Agreement beats July 31 deadline for grant

An agreement in principle has been struck in a complex land deal that will allow officials to proceed with building the road extension of TDK Boulevard to link with Coweta County, officials said Wednesday.

An armed robbery Wednesday at The Herb Shop in Peachtree City bears an interesting similarity to other recent hold-ups in Fayette County.

Senoia City Councilman Perry Benson resigned Wednesday and the City Council is expected to decide Aug.7 whether to appoint an interim councilman or wait until the fall elections.

South Fulton County just keeps on evolving. The most current addition to the idyllic landscape dominated by lush rolling hills and upscale homes is the Martha Stewart-inspired Hampton Oaks community on Ga. Highway 92 at Butner Road. Open to the public beginning July 29, Stewart and builder KB Home provided a glimpse of the new community earlier in the week.

Former mayor says ‘intent’ was to vote in public

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and MATT NOLLER

Peachtree City has put together a bid package to host the start of next year’s Tour de Georgia bike race.

If the bid is approved, the city would host a number of pre-race events and an estimated 350 hotel rooms will be full for at least one night if not more, said Lauren Yawn, executive director of the Peachtree CIty Tourism Association.

The Coweta County School System is moving forward in its efforts towards ending a 1973 injunction surrounding racial issues.

The Peachtree City Council proposed a plan to add one extra police officer to the force by the end of the year at its July 20 meeting.

Following a busy summer of construction, the Coweta County School Board plans to dedicate several schools before the first day of the new school year.

Peachtree City police are investigating a robbery that occurred at The Herb Shop on Commerce Drive Wednesday afternoon.

“Our goal is to have no source of [onion] odor emanating from our facility. What’s left now is the vapor that is lingering,” said Morris Azose, an official with a waste treatment plant on the Fayette-Fulton border.

For Sandy Creek Road resident John Abernathy and his wife Delores, there is no question that the onion-like smell of the pesticide component Propyl mercaptan coming from the PSC waste treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92 across the county line in south Fulton is responsible for the renal failure he suffered in June.

If your house was reassessed this year — and most Fayette homes were — you’ll likely be paying more taxes to the Fayette County Board of Education this fall.

George Ingram sells tomatoes from his truck parked off Jeff Davis Drive to a passerby Monday.

The Fayette County School System is hopeful the newest contract from a developer to buy surplus school land near Inman, southeast of Fayetteville, will come to fruition.

Fayetteville City Council July 20 unanimously adopted the city’s $9.591 million Fiscal Year 2007 general fund budget, a 4.31 percent increase over the current year.

Fayette County Commission incumbent Linda Wells nearly squeaked out a victory despite facing two challengers in last week’s primary elections. She fell 194 votes short of winning outright without a runoff in a three-way race where 11,445 votes were cast.

First, he ordered a sandwich.

But instead of pulling out his wallet to pay, the “customer” drew a gun and demanded money from the cash register at the Blimpie store in the Fayette Pavilion Monday afternoon, police said.

When the school bell rings on Aug. 7, Fayette County’s summer construction projects should be virtually complete.

That’s the word from construction manager Klaus Darnell, who updated the Fayette County School Board Monday night on his busy summer.

Nearly 200 new teachers participated in teacher induction activities July 24-28.

Scholarships are now available for students interested in attending the University of Georgia Griffin Campus this fall semester and majoring in agribusiness.

As students get ready to head back to school on August 7, many will be entering the school system for the first time or graduating to middle or high school.

Fayette County Public Schools is seeking input from parents and the community regarding the 2007-2008 school calendar.

The Community Bankers Association of Georgia (CBA) congratulated Southern Community Bank, Fayetteville, and Gary McGaha, President & CEO, for being selected as the winner of the CBA’s 2006 Quality Service Award and Georgia’s Community Bank of the Year. The winner and finalists were announced at the CBA’s 38th Annual Convention and Trade Show at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, where over 500 community bankers, associate members, and guests convened to network and share ideas with fellow bankers.

They came for an answer and they got it. Now they are waiting to see the results. And for furious and fearful residents of unincorporated south Fulton, Fairburn, Union City, Tyrone and north Fayette County exposed and sickened for weeks by the onion-like smell of pesticide component Propyl mercaptan, the words of Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards will long be remembered.

The Peachtree City Council proposed a plan to add one extra police officer to the force by the end of the year at its July 20 meeting.

Multi-family reference draws resistance

Tyrone’s draft of its community assessment report — designed to help guide future growth — will undergo some changes now that the planning consultant has gotten some feedback from the community.

Thanks to a contribution from the Fayette County Board of Commissioners, the town of Tyrone has an additional $18,000 to spend on recreation this year.

Few local commuters will be surprised to learn that I-85 between Fayette County and I-285 is one of the least congested areas in metro Atlanta, according to a recent study.