Fayette County School Board members discovered that their goals and opinions about the school district were fairly well-aligned Saturday, during a one-day retreat held at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel near Hartsfield Airport.

FCHS assignment: The Internet

Fayette County high school students will soon have access to 600 courses via the Internet, making extra course work or make-up courses available before and after school, even at home, Stuart Bennett, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, told the school board Saturday.

County to cable co.: `Do better'

Fayette County has notified MediaOne that the cable company “is not in compliance with the terms and conditions of the current franchise agreement.”

Low density blocking quest for quality in cable here?

Fayette County's vaunted quality of life may be one strike against the county in its quest for quality cable television service, said assistant county manager Chris Cofty.

Watson's body cremated, to local officials' surprise

The recent examination of Beverley Watson's remains was concluded in a way that caught more than a couple of people off guard.

Legacy of healing, It runs in the Anders family

By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
Staff Writer

Say it's the weekend and most or all the Anders clan is (as usual) at their parents' house in north Fayette. A caller asks to speak to the doctor.

Children paint a portrait of devotion

A portrait of Rebekah Anders by her children, in their own words.

Panel rejects parking deck for jail/courthouse

There will be no parking deck at Fayette County's new jail and courthouse complex... at least not in the near future.

 

Planner: New road building won't restart until 2005

It will probably be at least 2005 before the federal government releases its hold on new road building in the Atlanta area including Fayette, an Atlanta Regional Commission expert said.

Barnes & Noble underway; Ruby Tuesday looms

Construction has begun on the Barnes and Noble shopping center at Ga. Highway 85 north and Pine Trail Road, with completion targeted for May 2000.

Fayetteville planners to consider 90,000 square feet of offices

You say you can't find office space in Fayetteville? Just wait.

FCHS band ponders latest Sydney offer

Fayette County High School's marching band may still play in the 2000 Olympics opening ceremony in Australia next fall, if members decide to accept the Olympic Committee's latest offer.

New plan for bank saves more trees

Engineers designing a site plan for Southern Community Bank on North Jeff Davis Drive can save more trees, at the insistence of the Fayetteville Planning Commission, but there's a rub.

Stage set for election this fall in Fayetteville

Two Fayetteville City Council members and the mayor all say they will run for reelection this fall.

School board gets update on construction

 

The Fayette County Board of Education was updated on about 30 ongoing school construction projects Monday night during a sparsely attended regular meeting.

 

County OK's Intermedia, AT&T merger

 

InterMedia Partners, which provides cable television service for parts of unincorporated Fayette County and Peachtree City, is now part of AT&T's growing network of cable companies.

 

Fayetteville approves cable transfer

 

Fayetteville City Council Monday agreed to transfer the city's franchise agreement with Intermedia cable television system to AT&T under a merger agreement between the companies.

 

Fayetteville workers' retirement benefits kicked up a notch

Fayetteville workers now have a better retirement system at an additional cost of $8,374 a month.

Car, van collide at busy Peachtree City intersection

Traffic was backed up briefly Monday night when two automobiles collided at Peachtree Parkway and Ga. Highway 54.

Two injured in golf cart wreck

A golf cart accident last week in Peachtree City resulted in two injuries and a citation.

Superior Court

The following cases were disposed of Friday in Fayette Superior Court before Judge Johnnie Caldwell:

Child safety seats checked this Saturday

The Fayette County Sheriff's Department's Traffic Enforcement Division, along with Fayette County Safe Kids and the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Occupant Safety Program, will be providing child safety seat technicians at the Back to School Carnival this Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Fayette County Library, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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