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DAPC never got legal OK to get tax
Peachtree City officials made an unsettling discovery recently: Neither the Development Authority of Peachtree City nor the city’s Airport Authority ever filed for or got the proper federal approval to allow the two agencies to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in hotel-motel tax collections over the past decade.
Parking lot rage in PTC
An irate axe-wielding shopper chased after a driver in a fit of parking lot rage at Peachtree City’s Wal-Mart Sunday morning, threatening to “teach” the motorist a “lesson about respect,” police said.
Worker hit by getaway car at F’ville Pavilion
An Atlanta woman tried to run over a store employee who followed her to the parking lot after she tried to pass a bogus check recently at the Rack Room Shoes at the Fayette Pavilion, police said.
Fayette Christmas tree farms fall victim to progress, high land values
Finding a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in the area used to be as simple as jumping in the car and heading into the countryside.
Fayette County Christmas tree farms
Pregnancy Center helps start new lives
Shuffling babies from lap to lap, and handing them to volunteers happy to hold infants, local women gathered to celebrate Christmas with their children last Saturday afternoon. They sang carols. They drank cider, had a feast of food. And they opened presents. It was a Christmas party for the women and babies assisted by the Pregnancy Resource Center of Fayette this year.
For 20 Fayette teachers, pay raises will come with National Certification
Twenty Fayette County teachers earned their profession’s highest credential in 2003, bringing to 52 the number of local educators who have successfully completed the rigorous but voluntary process established by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Fans hope PTC’s new slogan will stay around awhile PTC
Peachtree City’s new corporate slogan, “Plan to Stay,” is designed to reflect a community in transition, on the move and still relatively youthful, despite the fact it turns 45 next year.
Little drama at Savage’s final airport authority meeting
Though the airport authority had to discuss whether or not to accept an intergovernmental agreement with Peachtree City and go for the $355,000 loan to pay for the paving of Stallings Road, soon to be known as Aviation Way, and roof repairs on the Aviation Center, the biggest moment of the meeting came during airport manager Jim Savage’s monthly report.
Fatal crash leads to vehicular homicide charge
A Fayette woman has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide for an auto wreck that claimed the life of another man. Robin Hughes Mazer, 48, also has been charged with failure to yield at a stop sign.
Civitans selling Christmas trees
The Fayette County Civitans are now selling Christmas trees for their annual fundraiser. The trees are in front of Melear’s Restaurant and are all fraser firs.
Fayetteville takes action to prevent Pye Lake from flooding homeowners
Fayetteville crews have installed a siphon to begin lowering the level of Pye Lake by about four feet to prevent the weakened dam from breaching.
Council members’ meeting attendance scrutinized
The bickering members of the Peachtree City Council returned to business last Thursday, minus one.
FSS continues Project Love
Kate Calcaterra, program director for Fayette Senior Services, has announced that its annual Project Love is in its ninth year and still in need of assistance.
Church seeks annexation to expand campus into Fayetteville near county boundary
A local church wishing to expand is asking Fayetteville to annex 5.67 acres on Lester Road next to Cleveland Elementary School for its church campus.
Man scares boy by firing empty BB gun at head
A Fayette man was arrested last week for pointing a BB gun and shooting it at the head of a 14-year-old boy.
Purchases with stolen credit card net 13 felony charges on local man
A shopping spree with a stolen credit card has landed a local man in jail charged with 13 felony counts of financial identity fraud. Rising Starr band readies for Chicago trip
During the holiday season, most children have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
Collins reports on Iraq trip
WASHINGTON - During an interview last week on the Fox News Channel, U.S. Rep. Mac Collins said he was pleased with the results of a trip by a congressional delegation that he led to Iraq during Thanksgiving week.
Auto insurance database on the road again
Beginning Jan. 1, the automobile insurance information card that you carry in your glove box is no longer proof of vehicle insurance coverage when you are stopped by law enforcement or go to renew your vehicle registration. Instead, the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety is re-implementing the legislatively mandated electronic verification system that enables law enforcement to access insurance verification data from their vehicles through the state run database.
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