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Different
shade of green has developers eyeing central Fayette's open farm lands
Last summer, quietly
and without much fanfare, the Fayette County Board of Education emerged
from an executive session and voted to purchase 60 acres of land at
the corner of Ga. Highway 54 and Tyrone Road as a site for the county's
sixth high school.
Decision
to sell Rivers Farm marks end of era
It is a
near-perfect spring afternoon down on the farm, and the beetles are buzzing.
Fields mint green with the flavor of young hay stretch as far as the eye
can see, framed only by the darker hues of evergreens and pines lining
the far horizon. Piercing an otherwise spotless blue sky is the occasional
cellphone tower, an airplane on approach to Hartsfield and the rust-shaded
peak of Fayette Community Hospital, the county's tallest building, about
a mile south.
2nd
twin gets life + 25 years in chase death
An Atlanta man was
convicted Monday of killing an innocent motorist after robbing a south
Fayetteville grocery store at gunpoint with his twin brother and leading
police on a brief chase Easter Sunday last year.
Hazing
nets jail time for FCHS player
A Fayette
County High School football player pleaded guilty Monday to roughing up
a teammate in what was described as a hazing ritual back in November.
PTC
pares list for city manager down to 3
The three finalists
in the search for a new city manager for Peachtree City will be named
at Thursday's Council meeting, and there's a chance action will be taken
to go ahead and formally approve the first choice for the post, Mayor
Steve Brown said.
Burn
ban starts May 1
The area's annual
summer outdoor burning ban begins Thursday in an effort to prevent more
smog particles from polluting metro Atlanta's air.
Foster
parenting info available at childrens safety fair Saturday
Fayette County is
in serious need of foster and adoptive families.
Church
to use device to save heart attack victims before ambulance arrives
Peachtree
City United Methodist Church is becoming a pretty good place to have
a heart attack, if there is such a thing.
Attorneys
to help with new Samaritan home
A number of Fayette
County lawyers will join together Saturday to participate in the annual
"Great Day of Service."
Suspects
tried to scam agents on drug deal
Two men were arrested
in north Fayette County Thursday after undercover drug agents planned
to buy two pounds of marijuana from them.
Kindergarteners
stage a wedding
To
quote Martin Luther, "there is no more lovely, friendly and charming
relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." That
is most certainly the case with the recent marriage of the letters Q
and U at Spring Hill Elementary School.
Pfeifer
to attend May 7 commission meeting
After a five-month
absence, Fayette County Commissioner Peter Pfeifer will be attending
the commission's May 7 meeting.
Fville
commission OK's Southside commercial plan
Plans
for a large commercial development on recently annexed land in south
Fayetteville were approved by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission
at its regular meeting last Tuesday.
Child
safety fair at PTC Wal-Mart Saturday
The public is invited
to a children's safety fair aimed at preventing unintentional injuries
to kids that will be held Saturday at the Peachtree City Wal-Mart from
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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