Area Cub Scouts gathered at Peachtree City’s Holy Trinity Catholic Church for the annual Pinewood Derby last Saturday.

It’s once again safe to put a yard sale sign alongside Peachtree City’s streets.

Yard sale signs and real estate directional signs were banned from city rights-of-way last June when the City Council adopted changes to the sign ordinance. That was fixed Thursday night when council approved new changes to the sign ordinance.

Call it Harold’s first stand.

Chalk it up as his first loss, too.

New Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon stuck to his guns for his proposed change to the city’s sign ordinance, but the rest of the City Council firmly rejected his proposal Thursday night.

The North Fayette Community Association welcomed candidates running for Post 1, Fayette County Commission during a political forum Feb. 18. They are running in the March 21 special election to fill the unexpired term of the late A.G. VanLandingham, who died Dec. 2, 2005.

Fayetteville Planning and Zoning commissioners Feb. 14 got their first look at a proposed mixed use medical office and residential development located near the southeast quadrant of Ga. Highway 54 and Burch Road. Across the intersection, Burch Road becomes Gingercake Road.

Fayetteville Council members Feb. 16 approved a measure that will use 2001 Bond Fund Project Account money to make improvements to The Villages Amphitheater and the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House.

Several local restaurant owners have asked the Peachtree City Council to reconsider its restrictions for alcohol serving permits.

Longtime Peachtree City defense attorney Joe Saia has been named the chief public defender of the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette County.

The United States Postal Service unveiled 8 new stamps here depicting characters from children’s books. The event was held at the Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville.

Peachtree City resident Kevin Madden has announced he will run against incumbent State Rep. Dan Lakly for the 72nd District seat this November.

This weekend will be your last chance to catch two well-known and very different plays.

Fayette Players and Community Theatre will present Neil Simon’s raucous comedy, “Barefoot in the Park,” at the Fayette Family YMCA, 215 Huiet Road, Fayetteville.

Three students brought home the gold and silver at the 2006 Literacy Days Festival sponsored by the Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency.

Weather radios provide advance warning

Moments before severe weather strikes, some Fayette County residents will hear an alert from the county’s storm siren system.

Gov. Sonny Perdue announced last week more online services available to Georgia drivers from the Georgia Department of Driver Services. Georgia citizens can now obtain a copy of their personal driving history and request a replacement for a lost license through the agency’s Web site (www.dds.ga.gov).

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week:

Peachtree City Police Department

A community meeting on transportation issues, particularly several in north Fayette County, will be held Monday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at Liberty Baptist Church.

No one was injured when a Tyrone family’s home caught fire late Monday morning in the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park off Senoia Road.

True to his word, state Sen. Kasim Reed has introduced two bills in the Georgia General Assembly that may well change the future of South Fulton County.

State Sen. Kasim Reed continued his whirlwind tour of locales around South Fulton County earlier this week, conducting town hall meetings designed to inform residents on the move to consider incorporating South Fulton into the cities of South Fulton and Chattahoochee Hills and to answer questions on the measure.

Fairburn council members Feb. 13 voted to annex and zone property on both sides of I-85. A 101.6-acre tract along I-85 between Bohannon Road and City Lake was cited for possible use as an office park with accompanying retail while a 1.2-acre tract at Ga. Highway 74 and Oakley Industrial Boulevard is currently being developed for retail.

It is an extravaganza by any measure. The Anniversary Gala and Banquet to celebrate Christian City’s 40th year, held Feb. 11 at the Airport Hilton, is the site of hundreds of guests enjoying an evening full of 1940s-style music, dancing and memories.

Fairburn council members decided Feb. 13 to split the city’s sanitation service between two providers.

CLM Sanitation will provide residential service while Advanced Waste Disposal will serve commercial customers. Cost-saving measures to customers was cited as the reason for the decisions.

Congratulations to the Bear Creek Middle School students whose projects won at the Fulton County Social Studies Fair. The winners included:

Now that the town's new library has a site, the Town of Tyrone is getting serious about cleaning up Shamrock Park.

Town Manager Barry Amos briefed the Town Council Thursday night on possible revisions to the town's master plan. Originally, the library, along with a new municipal complex was slated to be built in Shamrock Park. But Amos said residents objected to the idea and said they wanted the park to remain a park. Amos then suggested the town hire Jerry Petersen to re-work the city's plan for the area and detail what could take place in the park.

Emotions ran high Thursday night as a community leader clashed with Tyrone officials over his plan for a teen youth center.

The Legacy Theatre is moving locations before the ground was even broken on the previous location. Instead of being located on Senoia Road toward Peachtree City, the theatre will now be located on the end of Carriage Oaks Lane, close to Chaps on Ga. Highway 74. Both owner Bethany Smith and the town of Tyrone are very pleased with the new location.

By next fall, Sandy Creek High School will be able to hold track meets on campus.

As parts of its special projects list, the Fayette County Board of Education approved $300,000 Monday night to build an eight-lane rubberized track at the high school on Jenkins Road. Directory of Facility Services Mike Satterfield told the board the school currently has a six-lane asphalt track that’s fine for practice, but don’t meet standards for staging track meets at the school.

Both the Sandy Creek and Landmark Christian School varsity girls basketball teams won their first round state playoff games on Saturday night. The wins put them in the sweet 16 of their respective classifications.

Longtime Peachtree City defense attorney Joe Saia has been named the Chief Public Defender of the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette County.

Peachtree City is about to dramatically revamp its “big box” regulations so they can better withstand a legal challenge in court.