Sales tax, other revenues fall along with poor economy

Tuesday night the Peachtree City Council will be presented with a list of proposed budget cuts to address an anticipated $912,000 revenue shortfall this budget year due to the downturn in the economy.

Elite Salon Suites on North Glynn Street was burglarized twice Sunday night in a matter of about 8 hours.

The first incident occurred near 7 p.m. when the owner found the that the business had been entered and a number of smaller items stolen, according to Fayetteville Police spokesman Lt. Glenn Askew.

Help may be on the way to soften the hard concrete vista provided by the sound buffering walls erected on the Ga. Highway 74 road widening project.

Dog will search for drugs, suspects in variety of situations

The Braelinn Kroger has historically made it a point to support law enforcement, and that effort has continued with a $500 donation that will go towards purchasing a dog for the department’s planned K-9 unit.

Council, planners to ponder tweaks to commercial zoning rules

Peachtree City’s City Council and Planning Commission will have a joint workshop Tuesday night to discuss changes to the city’s commercial and open space zoning ordinances.

The Peachtree City Fire Department will once again be a collection point for the annual Toys For Tots campaign. Fire Stations 82 located at 105 North Peachtree Parkway and Fire Station 81 on Paschal Road will both be collection points.

Senate, appeals court races on tap

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday so voters can help decide three outstanding statewide races.

Includes Rockaway Road realignment to traffic light

It should get worse before it gets better, but in the end it should be worth the wait. The project for the second phase of the widening of Ga. Highway 74 in west Fayette County is expected to be let in March and completed approximately two years later.

Police: Gunman shot another then killed himself

It appears that the murder/suicide at an east Coweta County residence last weekend stemmed from a domestic dispute. In its wake, 14 year-old Anthony Olbert was killed by his stepfather, Newnan resident Reginald Hines, who subsequently turned the gun on himself after shooting his wife’s uncle and chasing his wife Michella down the street.

Fruition can sometimes denote more than a cognitive state of attainment. In the case of Fruition Farm, the newly opened equine center sets the stage for mind to meld with matter in a pristine rural environment that inspires tranquil reflection and introspective learning.

Senoia officials are expected to add a modest budget in the city’s plans to help the city’s new historical preservation commission.

Toys And Food For Needy Children To Be Collected

 

All kinds of interesting things have happened in the history of Grantville. The latest concerns the famous Budweiser Clydesdale Horses, which were part of the plans for this year's Grantville Day festival.

The Rotary Club of Coweta-Fayette celebrates literacy by giving the Souns for Literacy program to the A. Mitchell Powell Jr.

On January 15, 2009, Coweta County will honor its next Citizen of the Year, and the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce wants your nominations by Friday, December 19. Nomination forms are available through the Chamber.

Peachtree City police are asking the public to watch out for a group of four people involved in stealing $3,000 of robes and gowns from the Chico's Soma store at The Avenue in Peachtree City.

Peachtree City police issued a warning today urging businesses to be on the lookout for a person using a stolen credit card.

Wood burning stove likely started blaze

A home off Ebenezer road just outside of Peachtree City burned down Monday night, but both people inside the home at the time managed to escape unharmed, fire officials said.

The wired generation may soon have the plug pulled on them, at least while they’re driving, if a proposal is approved by the Georgia Legislature next year.

State School Superintendent Kathy Cox and her husband John, owner of Fayetteville-based Pebble Hill Homes, Inc., filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Nov. 17, according to information obtained by The Citizen from U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Newnan. The couple lives in Peachtree City.

An armed Peachtree City man died Saturday evening after he was shot by Coweta County sheriff’s deputies investigating a suspicious person call on McIntosh Estates Lane, less than a mile due west of Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

Advanced preparation is always a preferred approach to handling an emergency. That was the clear intent of the Disaster Life Support Training conducted in a four-day course last week at the former East Fayette Elementary School in Fayetteville.

A dramatic facelift for the was approved by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

For the third time in a little over a year, Zaxby’s restaurant in Fayetteville was hit around closing time Monday night by armed robbers. The restaurant was the scene of two other armed robberies since August 2007.

A Fayette County judge wants to expose high school students to the law of the land: the U.S. Constitution.

Superior Court Judge Christopher C. Edwards will teach a free class on the topic for 15 weeks on Saturdays at the Fayette County Public Library. The class starts Jan. 10 and runs from 10 a.m. to noon in Fayetteville and is open to the first 150 approved applicants, who must include a copy of their last report card as proof of their minimum B grade point average requirement.

Concerns over pensions is a sign of the economic times, including in Fayette County. The Fayetteville City Council is considering a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP) to help offset budget concerns due to the worsening economy.

It could not have come at a better time. Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton accepted the department’s share of money seized in 2007 as part of Operation Shooting Star. Heaton received a $92,232.43 check from Sheriff Randall Johnson in a brief ceremony Monday.

The voters spoke, the city council adopted the required amendment and restaurants with existing alcohol sales licenses can now serve alcohol by the glass in Fayetteville on Sundays in addition to the other six days of the week.

If you wanted to be among the first people to set eyes on the new 2010 Mustang models, Tinseltown theater in Fayetteville was the place to be last week.

Fayette County School Superintendent John DeCotis has been selected as a candidate for inclusion in the 2008-2009 Honors Edition of the Cambridge Who’s Who Registry.

The mathematics textbook adoption committee has selected materials to recommend for use in the Fayette County School System beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. The textbooks are for Math 3, Accelerated Math 3 and Math 4.