Tyrone officials turned down a commercial rezoning request Thursday night for a 10-acre parcel off Ga. Highway 74 between Jenkins and Sandy Creek roads.

But property tax bills will go up

Tyrone residents will see an increase on their town property tax bills, but the town will be able to hold its millage rate the same as last year, officials said.

An article in Friday’s edition of the Peachtree Citizen incorrectly noted the date of the runoff election for the Post 5 County Commission seat and other statewide races. The correct date is Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Tyrone finally received funds for recreation from Fayette County, but the timing of the award has two City Councilman up in arms.

Residents in south Fulton and north Fayette counties fed up with being sick and finding no help from their county governments filed a class action law suit Monday over illnesses they say were caused by the onion-like smell of Propyl mercaptan coming from the Philip Services Corp. waste treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92. To date, more than 225 say they are sick or have been since the smell began weeks ago and nearly 800 have signed a petition demanding immediate action.

The work of annexing one of Union city’s larger unincorporated islands came to an end July 18 as council members held 134 back-to-back public hearings to rezone and annex 67 parcels in Vickers Mill subdivision.

South Fulton Chamber of Commerce is no stranger to having more than its share of noteworthy speakers at its monthly meeting. The organization’s meeting Thursday was no exception as Gov. Sonny Perdue took the podium before a large crowd at Georgia International Convention Center in College Park.

Palmetto Elementary School held its annual Spelling Bee recently, with first place going to Trey McLendon in Ms. Tomecek’s fifth-grade class. Trey will go on to compete in the Fulton County Spelling Bee.

Georgia Dept. of Transportation announced that two southbound lanes of I-85 will be closed Monday, July 24 from 8 PM until 4 AM Tuesday morning.

The Fulton County Board of Education has named Kiné Geathers as the new Sandtown Middle School principal. Mrs. Geathers comes to Sandtown after serving three years as a curriculum assistant principal at Banneker High School and three years as a counselor at North Springs High School. She began her education career as a high school counselor in DeKalb County. In addition, she was the summer school principal when the program was at Banneker High School in 2005.

Join the Fairburn Police and Fire Departments on August 1, from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. in Duncan Park for “National Night Out.”

Schools in Fulton County have announced their new student registration dates and Open House dates for the 2006-07 school year. The new school year begins Monday, August 14, for the majority of Fulton County students. Two south Fulton elementary schools, College Park and Parklane, operate on a year-round calendar and begin school on July 24.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between July 12-18:

Cyril Kirkland, 50, Fairburn, disorderly conduct-public drunk

Two Peachtree City residents have been cited for failing to keep their children in school as prescribed by law, police said.

Police have connected two Peachtree City teens to the theft of two golf carts in the city.

One of the carts was stolen from the Wilshire Estates subdivision and the other from the Morallion Hills subdivision, police said. Both were later found abandoned, which is a typical occurrence in the summer as the carts are stolen for “joyrides.”

A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of an escapee from a work release program in Hall County, Peachtree CIty police said.

“This is one of the greatest things that’s ever happened in my life.”

Those words spoken by County Commission-elect Eric Maxwell to a crowd of devoted supporters at the Longbranch Restaurant in Fayetteville brought one of the county’s hottest elections to a close, just before 11 p.m. Tuesday night.

The new traffic light on Ga. Highway 74 at Georgian Park and Ardenlee wasn’t up and running as expected Wednesday afternoon.

Litter is on the rise in Peachtree City, both along the 90-mile cart path system and along city streets, officials said.

Peachtree City has purchased a vacant parcel of land near the Fairfield subdivision in hopes of solving a flooding issue at a home in the subdivision, officials said.

A Peachtree City teen who passed out at the Twiggs Corner Condominiums late Tuesday night will face drug charges, police said.

“My goal is simply this. Since there is no answer and nobody knows anything, then let’s shut the plant down until we find some answers,” Edwards said. “This stuff is serious.”

Motorists who travel the western leg of Ga. Highway 54 between Peachtree City and Coweta County experiences less traffic congestion Thursday morning.

Coweta County Commission Chairman was ousted Tuesday night, in the only locally-contested races.

Tarbutton lost to political newcomer Tim Lasseter, who stressed that he was a life-long Coweta County resident. When the unofficial results were tabulated Tuesday night, Lasseter received 792 votes to Tarbutton’s 705 votes in the western commission district.

Starting Monday, Coweta County and Senoia residents will see their outdoor watering times severely limited.

The Coweta County Commission voted Tuesday to impose level three drought water restrictions on county residents because of the lack of rain and Newnan Utilities implementation of the more severe restrictions.

Four Coweta County Schools are considered “Needs Improvement” schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, and will offer school choice options under some circumstances for the 2006-2007 school year.

Four linemen from the East Coweta football program won the truck push event at the Velocity Sports Lineman Challenge last Saturday.

Democratic County Committee-At Large
Judy Chidester-3456
J.Peter Lewin-2687

Democratic County Committee-B
Nancy Broadwell-500

Attorney Eric Maxwell beat incumbent Fayette County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn in a Tuesday night squeaker by 256 votes out of 11,416 cast, with all but about a hundred military absentee ballots counted.

County Commission Post 4

Linda Wells (I) 5528 (48.33%)

Jack Smith 3268 (28.57%)

Sam Chapman 2643 (23.11%)
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