Tyrone’s $5.7 million budget for next year is almost a done deal.

During Thursday night’s Town Council meeting, town manager Barry amos presented an overview of the budget. Amos said that nearly 32 percent of the revenues needed for next year are from state grants.

Sandy Creek High School’s graduates left the stage ha

Tyrone residents won’t have far to travel this year if they want some family fun on July 4.

At least one of the two candidates ousted by Fayette elections officials from running for the Fayette County School Board might get a reprieve, judging from the reaction of the judge who heard the appeal cases Thursday afternoon.

Lt. Col. Jim Steinbach helped participate in

The Peachtree City Council deep-sixed a proposal Thursday night that would have allowed the town of Senoia to treat up to 500,000 gallons of sewage a day at a Peachtree City plant.

Maybe TDK Boulevard will be built after all.

A $2 million grant has been secured for Falcon Field to purchase property to the north and expand its runway safety area, U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss announced late Thursday afternoon.

A Fayetteville couple was arrested Thursday afternoon at their home on Princeton Trace for growing 24 suspected marijuana plants in an outdoor garden and in the master bedroom closet.

Union City became the first of the South Fulton cities to hold a public meeting to address residents’ questions and concerns about the proposed annexation of 7,000 acres, a move that would more than double the geographical size of the city.

Reece Center for Handicapped Horsemanship has a long history of enhancing skills and confidence in riders with disabilities.

The June 1 meeting of the South Fulton Parkway Alliance was primarily an occasion for representatives from the City of East Point to present their annexation plans to the South Fulton County group intent on having only quality development on the local landscape. Alliance members also heard from Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards, who responded to the East Point proposal and to Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s recent invitation to residents of unincorporated South Fulton to be annexed into Atlanta.

The rezoning and annexation recommendations of properties located in four unincorporated islands within Union City was largely uneventful at the Planning Commission’s May 30 meeting. The fly in the ointment was the opposition by two of the affected property owners and the ongoing determination by residents along High Point Road who objected to rezonings that mirror the already densely populated subdivisions on Union City’s north side. They said that density and the City Council’s lack of accountability is causing major problems for the community.

It has been around forever but it is still brand new. Members from in and around the Rico Community gather May 18 for food and good conversation at the grand opening of Rico Cultural Center, Rico Library and Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy.

The City of East Point announced last week its intentions for annexation into unincorporated South Fulton County. Not only do those plans more than double the size of the existing city, they also overlap with the annexation plans of Union City.

The Fairburn City Council meeting June 6 may have a short agenda but it will be one that is significant for soccer fans across south metro Atlanta.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police Between May 17 and May 30:

Mary Garrett, 32, Palmetto, theft by takig

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The Peachtree City Council deep-sixed a proposal Thursday night that would have allowed the town of Senoia to treat up to 500,000 gallons of sewage per day at a Peachtree City plant.

City manager asking for six fire, police positions

The Peachtree City Council will get its first crack at the proposed 2006-2007 budget starting Monday night at a workshop at City Hall starting at 6:30.

If Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon had his way, CSX would abandon its construction of what is essentially a parking area for trains adjacent to a residential area.

It was a time of reflection as the McIntosh and Starr’s Mill Classes of 2006 graduated last Friday night. Smiles mixed with tears as the students accepted their diplomas.

The Peachtree City Council is slated to meet Wednesday night with the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to discuss the issue of city residents paying for county EMS services.

Attorneys are still in negotiations over a possible settlement to the lawsuit filed by Peachtree National Bank seeking more than $1.5 million in unpaid loans from the city, its development authority and the tourism association.

There appears to be no stopping the powerful engine of growth that has run over Coweta County in the last decade.

In the recently approved five year plan of the Coweta County School System, officials are projecting 659 students to enter the schools during each of the next five years.

It was a Memorial Day for the ages.

Nearly 3,000 residents and visitors spent the day in Senoia Monday and celebrated the sacrifices made by America’s heroes.

As over 20,000 Coweta County students took their final exams, signed yearbooks, said their summer goodbyes and finished their last day of the school year, so many teachers and school employees also went about their very last day of school on May 26.

Author and Magical Storyteller, David Ginn, presents “Secret Tales from a Lost Castle” to kick off the summer reading program “Once Upon a Time…” for The Senoia Area Library.

OPINION

By CAL BEVERLY
editor@TheCitizen.com

So the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority wants to act like a for-profit business and wholesale its sewage treatment — OUR sewage treatment — to out-of-county Senoia users who have yet to move in next door.

A first for PTC, an OK would fuel growth machine in neighboring town; Senoia to get lower rate than PTC users.

It is getting to be a habit, and a bad one at that. Cinemark Tinseltown 17 movie theater in Fayetteville was hit again May 23 with yet another health violation. And again, it involves rodent urine and feces. The May 23 find has Tinseltown slated for an Aug. 22 appearance in Fayetteville City Court.