Work has started on the the latest building project in downtown Senoia at the corner of Main Street and Seavy Street.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission has expressed concern about two different site plans filed with the city that show large big box retail stores in the works.

Developer wants to give lake parcel for city-owned tract

The Peachtree City Planning Commission is asking the city to limit the extent of a proposed land swap with a commercial developer involving a city-owned tract on Ga. Highway 54 West north of the Line Creek Nature Area.

Tower height a problem near airport; 2 existing towers in question

The Peachtree City Council has denied a request to build a cell tower in the city’s industrial park because it is located too close to Falcon Field.

To celebrate Saturday’s 15th Annual Pancake feast sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City, Kiwanis member Rich Bowerman read pancake-themed books to approximately 20 pre-school children during storytime at the Peachtree City Library.

Peachtree City now has more than 7,700 golf carts which have been registered as part of the city’s new registration process.

Coweta county’s newest water resource should be up and running in March.

That’s the word from County Administrator Theron Gay who said the B.T. Brown Reservoir in the northwestern part of the county will provide the county with added water for the growth that is on its way.

The Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity recently selected a new board chair and members.

Registration for next year’s Coweta County kindergartners and pre-kindergartners will be held through March 12 through 23 at district elementary schools.

A bridge construction project just north of Fayetteville will shut down to one northbound lane Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The latest vision for a 379-acre tract John Wieland Homes wants annexed into Peachtree City was met with praise from the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

The city of Senoia is on the verge of completing a deal that could provide sewerage capacity to the massive McIntosh Village development proposed for Fayette’s doorstep.

A hunter has paid the price for shooting a Brooks family’s pet dog Fender back in November.

Tommy Grier, 32, of Palmetto must surrender his hunting license for a year and pay $100 towards the dog’s grave marker and $1,200 to the Fayette County Humane Society, according to the ruling by Fayette County Magistrate Joe Tinsley.

Fayette County’s newest school has its first principal.

Rae Presley-King, who is currently an assistant principal at Booth Middle School in Peachtree City was approved by the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night for the top slot at the new school.

The first development in the huge tract of land in Fayette’s center could be a new school.

School spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach confirmed Tuesday the Board of Education has entered into a contract to purchase 30 acres at the intersection of Sandy Creek Road and Tillman Road to build a new elementary school that would open in 2009.

After cordial complaints from several in-home music teachers, the Peachtree City Council held off on proposed changes to the city’s home business ordinance Thursday night.

The “bucket brigade” has had its swan song.

Under a new ordinance adopted by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night, no one will be allowed to set up shop on or near city streets and highways to hit motorists up for money or business.

After intermittent discussions over the past few months the Fayetteville City Council Jan. 18 adopted an ordinance outlining the use of motorized carts. The ordinance addresses registration, authorized and unauthorized uses, hazardous activities and special rules, and liability and penalties.

Last week, The Citizen’s columnist Sallie Satterthwaite wrote about a colorful but out-of-place Mandarin duck spotted bobbing in the Three Ponds recreation area in Braelinn Village.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce held its 40th annual banquet last Saturday night with 350 members present. Outgoing President Mark Gray said that the first banquets were held as pot luck dinners in the Fayetteville Masonic Lodge. A crowd of 40 people then was considered a success.

A traffic stop on a vehicle with a wanted suspect netted a significant drug confiscation for Fayetteville Police Saturday morning, police said.

What do ski trips and golf carts have to do with each other? At the 2007 “Angels Among Us” Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction, a ski trip, golf cart, and many other items will be auctioned off to raise funds for Fayette Youth Protection Homes, a local, non-profit organization which provides a safe and loving environment for children who have been the victims of abuse or neglect.

Friday is moving day for the Southern District Office of the Metro Atlanta Red Cross. The Red Cross office, serving Butts, Clayton, Fayette and Henry counties, is leaving its Mount Zion Rd. location in Morrow to share new office space in the national American Red Cross Disaster Field Supply Center in Forest Park, near the Georgia State Farmer's Market.

While students are just halfway through the current school year, now is the time to begin the application process for those families considering private school education for their child for the 2007-2008 school year.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and Humana have joined forces to offer a discount to small businesses that offer health insurance for their employees.

When the Career and Technical Education Department (CTE) at Whitewater High went looking for a way to build a scholarship fund for their students while giving them some hands-on work experience, their ideas turned to a prom fashion show.

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

The Tyrone Town Council sent a clear message to developers thinking about developing a tract near Flat Rock Middle School: leave it alone.

What was long held a dream by many in the Chattahoochee Hill Country area of South Fulton County is poised to become reality. In keeping with the concept that would contain development within a small fraction of the 40,000-acre Hill Country, plans have been submitted to create the 2,000-acre Friendship Village at South Fulton Parkway and Rivertown Road. Far from being an enclave, Friendship Village is envisioned to be a full-spectrum community designed to melt into the rolling hills of south Fulton while maintaining nearly two-thirds of the community as greenspace.

Planning commissioner Ken Matthews, pictured left, accepts thanks for his tenure on the Planning Commission during Thursday’s Town council meeting.