Any remaining question that local, state and federal elected officials doubt the claims of illnesses by hundreds of Fulton and Fayette residents over exposure to chemicals from the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) plant in Fairburn evaporated Tuesday at Bethany United Methodist Church. Coming on the heels of an agreement between Fulton County and PSC that prohibits the company’s discharge of industrial wastewater into the county sewer system after Dec. 22, the South Fulton/Fayette Community Task Force town hall meeting saw a litany of elected officials rallying strongly to the citizen’s defense and joining residents in openly questioning the intent of Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the results of a recent study by Georgia Division of Public Health (DPH).

The town of Tyrone moved forward on two sewer contacts Thursday night, that could signal a decrease in rates for its sewer customers.

It definitely pays to hold you tongue and your temper. Two Fairburn residents learned that lesson the hard way after being arrested in separate domestic incidents.

Several of the class of new musicians at Christian City show their skills as graduates of the Guitars Not Guns Music Program Nov.

Philip Services Corp. (PSC) agreement Monday with Fulton County to no longer discharge industrial wastewater into the county sewer system will have an effect on its operations. The extent of that effect and all operational options are currently being evaluated by company officials and Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

An eight hour traffic blitz Dec. 3 by Union City Police resulted in nearly 250 traffic stops and five arrests. Periodic blitzes are designed to reduce the number and severity of crashes and to help free up emergency medical services for city residents, said Public Information Officer and Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network Coordinator George Louth.

Arrests are pending for five Palmetto juveniles on charges stemming from burglaries of two residences last month.

A homeowner on Carlton Drive interrupted a Nov. 6 burglary upon arriving at the residence. The perpetrators had busted a sliding door in the rear of the house to gain entry, said Det. John Cooper. the homeowner found that an Xbox 360 video game console had been stolen, Cooper said.

What to do? That was the question put to property owner Iliana Huerta over a potential condemnation of a house at 506 Griffith Street.

For years, Tyrone parade-lovers have only had the Founders’ Day parade to watch.

This holiday season some Fayette students will receive gifts that will truly make a difference in their lives.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Fayette County School System’s CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program is sponsoring an angel tree at the LaFayette Educational Center (LEC). What makes this angel tree different is that instead of collecting toys and gifts for needy children, it fulfills nontraditional needs such as hearing aid batteries, after school program scholarships, home repairs, band instruments, extra curricular activity fees and eye glasses, to name a few.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Nov. 22 and Dec. 5:

Angela Dennis, 32, Fairburn, aggravated assault

A house off Adams Road in unincorporated Fayette County was heavily damaged by a Friday afternoon fire.

Although the cause of the fire is still under investigation, it appears that it likely started while soldering work was being performed to repair a pipe, said Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

The fire is being ruled accidental in nature, Nelms added.

House ordered to be sold in divorce judgement

Officials are still investigating what has been called a “suspicious” house fire in the Smokerise subdivision late Sunday evening.

Citizens watched as Peachtree City’s “Grand Christmas Tree” was lit Saturday night near Drake Field.

Senoia’s residents made their disdain quite clear Monday night of the proposed design for the new library.

Architect Brian Haun presented a proposal to the City Council for the new $500,000 library to resemble an old-fashioned train station. Haun showed slides of other train station during the early 20th century, and then unveiled his proposal, which was met with an almost universal disappointment.

The Peachtree City Library now has a kiosk where patrons can check out their own books.

Hundreds of residents ventured to downtown Senoia last Saturday to kick-off the holiday season.

The Booth Middle School eighth grade band is participating today in a performing arts workshop at Walt Disney World in Florida.

A plan to build a shopping center on the south side of Ga. Highway 54 West will be discussed Monday night in a workshop meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Transportation, tutoring among biggest needs

With some experience now under their belts, Peachtree City officials are wanting to improve the fledgling after-school program the city hosts for Booth middle school students.

Newnan High School was tops in the 2006 Can-A-Thon drive in Coweta Count, raising 30,167 in food items to help refill the local Food Pantry.

Candles will glow, polished wood will gleam, and you will step back in time to the sights and sounds of Christmas a hundred years ago. Catch a glimpse of an old-fashioned holiday celebration during the Senoia Candlelight Tour of Homes this Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. Five historic houses and a beautiful Victorian church will open their doors to enchant you with the charm of Christmas past.

Two cell phone stores were burglarized this week in Peachtree City, with a large quantity of cell phones and accessories taken, police said.

Six vehicles were broken into Wednesday morning at the Braelinn Golf Course parking lot, police said.

The windows of the vehicles were broken and a purse was taken from each vehicle, police said. The incident occurred sometime between 10:30 and 11 a.m., police said.

DOT urges alternate routes; work starts at 9 a.m.

If you plan to drive north through Fayetteville Thursday morning, expect some delays due to work that will be performed at the intersection of Ga. Highways 85 and 314.

Former right-hand man says he was wrongly demoted, claims sheriff was told beforehand

Former chief sheriff’s detective Bruce Jordan said he used to look up to Fayette Sheriff Randall Johnson as a father figure.

Should anybody be surprised that the jolly old elf arrives in a golf cart to kick off the city’s tree lighting ceremony Saturday?

McIntosh Village may connect to PTC cart paths alongside TDK Extension; new sewer system could discharge into Line Creek

Philip Services Corp. (PSC) agreement Monday with Fulton County to no longer discharge industrial wastewater into the county sewer system will have an effect on its operations. The extent of that effect and all operational options are currently being evaluated by company officials and Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

Congressman David Scott in September asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn until answers to hundreds of illnesses in Fayette and south Fulton counties could be found. EPA’s answer: No.