For most of his life, Mike Johnson has been in public service. For 25 of those years he worked with Fulton County Fire Department. Today, as the City of Palmetto’s code enforcement officer, Johnson supports the idea of helping people to help themselves in cleaning up the city and making it more attractive.

The 2nd Annual May Day Celebration at Serenbe will be held Sunday, April 29 from 1-8 p.m. in the rolling hills of south Fulton. The event is the culmination of the week-long Earth Week at Serenbe. More than 20 vendors will be featured, including Blue Eyed Daisy Bakeshop, The Farmhouse Restaurant, Bella Cucina, Serenbe Organic Farms, Olive Boutique, Tiffany Mooring and EcoMeme along with local barbecue and kettle corn vendors and local artisans.

The Georgia Department of Transportation and its contractor, McCarthy Improvement, is advising motorists traveling through Coweta County on Interstate 85 northbound that the outside lane will be closed Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, and Monday, April 23 with locations and times varying. Two lanes will remain open.

Pat Murphy of Pathway Communities is slated to become the next chairman of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, according to an e-mail sent out April 20 by current Chairman Dennis Davenport.

David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and all heads of federal investigative agencies in the Northern District of Georgia announce that the 27th Annual Crime Victims Rights Week is scheduled for April 22-29.

Councilman Boone: 'Why bother?'

At the request of the developer, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night postponed consideration of a controversial rezoning on Ga. Highway 74 south near Holly Grove Road for a 300,000 sq. ft. shopping center directly across from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Volunteers from St. Paul Episcopal, Central Baptist, McIntosh High School and Starr’s Mill High School and many others made the kickoff build day of the Newnan Coweta Habitat for Humanity’s Foundation of Faith build a huge success.

For the third time in just over two years, Fayette County has a new administrator.

Public Safety Division Director Jack Krakeel agreed early Wednesday evening to take over as county administrator after the Fayette County Commission asked County Administrator Chris Venice to resign after an executive session.

Nearly 41 acres on Fischer Road will soon be the home of a decentralized wastewater treatment facility. The land is next to Wynns Pond and Peachtree City and will use to treat sewerage from a commercial development across Ga. Highway 34.

Relocate-America.com has named Peachtree City one of its “Top 100 Places to Live” in the United States.

Peachtree City was selected for the honor after it and other nominated cities were parsed for a variety of factors including schools, people and neighborhoods, activities, economic health, environmental health and the beauty of the area.

A number of Fayette County high school students got a live peek at the legal system in action Wednesday morning.

A former Peachtree City resident stationed in Iraq is asking for various donations to help his company as they decompress in their off-time from patrolling central Ramadi.

One of the biggest developments in the history of the Southern Crescent received unanimous approval from the Coweta County Commission to move forward Tuesday night.

Developer Tom Reese doesn’t just have big ideas for Coweta County.

On Monday night, Reese unveiled his plans for a subdivision that would be in the city limits of Senoia, if the county agrees to letting Senoia annex the property.

On April 26th, the city of Senoia and the Downtown Development Authority will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the East Coweta Senior Center on Howard Road in Senoia and will include a light meal.

At the request of the developer, the Peachtree City Council tonight is likely to postpone consideration of a rezoning on Ga. Highway 74 south near Holly Grove Road for a 300,000 sq. ft. shopping center directly across from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

The Fayette County Commission Wednesday afternoon unanimously voted to ask County Administrator Chris Venice to resign.

One of the largest and most upscale developments south of Interstate 20 got a unanimous approval Tuesday night from the Coweta County Commission.

As members of the Predictor-Lotto team ride through the busy City Hall plaza in Peachtree City on Monday morning, prior to the 1 p.m.

If the Peachtree City Council approves a rezoning for a proposed shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 South Thursday night, it will create the largest retail area in the city.

Developer Tom Reese’s vision for an upscale development in neighboring Coweta County could have a huge impact on the financial health of that county and the state.

Over budget and under-funded, the first phase of Fayette County’s newest park, Kenwood Park, will be scaled back a bit to save money, the County Commission decided last week.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now probing the handling of a child abuse case in which the Fayetteville mother accused of striking her child multiple times with a belt is also the assistant director of Fulton County’s office of the Department of Family and Children Services.

Curious residents driving through downtown Fayetteville may have noticed a huge sign across from the old county courthouse.

Larry and Twila Dove, owners of Two Doves Farm, an organic farm located at 380 Ebenezer Church Rd. west of Fayetteville, are self-described environmentalists. This year they decided to put their money where their hearts are.

A developer has withdrawn plans to locate a 92-home subdivision on a 213-acre site in unincorporated Fayette County bordered by Davis Road and Ebenezer Church Road.

It was a low-key affair April 12 at Fayetteville City Hall as two dozen members of the Cool Rahim V.O.T.S. (Victims of the System) Foundation, Fayette County NAACP and others offered prayers and held a quiet candlelight vigil for Rahim Grant, being held without bond in Fayette County Jail on multiple charges stemming from incidents in May and September 2006.

Details on plans to construct Main Street Officer Center, a three-story office and bank building on Ga. Highway 54 where Lanier Avenue and Stonewall Avenue split, were heard at the April 12 work session of Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission.

After more than a decade of service to Fayette County, Public Works Director Lee Hearn feels it’s time to move on to the next challenge in his career.

Alex Rodriguez may or may not get a face-lift for Town Square Jewelers in Fayetteville. Deciding on part of a $200,000 project to significantly renovate the building at Stonewall Avenue and Ga. Highway 85, Planning and Zoning commissioners April 12 denied the proposal after a motion to approve the plan failed, paving the way for a appeal May 3 to the City Council.