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PTC:
Ban on higher density remains
An offer to fund
the relocation of Rockaway Road so it intersects with Ga. Highway 74
at Holly Grove Church Road wasn’t enough to convince a majority
of the Peachtree City Council to grant developer Bob Adams an exemption
to the city’s multi-family moratorium last week.
Sheriff
refuses to jail marshal’s DUI arrest
Fayette County jailers
refused to accept a prisoner charged with DUI Sunday who had been arrested
by a Fayette County marshal.
Plans
need work, Tyrone tells Wieland Homes
Many developers
know that getting a development approved in Tyrone can be tough.
Churches
schedule holiday services
Tonight, residents
of the Fayette community will join people around the world as they celebrate
one of the holiest events of the Christian year: Christmas and the birth
of Jesus Christ. Many churches in the Fayette area have planned special
services for this evening, with Holy Communion served at most services.
The following area churches have announced special services for Christmas
Eve:
Tight
money delays Fayette charter school
Ambitious plans
to seek approval to open a charter high school in the LaFayette Educational
Center once Whitewater High School’s freshman class moves out next
year have been delayed, but aren’t dead.
Local
teacher gets taste of Hollywood, appears on ‘Cold Mountain’
soundtrack
The big name stars
of the upcoming film “Cold Mountain,” which arrives in theaters
around the country this week, are Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renee
Zellweger. But there is a growing amount of buzz for the Sacred Harp
Singers, whose songs are being deemed highlights of both the film and
its soundtrack. Starr’s Mill English teacher Lela Crowder is one
of the voices that can be heard singing in the film and on the soundtrack,
and her experience has been extremely memorable.
Senior
couple to start new chapter of life with a marriage
Five years ago,
Pauline Eaton was looking for a house in Fayetteville. When she got
a little lost, she decided to ask the person next door if the house
she was looking at was the one for sale. Eaton did not get the house,
it had already been sold, but she did find a friend, who on Dec. 27
will become her husband.
Chance
meeting between separated couple leads to jail for husband
A Peachtree City
man is free on $83,000 bond after violating a judge’s order to
refrain from contacting his estranged wife last week, police said.
Car
wash developer wants city to pay expenses from previous lawsuit
A local developer
is suing Peachtree City a second time even after the first lawsuit got
officials’ attention and got his site plan approved.
Academy
graduates 4 local teens from program
Four Fayette County
teens recently graduated from the Georgia National Guard’s Youth
Challenge Academy at Fort Stewart.
Mom
targeted by woman stealing car, police say
A Peachtree City
woman was arrested last week for attempting to back over her mother
with a car, police said.
Man
arrested for injuring youngster
A Hampton man was
arrested for smacking a 3-year-old boy in the face with his hand at
a Fayette residence.
Fayette
students excel in MGC program
The Georgia Academy
of Mathematics, Engineering and Science (GAMES) is a residential, joint
enrollment program for top-performing high school juniors and seniors
that enables them to receive their high school diplomas and college
associate degrees simultaneously. Fayette County students are jointly
enrolled with Sandy Creek High and Fayette County High.
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