Newest councilman says sewer system needs money, might consider expanding outside PTC limits

The chairman of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority, Mike Harman, was chosen from nine applicants Monday night to fill the remaining term left on the Post 1 seat on the Peachtree City Council.

Harman was unanimously selected by council after it was announced he scored the most points of the four finalists who had been selected by council. Each council member scored each candidate on a points system and after the second and final round of voting, Harmon was the candidate with the most points.

Efforts by the Fayette County Commission and other local governments to maintain a firm hand on growth have been successful, according to a new study.

The Fayette County Commission could soon be asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review new voting districts that would equal out population in the districts.

Peachtree City police are rolling out a program that will email crime alerts and other information to citizens and businesses.

Rezoning would cut size of industrial park

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council may vote on a proposed pay raise that could double the salaries for the mayor and council members.

A multi-county drug investigation that began in Fayette County has resulted in 25 people indicted on federal charges stemming from a ring of houses where marijuana was being grown indoors, officials said Tuesday afternoon.

Students who attended their first day of classes at Bennett’s Mill Middle School Monday got the star treatment. School officials said 565 students attended the first day, and were greeted by teachers and staff workers snapping their pictures as students walked down a red carpet.

Undercover drug agents from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested a Peachtree City man who was dealing marijuana out of his apartment at Balmoral Village, police said.

Fayetteville police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Dollar General Store at the Banks Station shopping center Sunday evening.

Police find $1,600 cash and ‘large quantity’ of marijuana

Peachtree City police Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of packaging marijuana for distribution, police said.

While Fayette County may not have an in-house attorney for another 60 days, the county Thursday night insured it will have a legal opinion until the hiring is completed.

Sixth-graders get the star treatment as they walk down the red carpet to cheers, camera flashes and signs welcoming them to the new Bennett’s Mill Middle School Monday.

It should be a brief agenda Aug. 16 as Fayetteville City Council hears the first reading of the city-initiated annexation and rezoning of a 2.5-acre unincorporated island on the southwest corner of White Road and Ga. Highway 314.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.

A Fayetteville man is celebrating a quarter-million dollar win. Yongsang Yi, 44, matched the first five out of six winning numbers in the July 31 Mega Millions drawing and won $250,000.

The North Fayette Community Association will hold its quarterly meeting August 18 at 10 a.m. at the Liberty Baptist Church, 1077 Ga. Highway 314 North, Riverdale, Georgia.

Investigation started in Fayette

A federal grand jury has indicted 25 persons on charges stemming from a large-scale investigation into hydroponically-grown marijuana that began in Fayette County, officials said Tuesday morning.

Mike Harman was chosen tonight to fill the remaining term left on the Post 1 seat on the Peachtree City Council.

Harman was unanimously selected by council after he was announced to have the most points of the four finalists selected by council at a meeting that ended right at 10:30 p.m. Each council member scored each candidate on a points system and the candidate with the most points was deemed the winner.

Photos depicted 3-year-old witnessing sex act

Peachtree City police have secured arrest warrants of four people who were present when a 3-year-old girl was photographed observing sex acts at a Peachtree City home, police said.

Undercover drug agents from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested a Peachtree City man who was dealing marijuana out of his apartment at Balmoral Village, police said.

Police: Emails will help solve, prevent crime

Talk about hyper-connected.

Peachtree City police are rolling out a program in which residents and businesses can sign up to receive email alerts about certain crimes, wanted persons, missing persons, neighborhood watch programs and other events.

A total of 10 people have signed up to seek appointment to the unexpired term on the City Council previously held by Judi-ann Rutherford.

Police find $1,600 cash and ‘large quantity’ of marijuana

Peachtree City police arrested a 16-year-old teen Thursday afternoon who is suspected of packaging marijuana for distribution, police said.

Proudly displaying school supplies donated by The Avenue in Peachtree City is Shounda Coulter, secretary; Diann Ferrante, secretary; Kim Tanaglo-Minshew, marketing manager for Atlanta Avenues; Karen Spangler, CARE coordinator and Brooke Svoboda, school counselor at Robert J. Burch Elementary.Photo/Special.

No curb cuts and driveways along South Fulton Parkway. The addition of a four-lane urban boulevard to mitigate traffic. Maintaining the highway’s current 300-foot buffer. And the addition of five new roads and traffic signals crossing west metro Atlanta’s only east-west state route corridor. Those were some of the recommendations proposed in the now-completed South Fulton Parkway Corridor Study that will be considered by the Union City Council in September.

Fayetteville police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Dollar General Store at the Banks Station shopping center Sunday evening.

Eighteen year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton was murdered late Wednesday night in Fairburn after he and three friends were attacked by up to nine males. Fairburn Police have warrants on three of the nine suspects.

The run up to election time in November is drawing closer. Candidates interested in running have just over two weeks to make their decisions and prepare for the qualifying period beginning Aug. 27. Seats for various offices will be open in Union City, Fairburn, Palmetto and Chattahoochee Hill Country.

It was nothing short of a coup Tuesday at Palmetto City Council when a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance establishing an active adult residential (R-AA) zoning district failed on a 3-4 vote. Those opposed said the reason for the failed vote rested on Palmetto’s history of high density zoning and the proposed ordinance’s lack of language to enforce the 55 and older age requirement.