Would bring total repair bill to $1.1M for $1.8M facility

Peachtree City officials are recommending that another $720,000 be spent to replace the faulty exterior walls of its police headquarters, which are believed to be a primary source of moisture entering the building.

A bill that would change Fayette County’s way of electing the County Commission is drawing sharp rebukes from different segments of the county’s leaders.

On Thursday, the Fayetteville City Council will get a look at a proposed concept plan that would locate nearly 89,000 of retail at The Villages. The council will also consider a bid award for improvements to Pye Lake Dam.

Property along Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville has been in the bulls-eye for developers in the past couple of years. That trend continued Feb. 12 at the Planning & Zoning Commission work session when East Point-based Heritage Creek Development revealed a proposed concept plan for 88,930 square feet of retail at The Villages. The plan is a down-sized version of the 2000 development agreement between the city and the original developer.

From the response by a room full of Spring Hill Elementary and Sarah Harp Minter Elementary parents and the faculty of East Fayette Elementary, it appeared that a decision by the Fayette County School Board Feb. 13 night to go with the three-way plan proposed recently by the community was a match made in heaven.

Local WWII veterans will soon be flying to their new WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part of a national program headed up locally by a retired Fayette County school teacher and a local land surveyor.

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

A businessman is set to open Peachtree City’s first tattoo parlor, called Area 54 Tattoos, in the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center, which also features a Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s.

Score a bulls-eye for Fayette’s hunters who use archery equipment.

Last Thursday, the Fayette County Commission refused to adopt regulations to govern archery hunting in the county. Commissioner Eric Maxwell wanted to limit the area hunters could use on their own property, but the motion failed due to lack of a second.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon, R, was recently honored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club for his support and participation in the first-ever Dragon Boat Race, which was held in October as part of the club’s Touch the World festival. This year’s race will be held in September. Logsdon was presented with a plaque by race coordinator Bill MacDonald and Rotary Club President David O’Rear. Photo/Special.

Burglars hit two Tyrone businesses last weekend but made off with only an undetermined amount of cigarettes at one of the break-ins.

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police between Feb. 7-13. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Peachtree City Parks and Recreation Department employees recently presented a donation to Promise Place in memory of longtime PTC employee Jane Miller who recently passed away. The check was presented by recreation employee Joyce Williams, R, to Christine Jordan, vice president of the Promise Place board of directors.

Georgians will have an opportunity, clouds allowing, to see a total eclipse of the Moon on Wednesday night, Feb. 20. The next total lunar eclipse visible from Georgia won't occur until December 2010. For this month's eclipse, members of the Flint River Astronomy Club will have their telescopes and binoculars set up for free views by the public. The site will be in front of the club's usual meeting place, the Stuckey Building on the Griffin campus, University of Georgia, at 1109 Experiment Street. Telescopes will be set up at 8 p.m. to view the Moon, Saturn, and various stars, and the eclipse begins at 8:43 p.m.

As NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers strap in for the 2008 season, Atlanta Motor Speedway prepares to offer tickets to the March 9 Kobalt Tools 500 for what could be the lowest price in track history.

If Walgreens is to locate in the building occupied by Ruby Tuesday’s, it needs to have a conceptual site plan approved by March 3.

Two juveniles involved in a gang-related “beat-in” fight at a Fayette County High School restroom in December received stiff jail sentences Tuesday evening in juvenile court.

Fayette County is not changing its watering restrictions for now, meaning there will be no "hand watering" of plants nor any watering of newly-installed landscaping, whether done by a professional or by the homeowner.

The Peachtree City Optimist Club held its annual Youth Appreciation Banquet on Monday, Feb. 11 at Flat Creek Country Club.

City can cover loss with fund balance from 2007

Sales tax revenues for Peachtree City are down about 8 percent from projections, but the city can make up the shortfall so far with an overage of cash on hand left from the end of the 2007 fiscal year, City Finance Director Paul Salvatore told the City Council last week.

By now, trees should have been removed and grading started on a development that would transform East Coweta and West Fayette forever. Instead, the land just across the county line in Sharpsburg that is slated to be McIntosh Village looks like every other undeveloped tract in mid-winter.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission signed off on two conceptual site plans Monday night, but urged the developers to continue tweaking the plans.

Two juveniles involved in a gang-related “beat-in” fight at a Fayette County High School restroom in December received stiff jail sentences Tuesday evening in juvenile court.

One of the juveniles, who was found to be a recruiter for the Bloods gang, was sentenced to four years in jail while another juvenile, who was participating in the fight to regain his rank in the Crips gang, received a two-year sentence, said Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard. Both were found guilty of felony charges that carry a sentence of up to five years.

Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) recently honored Northgate High School with a 2006-2007 Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award in recognition of exemplary sportsmanship exhibited by the student body, staff and school community at competitive events during the 2006-07 school term.

In celebration of Arbor Day, the Beautification Department of the City of Newnan, the Newnan Tree Commission, and Mayor Keith Brady are visiting each of the City’s five local elementary schools to meet with each schools’ kindergarten classes to emphasize the value of trees. This is the 7th year the program has been in existence.

Huey Lewis and the News - May 3 and 4

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - May 9 and 10

Kansas - May 16 and 17

The Outlaws and Poco - June 13 and 14

A former NFL player pled guilty today to one felony count of obstructing a police officer for biting a Fayetteville police officer and running into a house to avoid several officers who were trying to arrest him in February 2006.

It was an nothing short of a meeting of the minds Wednesday night as the Fayette County School Board voted unanimously to adopt a four-part motion essentially identical to one proposed by the community.

City gets roads back if final site plan unapproved within 5 years

The Peachtree City Council voted 3-2 tonight to approve a development agreement that includes the city abandoning two roads at the southwest corner of Ga. Highway 54 West and Planterra Way so they can be sold to a shopping center developer.

The vote clears the way for Capital City Development to seek up to three stores of no more than 50,000 square feet each and a total combined size of 175,000 square feet for the entire development. But should CCD seek any store larger than 32,000 square feet or the entire development to be larger than 150,000 square feet, it will have to seek a special use permit under the city's current big box ordinance.

Feb. 13, 2008 — State and federal officials report that Fayette County schools are NOT involved in the investigation into possible bad meat sent to some school lunchrooms in 28 other counties.