By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com
Fayette County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Col. Bruce Jordan did not
leave Wednesday’s county budget hearings a happy man.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
The Peachtree City City Council has thrown a financial lifeline to its
development authority, but it comes with a string attached.
A 2-year-old Fayette County
girl who was the subject of a missing persons alert Tuesday afternoon
was found unharmed the next day at
a relative’s
home in Alabama, police said.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
Fayette County sheriff’s deputies diffused an altercation Wednesday
afternoon between a woman’s boyfriend and her parents that began
in Clayton County, police said.
Peachtree City’s new
public works director will begin work here Monday, June 28, according
to City Manager Bernie McMullen.
“We are full, 100 percent booked solid,” said Jim O’Connell,
a program director for the Peachtree City Recreation Department, which
handles the event. This year it is scheduled for Saturday, July 3 since
July 4 falls on a Sunday.
Peachtree City has been awarded a grant from the Georgia Department
of Transportation for landscape enhancements for east Ga. Highway 54,
extending from Peachtree Parkway to the city limits.
The cost of a booth for
vendors wanting to sell food and related July 4th items at Peachtree
City’s July 4th fireworks display has
been reduced to $200.
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com
Residents in can breathe a little easier about their property tax bills
this year.
If Senoia residents want to see a liquor store in town, they need to
sign a petition to allow the issue on the November ballot.
Newnan native Erin Burns
headlines the cast of performers as Luisa in an upcoming production
of “The Fantasticks,” to be presented
June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 by the LaGrange Opera Theater (LOT).
A member of the Lafayette Society for Performing Arts, the production
will
be held at Price Theater in LaGrange, announced Anne Duraski, Artistic
Director and LOT Founder.
Senate Resolution 989, which creates a Senate Study Committee on Excavation
Safety, passed the General Assembly during the 2004 session. The committee,
chaired by Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg), will consider the conditions
and safety of excavation related to utility facilities. Increased growth
and development throughout Georgia has resulted in a rising amount of
excavation which has brought a greater risk of injury and damage to property.
This committee will examine needs and conditions and recommend actions
or legislation which they deem appropriate.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
A south metro community may join the nation-wide movement against smoking.
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