There is a lot to be done in a new city between elections in November and the start-up of municipal operations December 1. It is within that short time window that Chattahoochee Hills Organizing Committee is recommending that the new mayor and city council select Denver-based utility, public works and municipal operations company CH2M HILL OMI (Operations Management International) to help design, implement and operate the municipal services.

The Fairburn City Council meeting Aug. 13 had a full agenda with a variety of topics. But nearly all in the standing room-only crowd of 100 came for just one item, a proposed garbage transfer station on Bohannon Road. A decision on the proposal is expected at the Aug. 27 meeting.

Residents at Oakley Township subdivision on Oakley Industrial Boulevard are nothing if not persistent. Battling developer D.R. Horton on and off for years, the local homeowner’s association continued their tenacious ways Tuesday night as Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards, Rep. Virgil Fludd and Sen. Kasim Reed listened to residents’ concerns on proposed developments along Oakley Industrial and offered suggestions and advice on how to handle the issues.

Palmetto Police have arrested one man in connection with an Aug. 13 residential burglary on Menefee Street. Additional arrests are expected.

It is a completely different way of thinking about the fuel that powers the vehicles we all drive. But running a fuel such as used cooking oil through an engine equipped to handle it causes a dramatic decrease in pollution and provides an alternative for a world addicted to oil.

Quick work by Tyrone Police Officer Janine McElwaney Aug. 10 led to the arrest of three men after they fled River Oaks subdivision on Ga. Highway 74.

The November election is approaching in Tyrone, with the qualifying period set to begin in just over a week. Voters will decide on elected offices that include the mayor and the at-large council seats for Post 1 held by Mike Smola and Post 2 held by Paul Letourneau.

New site features greater bandwidth, more room for growth

The Citizen’s online interactive local news site got a major technical upgrade this weekend, and our readers will be affected. The upgraded site went live Sunday (Aug. 19).

Video excerpts from a recent interview with Roland Haas, author of "Enter the Past Tense: My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin" and local Peachtree City resident. To read the first part of the two part article, click HERE.

Video excerpts from a recent interview with Roland Haas, author of "Enter the Past Tense: My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin" and local Peachtree City resident. To read the first part of the two part article, click HERE.

The American Red Cross is in urgent need of O-type blood donors, as supplies have dwindled to less than a day's worth, officials have said.

A proposed rezoning for a 21-acre shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 across from Holly Grove Road was tabled by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

Assistant Superintendent of Operations Sam Sweat said Thursday night the committee to establish new boundaries for the county's elementary schools will have new maps by the November board meeting.

Council also votes to avoid appeal of GRTA suit

The Peachtree City Council tonight narrowly approved doubling the salaries of the mayor from $9,000 to $18,000 a year and of council members from $6,000 to $12,000 a year.

While police and sheriff’s deputies were searching for the man who held up the Southcrest Bank in Fayetteville Wednesday morning, more than 2,200 homes and businesses in the vicinity of the bank were called with a recorded message warning them to use caution and lock their doors, officials said.

Imagine a time when people cared less about breast cancer. A time when October was not filled with breast cancer walks and pink-themed events; where breast cancer incidence was lower, but so was its survival rate. It is this time in which Janet Beebe, 57, was diagnosed with breast cancer, 24 years ago.

Three people arrested for being involved in taking pictures of a 3-year-old girl witnessing a sex act at a Peachtree City home were denied bond in court Tuesday, officials said.

Meeting set for Thursday at Falcon Field

Peachtree City residents are invited to participate in a public forum Thursday night that will help shape the city’s future growth and development.

The Wilbon Clay-Robert Wood Community Center will officially be dedicated on Saturday, August 18 at 11 am. The event will include a program, a ribbon cutting, tours of the buildings and refreshments provided by the American Veterans Terry Allen Post 910. The Clay-Wood Center is located at 135 Heery Road, Newnan, Georgia. The center had a “soft” opening on August 3, 2007

Coweta County school officials are still crunching numbers, but so far it looks like the county’s stratospheric growth is beginning to slow down.

Registration for Coweta County Night High School classes has been extended through Tuesday, August 28. Interested students can register Monday through Thursday, 12 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. during that period, at the Central Educational Center.

Coweta County and the city of Senoia will start negotiations Monday afternoon on a deal the could ultimately provide the proposed McIntosh Village with one million gallons of sewer capacity.

Sharpsburg resident and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center patient, Chase McCarragher (left), poses with Children’s Sibley Heart Center patient, Jacob Silis of Lawrenceville, at Camp Braveheart, an annual camp for cardiac and heart transplant patients of Children’s, held at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, Ga each summer.

The Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity chapter celebrated another series of new homeowners. Pictured is Bob Peebles,vice president Habitat board, Deborah Kalish, Board of Directors Secretary, Atauya Sinkfield, new Habitat homeowner, Ermagene Sinkfield, Atauya’s mother and Leslie Merriman, executive director of Habitat. Photo/Special.

Police hoping for DNA match on criminal database



Click HERE to see the photo of the gunman.

The man who robbed the Southcrest Bank in Fayetteville shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday came prepared to execute the crime.

But he was sloppy, dropping an estimated three-quarters of the money in a wooded area behind the bank as he made his getaway, said Beverly Trainor of the Fayetteville Police Department. The gunman also left behind the white glove that he wore on his right hand during the heist, Trainor added.

To our readers:

The Citizen website was offline for nearly 12 hours Aug. 15 and 16 because of an equipment failure at CyberWurx, a data and hosting center in downtown Atlanta. The outage also affected many dozens of other sites hosted at that location.

A Thomaston couple was arrested Tuesday night in Peachtree City in a drug reverse involving one ounce of methamphetamine.

Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday got a look at proposals for a commercial development at Ga. Highway 85 and Grady Avenue and small gated subdivision on White Road.