53 homes axed; total reduced to 699 homes on 400 acres

Levitt and Sons has reduced the number of homes it is seeking to build in its proposed senior housing community “Seasons at Peachtree City,” which is part of a 779-acre annexation proposal for west Peachtree City.

The Georgia National Guard under the leadership of Major General William T. Nesbitt conducted a combined training exercise with the Peachtree City-Falcon Field Civil Air Patrol squadron recently.

Michael Gant and Andrew McDougal, members of Boy Scout Troop 309 in Peachtree City, complete Christmas cards to be mailed to U.S.

The Youth Council of Fayette County is hosting a concert Friday, Dec. 15 that will feature several rock bands.

The headliner is Between the Trees, one of the hottest indie rock bands in the southeast which has almost a million plays on MySpaceMusic and Purevolume. Another band on the slate is 7 Sharp 9 of Atlanta, which tours the country and Kenotia from Marietta which just finished recording in New York and has more than 300,000 plays on MySpaceMusic and Purevolume.

There will no special election to fill the unexpired term of former school board chairman Mitch Powell.

Instead, the board will appoint someone from Powell’s 5th District to fill the last two years of his term. Powell succumbed to lung cancer earlier this month, and Coweta County school officials have been researching the method to replace him on the board.

Law enforcement agencies in Coweta and Fulton counties are seeking three men in connection with the Nov. 16 burglaries of two convenience stores in Newnan and Fairburn.

Saturday night, the city of Senoia kicks off its holiday festivities with “Light Up Senoia,” a colorful Main Street parade and celebration.

The Peachtree City Council and the city’s development authority voted Wednesday night to settle two pending lawsuits over the city-owned tennis center for $920,000 and use a revenue bond to finance the settlement over 10 years.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon is confident the City Council will take a vote at 6:30 tonight to settle two lawsuits over monies owed by the city’s development authority for tennis center improvements by paying $920,407 to a bank and two contractors.

The day after Thanksgiving around Fayette Pavilion found an abundance of shopping solutions to every parent’s question.

In less than two years, the Fayette County Board of Education could be asking the taxpayers for more money to help deal with the county’s growth.

Problems last week with the private sewage system at Landmark Village Mobile Home Park on Milam Road will result in a consent order issued by Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

The proposed annexation of 779 acres in west Peachtree City is now officially under review by the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.

Many in Fayette and south Fulton counties are aware of the illnesses reported since May by residents who say they were sickened after inhaling the onion-like emissions of chemicals from the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) plant on Spence Road.

It might just be the quietest election ever.

Only 18 people voted Monday on the first day of early voting in the runoff election to determine the winner of a statewide seat on the Public Service Commission.

Holiday cheer, brightly-lit Christmas trees, fresh-baked goodies and a fire in the hearth to thaw the chill. They’re all a part of the holiday season.

Students at Kedron Elementary celebrated Veteran’s Day with a school-wide assembly and parade.

The South Fulton and Fayette Community Task Force will hold a Town Hall Meeting Tuesday December 5th at 7pm at Bethany United Methodist Church.

A $1 million grant awarded from the Teaching American History Project was enough to earn recognition from Secretary of State Cathy Cox and the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB).

One Fayetteville teacher’s bright idea for helping students learn math has landed her a large reward.

The Fayetteville Police Department is seeking donations to help purchase Christmas gifts and provide Christmas dinner for local under-privileged families.

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

Tyrone’s search for a new police chief could end soon.

Town manager Barry Amos said the town had been “flooded” with applications and is slowly going through the stack.

The first Annual Tyrone Christmas Parade sponsored by United Community Bank, promises to be spectacular and the Parade Committee needs help from the community and citizens. According to Parade Director, Stephen Ball, “We want everyone attending the Parade to bring a flashlight. Candles are too dangerous, but flashlights will serve as a great alternative for forming a landing strip for Santa’s Sleigh. Mr. Ball adds, “ Since it is a night parade the flashlights can be used to help illuminate the beautiful floats from Cline Float Company.

Six students at Landmark Christian School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.

The South Fulton and Fayette Community Task Force has organized a town hall meeting to be held Tuesday, Dec. 5 at Bethany United Methodist Church (at the intersection of Lee's Lake and Milam/Rivers Road). The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. All community members are urged to attend.

It was like a judicial version of David and Goliath. This time Goliath won. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ruled Nov. 21 in favor of the cities of Atlanta and south Fulton County in a court challenge brought by South Fulton Concerned Citizens (SFCC), the citizens group spearheading the move to form the new City of South Fulton. Judge Bedford’s decision affirmed the recent annexation of more than 13,000 acres of land in unincorporated in south Fulton. SFCC attorney Josh Belinfante said his clients would appeal the decision.

A citizen’s action has helped spur the EPD’s actions against a Tyrone manufacturing company.

For the last two months, James Norton has implored the town’s leaders to do something about the dust problem emanating from Georgia Masonry in the town’s industrial park.

Although Tyrone will still have to return more than $60,000 in development fees to developers, the Town Council agreed Thursday night to conduct a feasibility study on building a new police station and town hall at their current sites.

It was a journey that began as a child growing up in Florida. That journey led to environmental and policy work at University of Georgia and the Georgia Governor’s Office. Now that journey brings Terry DeMeo King to south Fulton County as the Executive Director of Chattahoochee Hills Country Alliance.