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Black
group rejects letter's 'blame' for low test scores
What was billed
as a "Town Hall Meeting" at Holly Grove AME Church to discuss
education concerns in Fayette County turned into a verbal ambush against
the school district on Saturday, with Superintendent John DeCotis and
his administration in the crosshairs again.
Fayette's
SAT scores surpass '02 by 13 points
Fayette County Schools
welcomed a bit of good news Monday after days of negative publicity.
BOE
to hear bus route task force report Tues.
Exactly two weeks
and a day after putting out the call for volunteers to serve on its
Transportation Task Force, the Fayette County School Board will gather
for its first report on the committee's work in a called meeting next
Tuesday night.
Sheriff,
commission face off in dispute about marshals' powers
Fayette County Commission
Chairman Greg Dunn insists that the Fayette County Marshal's Office
is legally empowered to make arrests, despite a contrary opinion from
county Sheriff Randall Johnson.
Commissioners
agree with Dunn, want to discuss dispute with sheriff
"I wish Randall
had called somebody. This is just ridiculous."
PTC
hikes taxes, OKs vote on $4.9 million library bond
Peachtree City voters
will be asked to approve a $4.9 million bond referendum to expand and
renovate the city library in the Nov. 4 municipal election.
Tyrone
voters to decide on liquor by the drink
Tyrone residents
should get their voting hands ready. When they go to the polls this
November they will have an extra issue to weigh in on: Should Tyrone
allow liquor by the drink?
Woman
at Fville ATM foils gunman by speeding away
Charges
have been filed against two Riverdale men for attempting to rob a woman
at gunpoint at a Fayetteville ATM last week, according to police.
Feds
consider lifting restrictions on eliminating troublesome geese
Geese,
your goose is cooked.
Dog
Park's new location approved by Recreation Commission
The
Peachtree City Council has already approved a dog park and $5,000 in
seed money for the project. The dog park committee has raised another
$5,000 since then, but until Monday night's Peachtree City Recreation
Commission meeting one question remained: Where will the dog park be
located?
Fund
set up in memory of PTC authority member
A fund has been
established in memory of former Peachtree City Development Authority
member Brian Palmitessa.
PTC
police make burglary arrest
A
Peachtree City man was arrested last week for the burglary of a business
on Auburn Court, police said.
Fville
woman arrested for hurting boyfriend with knife to the neck
A
Fayetteville woman was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend last week
with a knife, police said.
PTC
teen charged after wiping out to avoid school bus
A
16-year-old driver was cited for wrecking his car after swerving to
avoid hitting an oncoming school bus head-on at the end of the first
week of school, police said.
Hood
Avenue joins N. Fayette in after-school accreditation
Hood
Avenue Primary's after-school program is the second school-based program
in the state to receive accreditation from the National School-Age Care
Alliance.
Family
violence shelter gets makeover from volunteers
The
Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence held an open house Sunday
to exhibit the complete renovation of its transitional housing program.
The house is called the Lighthouse.
Neighborhood
watch program touted by county sheriff's office
The
Fayette County Sheriff's Department is offering a neighborhood watch
program for homeowners associations to help citizens combat crime in
their neighborhood.
Fville
pub, restaurant plans scrapped after residents' outcry
Developers
have withdrawn plans to build a restaurant and pub on Ga. Highway 314
in Fayetteville that drew the ire of residents in nearby subdivisions.
Local
forestry ranger helps with wildfires in western United States
A
ranger with the local unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission is in
Idaho to assist with halting wildfires that have broken out there.
Tyrone
approves time change for council meetings
For
residents of Tyrone who stayed until the very end of Thursday night's
epic town council meeting, there is consolation. Should another meeting
last four hours, the meeting will end at 11 p.m. now instead of 11:30
p.m.
Rising
Starr band needs help getting to prestigious event
When
most people think of composers, they think of Beethoven or Bach men
who wore white wigs and had funny names and who died a long time ago.
Library
commission holds workshop tonight
The
Peachtree City Library Commission will have a workshop meeting tonight
at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the bond promotion process for the library expansion.
The meeting will be in the Floy Farr Room at Peachtree City Library,
201 Willowbend Road.
High-impact
dance teacher sought
The Peachtree City
Parks and Recreation Department is looking for an instructor with experience
in high impact dance workout instruction or related high impact workout
instruction, or kickboxing workout instruction.
Vigil
appointed to Board of Regents
Allan
Vigil, long-time trustee of the Clayton College & State University
Foundation and one of the Southern Crescent's prominent businessmen
and civic leaders, has been appointed to the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia by Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Water
safety encouraged for Labor Day weekend
The
Labor Day Holiday signals the unofficial end of summer to thousands
of boaters and many will take this into account as they head to Georgia's
lakes and rivers to celebrate one last time before fall arrives.This
year in Georgia there have been more than 114 boating incidents, 11
boating incident related fatalities and 33 drownings, according to the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division.
Q&A
with Ga. Insurance Comm. Oxendine
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