A bid to annex 14 acres into Peachtree City for a 48-unit assisted living complex was turned down by the City Council last week.

The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) is celebrating Christmas in October. NCAA’s annual Christmas Artist Market is a three-day event today through Sunday. Fine art, crafts, gift items plus refreshments and children’s activities are all planned throughout the weekend.

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Mike and Kevin talk about Sandy Creek and Whitewater’s softball teams making the Elite Eight. They also discuss the five local teams that have made the state volleyball playoffs.

Peachtree City police arrested three people Wednesday for cashing fraudulent checks.
Ironically it was one of the suspects himself who called police after the other two tried to shake him down, police said.

Mike Boylan spent the first 17 years of his life in Beverly, Mass., a small city north of Boston. He has been a life-long Red Sox fan. John Thompson spent his youth in Denver, Colo. and spent many summers at minor league Denver Bears games.

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On a recent vacation to Egypt, (L-R) Beth Nicholson, with mother, Virginia Williams, both of Fayetteville, had a lot of fun with The Citizen in different locations, “but I thought this one was unique,” Williams said.

Fayette’s new in-house counsel served as Commissioner Maxwell’s lawyer in suit against Fayette

Fayette County’s new in-house attorney, Scott Bennett, admitted earlier this summer that he had given the city of McDonough bad legal advice on an ordinance banning cameras from public meetings. Turns out his advice, if followed, would have been a violation of the state open meetings law.

Six of the seven candidates for two seats on the Peachtree City Council answered questions at a forum Monday night sponsored by the Peachtree City Civic Association.

By the middle of November, Fayette County’s parents should be able to see what elementary schools their children will be attending next year.

Starting Monday, Peachtree City residents wanting to vote early won’t have to go far.

The Fayette County Board of Elections will have voting machines at the ready on the bottom floor of the Peachtree City library. The area will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

$50+ million project to be PTC’s 1st ever gated community

The Peachtree City Council approved a rezoning for a 310-unit senior residential development off Rockaway Road, down from the original proposal of 376 units. It’s the first approval of a gated community in the city’s history.

Moments before it was to be considered by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night, a developer withdrew his request for the city to consider selling part of Line Creek Drive to make room for a 89,000-square-foot Kohl’s department store off Ga. Highway 54 West.

Consultant Kelley Carey shows the school redistricting committee one of the two maps being considered as finalists in redrawing all elementary school attendance lines.

A Fayetteville woman was awarded more than $360,000 in both actual and punitive damages in a civil malpractice suit she filed against a local attorney.

An east Fayette teen was arrested last week for making a threat via email to burn down his house, according to an arrest warrant filed by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.

In the face of furious neighborhood opposition, a developer Monday night abandoned his plans to seek a dense redevelopment of three spacious lots along Robinson Road on Peachtree City’s eastern border.

Fayetteville City Council agreed to table a request by Oddo Brothers on a proposal to development a 58-acre, 101-home subdivision at the northwest corner of Ramah Road and Beauregard Boulevard. Project representative Tom Hardy said the move would allow time to look at other options and possibly revise the application.

Starr’s Mill’s volleyball team captured another area title over the weekend and will once again enter the state tournament as a no. 1 seed.

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City Planner David Rast announced at the beginning of tonight’s Peachtree City Planning Commission meeting that William Gibson Jr. of Georgia Classic Homes withdrew his request to rezone the Freeman, Jones and Carter tracts at the northeast corner of Robinson Road and Spear Road from ER (estate residential) to LUR (limited use residential).

With a rash of thefts from vehicles between Friday night and Saturday morning, Peachtree City Police are asking citizens to lock their vehicles and report any suspicious activity.