council recommends against creating
a separate judicial circuit for Fayette County.
Public
missing from hearing on largest property tax item schools
A meeting was called
because it was required by law, but no one showed up Tuesday to comment
on the Fayette County Board of Education's new millage rates during
the first of three required public hearings.
Copter
gets go-ahead
All systems are
go for Fayette County's newest weapon in the fight against crime.
Search
after bomb scare at Panasonic turns up nothing
The
Panasonic manufacturing facility in Peachtree City was evacuated Monday
morning due to a bomb threat.
Ban
lifted on burning outdoor debris here
Fayette County's
outdoor burning ban, enacted to protect air quality during the summer
months, has been lifted.
Suspects
charged for armed robbery of Fville beauty store
Fayetteville
police have arrested two Riverdale men for the December armed robbery
of the Sally Beauty Supply store at the Banks Crossing Shopping Center.
Despite
delays, new jail addition should be ready by end of year
Despite
delays in construction, Fayette County's new jail addition should still
be ready for business by the end of this year.
PTC
police: men used bat to destroy mailboxes
Two
Peachtree City men have been arrested for destroying a number of mailboxes
in the Planterra Ridge subdivision early Thursday morning.
PTC
City Council meeting scratched
Thursday's
regularly-scheduled Peachtree City Council meeting has been cancelled
due to a lack of a quorum.
Fayette
County DFACS addresses greatest concern
The
director of Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services,
Mary H. Davis, along with its board of directors, has expressed its
greatest concern.
Friday
Johnson Homes speak to Metro Kiwanis
Representatives
from the Youth Protection Homes spoke to the Fayetteville Metro Kiwanis
concerning the needs of the Friday Johnson homes.
Burch
students turn paper into trees with help from local nursery
Instead of turning
trees into paper, environmentally conscious students at Robert J. Burch
Elementary have found a way to turn paper into trees.
Monday
is last day to register to vote in general election
Secretary of State
Cathy Cox has advised Georgians that Monday, Oct 7, is the last day
citizens can register to be eligible to vote in the 2002 General Election
scheduled for Tuesday, Nov 5.
Teacher's
motivation helps special-needs children
After years of working
with children with limited language skills, a veteran Fayette County
teacher has developed a set of books that will help students improve
their verbal abilities.
Community's
Help Needed to Address Fayette's Educational Concerns and Priorities
In an effort to
help ensure that Fayette County's school system remains one of the best
in the state, the community and school system employees are being invited
to complete an on-line survey to help identify strengths, areas for
improvement and set education priorities for the next five years.
What
Fayette County voters can expect
Fayette County,
along with all of Georgia, will be using new electronic voting units
in the November elections. Voters can expect a number of changes
most of them positive, according to those who voted on the machines
in the primary election.
FCCDV
sets fashion show fundraiser
The Fayette County
Council on Domestic Violence fashion show and luncheon is scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in
Peachtree City. Fashions will be modeled from Chico's, Joseph A. Bank,
Limited Too, Mud Pies and Top Drawer Boutique.
Some
facts about voting changes
In the last presidential
election, per Secretary of State Cathy Cox, over 94,000 presidential
votes were rejected as under-votes because the machines were unable
to read the votes. In some counties, 15% of the votes via optical scanner
voting machines were not counted. Georgia's error rate was approximately
3.5 percent of the state's votes, which is higher than Florida's 2.9
percent of under-votes. The national average is 1.9 percent. Some counties
forgot to count their absentee ballots. There were recounts in other
counties. Overall, Georgia's voting system was a problem in need of
a fix.
Local
school wins national award
Competing against
16,000 schools across the nation, River's Edge Elementary, in Clayton
County near Fayetteville, captured one of three Emerging Technology
Awards awarded by AT&T Broadband for creating an "almost-like-being-there-experience"
of Fayetteville's Civil War events. The school won second place for
its project, "In Our Backyard."
National
and state archives together in Morrow
Georgia's
State Archive facility, once housed in Atlanta, and the National Archives
and Records Administration's (NARA) Southeast Archives, formerly located
in East Point, are joining together in historical matrimony the first
such pairing of state and national archive facilities in the same location.
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