The city of Senoia plans to poll local business leaders about a three-mill increase in property taxes.

The tax would go to fund a full-time downtown development director, who would spend time marketing the downtown and trying to lure more businesses to the burgeoning business district.

It was over before it ever started. A brief discussion by Coweta County commissioners April 17 ended in a 3-1 vote to approve a zoning request from Pathway Communities for the massive Twelve Parks development in east Coweta.

Hundreds of people are expected to visit Senoia for a host of events this weekend.

The latest event that promises to draw more residents and visitors to the historic downtown is"Art Senoia." The art show debuts April 25 with an opening reception from 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at 20 Main Street in historic downtown Senoia. This is the first event of the newly formed Cultural Arts Committee of the Senoia Downtown Development Authority.

The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in the Atlanta area May 8.

There is just no stopping Senoia. The Coweta County Commissioners April 17 approved an annexation request by the city on 36.91 acres originally submitted by Constantin Soulakos. The site on Ga. Highway 85 is zoned R-40 Conservation Subdivision and OI (Office Institutional).

Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House listed in National Register

The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House, located on Lanier Avenue West, in Fayetteville, Fayette County, was listed in the National Register on April 10, 2008. The city of Fayetteville prepared the nomination materials and sponsored the nomination.

Second graders raised money and helped mitochondrial disease sufferer Riley Peek, who made a guest appearance at Huddleston Elementary School in Peachtree City to meet the students and thank them for their donation.

A Decatur husband and wife have been arrested by sheriff’s deputies after she allegedly was paid to have sex with a man at a south Fayetteville home early Saturday morning, according to warrants for their arrest.

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A 16-year-old from Fairburn was arrested Tuesday morning after he wrecked a stolen vehicle in Peachtree City and bolted from the scene, sparking a school-closing manhunt, police said.

By JOHN MUNFORD and JOHN THOMPSON

Next week the political landscape for the upcoming primary elections will shape up as qualifying starts next Monday and ends the following Friday at noon.

Peachtree City’s new police chief has hit the ground running in his first official week in office.

Halifax C. “Skip” Clark said Monday that he’s been attending group briefings to learn about the how and why of department operations. He has also been holding “office hours” so he can meet one-on-one with all individual officers in the department. He also will do the same with individual non-sworn members of the administrative staff and even members of the auxiliary (volunteer) arm of the department.

Jessica Lakeman was 36 weeks pregnant, one week short of her scheduled C-section.

When she started hemorrhaging at the family’s Fayetteville home last April, she and her husband J.D. were ready for it.

Board of Education may ‘bank’ wetlands

Inman Elementary is currently on track to open its doors in August. Fayette County School Board got an update Monday on construction at the Ga. Highway 92/Inman Road school.

What is being billed by East Point-based Heritage Creek Development as an upscale retail and luxury residential development on 13.7 acres at Ga. Highway 54 and Lafayette Avenue in Fayetteville will have to wait a little longer.

For Commissioner Herb Frady, there’s really one main reason why he’s chosen to run for re-election to the Fayette County Commission.

A study of producers and consumers not only taught students the ebb and flow of economics but also the importance of giving back to the community.

Fayette’s deployed military personnel will soon receive a special gift from the Fayette County School System’s Transportation Department.

Donations still needed for Fayette’s first “honor flight”

Organizers, volunteers and veterans met at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church recently for their first meeting with Honor Flight Fayette in preparation for the upcoming May 14th flight to Washington, D.C., where they will tour the World War II Memorial.

The Kiwanis Club of McIntosh Trail is hosting a Classic Car and Golf Cart Show at the Peachtree City Home Depot parking lot Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

Today [Wednesday, April 23] Fayette County residents will have an opportunity to engage in a public information session on the proposed transit vision for the metro Atlanta region, known as “Concept 3.”

Jonesboro-based Heritage Bank, with two locations in Fayetteville, is reporting a half-million-dollar loss for the first three months of this year and describes “pressure” on earnings, due in part to delinquent real estate loans, representing about 6 percent of its outstanding loans.

Following a multi-car police pursuit down Ga. Highway 54 that ended near Holy Trinity Catholic Church, police arrested three young men Sunday afternoon related to the discharge of an Air-Soft gun that looked like a “solid black gun with a big barrel” at an adjacent motorist at a stoplight.

Environmentalist says kids will be exposed to viruses

Peachtree City has entered a contract with the city’s Water and Sewer Authority to irrigate fields with treated sewage at the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. Highway 74 south.

The Peachtree City Council unanimously passed a slate of budget cuts Thursday night in response to shrinking sales tax revenues.

Developer suggested buying part of nature area

Despite a recent media report to the contrary, it seems Costco isn’t close to coming to Peachtree City after all.

The county’s only radio station is headed to Tyrone.

On Thursday night, the Tyrone Town Council vote unanimously to allow radio broadcasting studios in the C-2-Downtown Commercial zoning district. The vote clears the way for the station to move into the Legacy Theatre building, just off Ga. Highway 74.

Suit: chemicals migrated to three properties

A lawsuit alleging that three parcels next to a Peachtree City gas station were contaminated by the business is likely headed for a jury trial later this year.

The McIntosh Trail Kiwanis Club has donated $250 to the Southern Conservation Trust to further its efforts to protect greenspace in Fayette and Coweta counties. From left: Dennis Koehler, Kiwanis member and SCT board member; Abby Jordan, SCT Executive Director; Phil Boswell, President of McIntosh Trail Kiwanis and Bonnie Helander, SCT Development Director.

New Peachtree City Police Chief Halifax C. “Skip” Clark was welcomed to Peachtree City Thursday night when he was sworn in by Mayor Harold Logsdon. Clark said he was particularly proud of the city’s officers who make the department so great. A large contingent of officers attended the meeting as a visible showing of support. Photo/John Munford.