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Wednesday, September 10, 2003

F'ville OKs $5.76M sewer expansion

Fayetteville's old, inactive sewer plant will be renovated and refurbished to provide enough wastewater treatment capacity for more than 10,000 additional future residents, the City Council decided without a formal vote last week.

PTC, Tyrone left out of Fayette's $19 million 20-year recreation plan

After last week's acceptance of a recreation needs assessment plan by the Fayette County Commission, many residents are wondering when they will see new facilities popping up on the landscape and how they will be funded.

Schools, PTC push tax rates up

Playing with fire.

4 qualify for F'ville, PTC council seats

Three incumbents and one political newcomer have paid their qualifying fees to run for seats on the Peachtree City and Fayetteville city councils by press time Tuesday afternoon.

Difficult recovery ahead for injured Marine

For Malia Isaac, the word "Mom" had never sounded sweeter.

Final shadows fall on PTC's Shadows

Shadows Restaurant, an institution in a town where such appellations are applied sparingly, served Peachtree City its last Country Benedict breakfast and cup of Joe Aug. 28.

County deals with unemployment woes

Last week, thousands of Fayette Countians used the Labor Day holiday as final celebration of summer.

Air show survives a little rain this year

Though it rained both days of the 6th Annual Great Georgia Air Show, that didn't stop near-record crowds from coming out to Peachtree City's Falcon Field over the weekend.

Fayetteville sailor returns after six months at sea

Fayetteville’s Stephen W. Jacobs recently returned from a successful six-month deployment on board the dock landing ship USS Anchorage.

Clayton State's record growth has university's president eyeing Fayette

Clayton College & State University's "profoundly positive outlook" and growth on several fronts may spill over into Fayette County sooner than anyone thinks.

3 PTC kids arrested for golf cart thefts after 2 caught on stolen cart near crime scene

Three Peachtree City youths were arrested Monday evening for the theft of two golf carts after two of them were caught on a stolen golf cart near the city's BMX track where another stolen golf cart had been abandoned in a ditch, police said.

Deputies catch DUI suspect who sped away from roadblock

A Jonesboro man led sheriff's deputies on a brief chase early Saturday morning after he sped away from a safety and license check roadblock on Ga. Highway 138 north, police said.

Irate suspect kicks out window of two sheriff's patrol cars

A Fayetteville man faces criminal charges after fighting with sheriff's deputies early Sunday morning as they were conducting a welfare check on a residence on Ga. Highway 92 south, police said.

Education Briefs

Correction

An article in last week's edition of The Citizen contained incorrect information about the Fayetteville elections.

PTC to hold Sept. 11 remembrance

There will be a brief ceremony next week in Peachtree City in honor of those killed Sept. 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.

PTC parks still in need of a few good adoptees

Since the Peachtree City Recreation Department's "Adopt-A-Park" Program, began in April 2000, nearly 40 residents, groups or organizations have come forward to "adopt" a total of 24 parks and tot lots.

Speaker's death leads CCSU to revise Korean War seminar

Korean War hero Raymond G. Davis of Conyers passed away Wednesday, Sept. 3, of a heart attack at age 88.

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