Coweta County commissioners gave the go-ahead Nov. 3 for needed roadwork rehabilitation work on three-dozen county streets and roads. The work will likely be bid out rather than using inmate labor due to the size of the project.

The response to heavily involved accidents and emergencies in Coweta will soon be more easily facilitated with the acquisition of a heavy duty rescue vehicle approved Nov. 3 by the county commission. The half-million dollar budgeted purchase is funded with impact fees.

The Carnegie will be open this Saturday for Main Street Newnan’s Market Day crowd. Market Day is the best home grown, handmade or homemade products this side of Atlanta. 

Coweta County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is hosting and the National Weather Service (NWS) is presenting a SkyWarn Storm Spotter class November 10th from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at South Metro Ministries located at 3935 Ga. Highway 34 East 34 iin Sharpsburg.

A McDonough attorney who defrauded people in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Newnan and other Georgia cities in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison today.

Peachtree City police are investigating several reports of thieves stealing purses from automobiles throughout the city today.

Peachtree City voters, your job is not done yet.

Candidates in three races failed to win 50 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff election Tuesday, Dec. 1.

An Oct. 29 agreement between the Federal Reserve System and Georgia Bancshares, the holding company of Bank of Georgia (BOG), stipulates that the company will not declare or pay dividends and will not incur debt or buy or redeem shares without Fed approval.

The Citizen will have vote tallies tonight from the 1-cent SPLOST referendum and from the four council races in Peachtree City, the three races in Fayetteville and the one contested post in Tyrone.

The Line Creek Civitan Club hosted their annual Great Chili Challenge at Shakerag Knoll last Saturday.

Answers: $16.2 million in 300 locally funded positions; 100 extra bus drivers, lots of non-state-paid parapros; 5th-grade band at every elementary school

If all goes well, Sany Corporation’s assembly facility in Peachtree City will be up and running by November 2010.

The Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer already has its U.S. corporate offices in Peachtree City with 72 employees. Once the assembly plant is online, there will be an additional 150-200 employees added to the mix, according to Sany America’s Jack Tang.

A woman was assaulted on a cart path near Huddleston Pond in broad daylight Sunday afternoon, police said.

The incident occurred at approximately 1:45 p.m. The suspect is described as a white man in his late 50s wearing a yellow shirt and gray running shorts with a green stripe.

The Metro Atlanta YMCA leadership is merging the Fayette Family YMCA with the Summit YMCA in Coweta County. The merger was initiated in late 2008 and will not result in any loss of programs. The only change to date is the loss of Fayette’s long-time executive director and the possible merger of the two local boards.

The Peachtree City Council Thursday night will discuss a proposal to lease up to four city-owned sites for construction of new cellphone towers for T-Mobile.

The Fayette County Board of Education Monday night got a glimpse into the future of learning. And it didn’t take a crystal ball to see that the future of the emerging 21st Century Classroom initiative is centered in technology.

The Peachtree City Council Thursday will consider a request to deannex a 10-foot wide strip of land at its northern border with Tyrone at the request of a developer.

A resident’s suggestion to allow fences higher than four feet in front yards will be discussed by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

The Fayetteville City Council will take up a variety of issues Thursday night, including the consideration of a proposal to increase parking downtown and another relating to the lighting of the privately owned soccer field at Tiger Trail and Hood Avenue.

Most areas of county have 25 percent of residents earning less than $1,200 a month

Newly-released data from the Atlanta Regional Commission shows that the lion’s share of Fayette County residents have jobs earning more than $3,400 a month.

That Atlanta Bread Company restaurant at the Fayette Pavilion re-opened Tuesday with a new look and an enhanced menu, both designed to follow the changing preferences of customers.

A massive law enforcement effort to target impaired drivers netted a total of 48 different charges being filed against motorists and others during several roadblocks in Peachtree City Friday night.

A Long Standing Tradition Continues in Brooks

Public schools throughout Fayette will recognize and honor the community’s veterans and active duty military personnel on Veterans Day (November 11) with breakfasts, special programs and receptions.

Later tonight tune in here at TheCitizen.com for continuously updated election results as they come in.

The Citizen will be reporting live from election central in downtown Fayetteville.

The health departments in Fayette and Coweta counties have a very limited supply of H1N1 shots available.

State health Communications Officer Hayla Hall said Monday morning the vaccine is available for pregnant women only. Those receiving shots are required to have either verbal or written consent from their obstetrician.

The Fayetteville City Council will take up a variety of issues Thursday night, including deciding on four alcohol violations from two restaurants, a grocery store and a convenience store. The board will also consider a proposal to alter parking downtown and another relating to the lighting of the privately owned soccer field at Tiger Trail and Hood Avenue.

Marist may have knocked several Whitewater teams out of contention for state titles in the past (soccer, baseball, softball) but the Lady Wildcat volleyball team came out strong and outlasted Marist the in the second and third games in their best of five series to capture the AAAA state title on Saturday afternoon.

In the final week of the regular season, a week before teams from the two sub-regions meet, the games were not close. Whitewater beat McIntosh 45-10, Starr’s Mill shutout Fayette County 34-0 and Sandy Creek deafeated Northgate 37-3.

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine is urging Georgians to change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the same time they change their clocks back to standard time Nov. 1.

But 2 have revealed preferences online

In Peachtree City politics, apparently it’s every man and woman for themselves. Or mostly anyway.