Congressman Lynn Westmoreland will host a Town Hall meeting Thursday from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at City Hall in Peachtree City.

Large lots, viable downtown pique residents’ interests

Nearly 100 Tyrone residents turned out Thursday night to offer their vision for how the bustling town should grow.

The grand opening of A Fine Art Photo Gallery in Tyrone located at at 105 Glendalough Court recently had great attendance from the community.

The summer of annexation is not over yet. Annexations in unincorporated south Fulton continued Oct. 9 with Fairburn City Council voting to annex 855 acres on the city’s south side.

The City of Fairburn Oct. 9 joined a growing list of cities, counties and community organizations calling for an end to operations of the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92 near Fairburn. Among other stipulations, the resolution called for PSC to relocate its Fairburn facility and offered the city’s technical assistance in resolving the issues that have resulted in illnesses to hundreds of area residents.

Fulton County School System has announced three rounds of community meetings in October, November, and December to address the redistricting process for a new elementary school and two middle schools under construction in South Fulton County.

The skies overhead were perfect Oct. 7 as thousands made their way to Fairburn’s Festival of Arts, Antiques & Music.

Fairburn Business Association will feature Christian City President and CEO Robert Crutchfield at the Oct. 16 meeting. Crutchfield will speak about the concept of Christian City, the organizations progress throughout the years and its future plans. The meeting will be held at the Fairburn Annex building on Washington Street and will begin promptly at 6:30 PM.

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland continued his attacks on the media during a feisty debate Wednesday night with Democratic challenger Mike McGraw in Newnan.

Deal requires land from Pathway, Planterra golf club

The deadline has come and passed for a federal grant to the Peachtree City Airport Authority that will pave the way for TDK Boulevard to be extended from Peachtree City into Coweta County.

Landscaping along highway coming soon

The latest big retailer to be coming to Peachtree City will be Petsmart.

Coweta’s four County Commission candidates gathered at the Central Education Center in Newnan Wednesday night to introduce themselves to the voters.

The American Red Cross - Coweta County Chapter has kicked off its 3rd annual HEROES fundraising campaign this month. The HEROES campaign, scheduled to run through Oct. 31 raises funds to support ongoing disaster relief and health and safety programs for Coweta County residents. The target goal this year is to raise $25,000 for needed services in the county.

Kedron Elementary School in Peachtree City has been named a national “Blue Ribbon” school by the U.S. Department in Education.

Chamber members and local businesses will showcase their products and services at BigExpo October 19. This 12th annual event takes place at the Coweta County Fair Grounds & Conference Center, 275 Pine Road from 4-8 p.m.

The City of Peachtree City is seeking volunteers for positions on the city’s recreation commission, airport authority and water and sewer authority for terms beginning in January of 2006.

The banning of the Confederate flag on clothing at Flat Rock Middle School has opened a racial chasm at the school and is setting the stage for perhaps a bitter battle over upcoming new school boundary lines.

Jake Fisher, 15, and Katie Simpson, 15, both of Fayetteville, enjoy a spin on the Scrambler at this year’s Fayette County Fair, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

A Peachtree City woman presented the City Council with a petition Thursday night urging the city to make significant changes to the proposed annexations for the West Village area.

A proposed national law that would allow property owners to file property takings cases in federal courts passed the U.S. House of Representatives nearly two weeks ago, with a favorable vote by local U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland.

Attorneys for Fayette and south Fulton residents alleging harm from chemical releases at the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn have amended the proposed class action lawsuit to include a broadened definition of the harm done to residents and their property.

What is needed is a hand up, not a hand out. And for north Fayette resident Larry Wicker and his family, that hand would be especially meaningful.

A little over a year ago, Pastor Glen Allen was heading from his home in New Orleans to deliver a sermon in Shreveport, La. He was bringing his wife, Carla, and two children, Glen Jr. and Zoe, with him for the weekend, but their journey would last a lot longer than a weekend and would take them much farther than Shreveport.

Thanks to Georgia lawmakers, Peachtree City has had to water down its sign ordinance.

A new statute passed by the General Assembly has forced the city to remove its time limit restrictions for political signs, according to City Attorney Ted Meeker. The newly amended ordinance was adopted Thursday night by the council.

Repairs to the spillway at Huddleston Pond won’t occur until the spring, according to Peachtree City officials.

The fix was initially projected for this month, but the problem was more extensive than originally thought and the pond level has been lowered at the recommendation of the consulting engineering firm to reduce the risk of a dam breach, officials said.

No one was seriously hurt early Thursday evening when a Doraville man sped briefly into oncoming traffic in Fayetteville as sheriff’s deputies tried to arrest him on drug charges stemming from an undercover sting.

Attorneys for both sides in the waste treatment plant class action lawsuit will be able to have their say after all. An Oct. 4 ruling in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia gave attorneys the ability to discuss aspects of the case with putative, or supposed, members in the class action case.

United Way has announced that the 2007 United Way Community Impact Fund grant process is now open to eligible participants. The Community Impact Fund awards one-year grants to local organizations with programs aligned with Fayette County United Way community priorities. Trained volunteers review applications, conduct site visits and award grants.

A Starr’s Mill High student will have a hand in advising State School Superintendent Kathy Cox about matters impacting the state’s educational system.

The Fayette Democratic Women will host Pat Pullar, Deputy Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia, on Saturday. The breakfast meeting will be held at the Cox residence in north Fayette County. The breakfast meeting begins at 10 a.m..