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#1
priority? $50M East F'ville Bypass
The final draft
is completed and residents will soon be able to ask questions about
Fayette County's ambitious $266 million transportation plan.
$125M
sales tax vote in Fayette's future?
Now that Fayette's
transportation plan has been revealed, a nagging question has emerged:
How will the county pay for it?
Cops
nab boy, 9, for PTC golf cart theft
A 9-year-old College
Park boy was taken into custody Monday evening by Peachtree City police
for stealing a golf cart parked at a Braelinn liquor store, police said.
Watson
seeks new trial, cites 'errors' by judge
Attorneys representing
convicted murderer Jim Watson have filed a motion seeking a new trial,
alleging that several errors during last year's case prejudiced the
jury.
Newest
high school sets high bar: Best in the state
When Whitewater
High School held its first open house last Thursday to welcome the Class
of 2007, more than 80 percent of the charter freshman class showed up,
in the middle of summer, with their moms and dads in tow.
Merchants
ready for sales tax holidays
The blue jeans are
being folded, the shirts are being hung and Tony Davis is getting ready
for a big shopping weekend.
Commissioner
recovering after surgery
Fayette
County Commissioner A.G. VanLandingham is resting comfortably at home
this week after surgery at Fayette Community Hospital last week.
PTC
Council, DAPC hope to iron out issues
Things are looking up for the Peachtree City Development Authority,
Mayor Steve Brown admits.
Crabapple
Lane teachers just 'waiting for the call' to move in
Any
day now, the phone will ring in the homes of Crabapple Lane Elementary
School's two dozen teachers, its support personnel, its cafeteria workers,
and to alert workers in the facilities maintenance office in Fayetteville.
Fville
police seek help to find runaway girl
The
Fayetteville Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating
a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home over four months ago.
E.
Fayette students win Braves essay contest
Two students inspired
by their teachers at East Fayette Elementary School wrote about them
in an essay competition sponsored by the Atlanta Braves.
Light
agenda does not stop PTC planning commission from making important decisions
The
Peachtree City Planning Commission met Monday night and, despite having
a very light agenda before them, got a lot accomplished.
PTC
police arrest 2 for damaging mailboxes, stealing stop sign
Two Peachtree City
teenagers were arrested Monday night for damaging 13 mailboxes and stealing
a stop sign in the Burnham Woods subdivision, police said.
Kiwanis
makes donation to Iraq relief effort
"Operation
Fred" is a loosely knit organization in Fayette County that has
been supplying Major Frederick P. Wellman school and medical supplies.
The Peachtree City resident is currently an operations officer for a
Blackhawk helicopter battalion assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
in northern Iraq.
PTC's
'Movie Under the Stars' may return for a fall encore
Nearly 3,000 local
people got a rst look July 21 at what is hoped will be a repeat performance,
watching the digitally mastered movie "E.T., The Extraterrestrial,"
on a 50-foot tall, inatable screen.
Jonesboro
police arrest man with vehicle taken from Fayetteville home
An Alpharetta man
was arrested by Jonesboro police last Monday evening after he was caught
with a vehicle that had been stolen from a residence in Fayetteville.
PTC
man arrested for molesting girl
A Peachtree City
man has been arrested for molesting a young girl at a residence at the
Balmoral Village Apartments sometime in 2001, according to police.
Schools'
P.R. department wins national competition
The Fayette County
School System's public relations department has garnered two awards
for its publicity efforts from the National School Public Relations
Association.
Local
students attend Washington Youth Tour
Armed
with a better appreciation of their nation's government, and a lifetime
of memories, Jared Schnute of Fayetteville and Andrew Widener of Sharpsburg
recently returned from the 2003 Washington Youth Tour, a week-long tour
of the nation's capital, sponsored by Coweta-Fayette EMC.
Colonial
Dames hold spring meet
The
Thomas Johnson Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century met recently
to install its 2003-2004 officers. Peachtree City resident, Judy Hughes,
honorary state president, performed the ceremony.
Collins:
Operation Iraqi Freedom still has work to do
WASHINGTON - In
a rare open hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
Congressman Mac Collins presented evidence of Iraq's possession of Weapons
of Mass Destruction, expressed satisfaction with the job being done
by the U.S. Military, and support for the President in liberating the
Iraqi people.
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