Fayette County Commission candidate Eric Maxwell has denied a charge from opponent Greg Dunn that Maxwell is a developer.

The following list is a detail of the funds raised as reported by each candidate on their campaign disclosure reports filed with the Fayette County Board of Elections. Candidates are required to identify donors who give $101 or more to their campaigns, and those listings are printed below, along with a tally of how much the candidate has raised year to date, including any additional funds carried over from last year in the case of the incumbents.

The attorney for a Sharpsburg teen accused of murdering his friend at an unsupervised teen party in Peachtree City June 20 confirmed Tuesday that the case may come to a resolution before a trial.

All of Fayette’s 27 schools made Adequate Yearly Progress in the federal No Child Left Behind program, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Education.

Several Peachtree City streets will be repaved this year thanks to funds from the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Computers replace paper voter lists at polls

Any voter wanting to avoid lines on “election day” Tuesday can vote early today through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fayette County Board of Elections Office, located in the county’s Stonewall government complex in Fayetteville.

Recalled as tireless worker; staff ‘heartbroken’

Fayette County Elections Superintendent Margaret Malone died unexpectedly Sunday morning, on the eve of the 8 a.m. start to the early voting period for the July primary election.

Early next year drivers should see improvements to the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 East and McElroy Road. The Board of Commissioners recently finalized an agreement with DOT to install turn lanes and a traffic signal at the intersection. Turn lanes will be placed on Hwy. 54 for drivers from both directions who wish to turn onto McElroy Road. Also, for drivers exiting McElroy Road onto Hwy. 54, both right and left turn lanes will be added. The addition of a traffic signal will complete the project.

An active adult oasis of unbelievable size and scope is emerging from the metro Atlanta landscape. Pulte Homes, the nation’s leading builder of active adult communities with its Del Webb brand, broke ground Monday on Sun City Peachtree in Spalding County, a community designed to treat active adults like royalty.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Georgia teachers will be able to use their $100 gift cards during the state’s tax free holiday. The 2006 tax-free holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. August 3 and continues until midnight August 6. It combines last year’s two tax-free shopping periods into one four-day period.

Scholarships are now available for students interested in attending the University of Georgia Griffin Campus this fall semester and majoring in agribusiness.

Five men were arrested July 5 in two separate busts on crack cocaine and methamphetamine “ice” charges.

Kelley Lamont, 27, of Augusta, Jarquay Hillsman, 17, of College Park and Mazo Jones, 28, listed as homeless, were charged in the first bust with sale of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, according to Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force Commander Mike Pruitt. Seized in the bust was one-quarter ounce of suspected crack cocaine.

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

Fayette County Elections Superintendent Margaret Malone died unexpectedly Sunday morning, on the eve of the 8 a.m. start to the early voting period.

Voting for next Tuesday’s primary election began today and runs through Friday at 5 p.m. at the Fayette County Board of Elections Office, located in the county’s Stonewall government complex in Fayetteville.

Tyrone finally received funds for recreation from Fayette County, but the timing of the award has two City Councilman up in arms.

It was a real slice of Americana. Tyrone’s first July 4 Celebration at Shamrock Park was a mix of food, music, games and just plain fun. It was also the occasion to celebrate the lake’s recently installed fountain, outfitted with lights.

The smell just won’t go away. Several residents in south Fulton and north Fayette counties have become ill and many more disturbed by the strong onion-like odor coming from the Philips Services (PSC) treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92. The odor of pesticide ingredient Propyl mercaptan has permeated parts of those counties during the past three weeks, triggering increasing complaints June 29 when its most recent shipments showed up at the facility. Though the shipment was refused and returned to its Alabama source, its brief exposure to the air is wreaking olfactory havoc with increasing numbers of neighbors and those living within a 50 square mile area of the plant.

It had to be some kind of world record. For two reasons. Union City Planning Commission June 26 conducted a whopping 137 public hearings on the proposed rezoning and annexation of remaining unincorporated islands located within the city. Commissioners voted to recommend the measures while a near-empty chamber room heard the repeated echoes of three affected residents who opposed the plan.

This map is a representation of the of proposed areas of annexation by the cities of South Fulton County.

Palmetto City Council voted 5-1 Thursday to approve the rezoning and annexation of the 98.6-acre property belonging to the Hugh Johnson estate. Located along the west side of Ga. Highway 154 on the north side of the city, the property is the location for the proposed development of a 144-unit subdivision.

The next meeting of the Fairburn Business Association takes place July 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairburn Annex, 40 Washington Street in Fairburn. City Councilman Scott Vaughan will address the group and present a program entitled “Building Political Clout- Power, Politics and You,” a politica education seminar for the business community. A queston and answer session follows. The meeting is open to all business owners and others interested in becoming involved iin support of the Association and the City of Fariburn.

Special Agent in Charge Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, in conjuction with Chief Richard J. Pennington, Atlanta Police Department, provided the following information:

Reverend Eugene M. Boger has been named as the new minister for Rivertown United Methodist Church.

Rev. Boger is the youngest pastor assigned to the church in its 119th year history.

A Peachtree City woman and her friend apprehended a 14-year-old who tried to steal her golf cart from the AMLI apartments on Barberry Lane early Friday morning, police said.

A former Peachtree City resident Friday evening reported a happy ending to a tale of two 13-year-old girls taking an unauthorized joyride to Florida.

The second participant in a foiled plot to steal an ATM from a Fayetteville gas station has been identified, police said.

Land swap off the table; deeds protected property

First Baptist Church of Peachtree City has abandoned its request to acquire the city’s existing Pebblepocket tennis courts in a land swap to build a community center.

Accused of killing friend at PTC party

A Sharpsburg teen accused of murdering his friend at a Peachtree City party June 20 will appear in court next Friday to seek bond on the offense.

Peachtree City’s July 4th parade got off to a big bang this year.