It’s going to be a competitive race to see who will replace A.G. VanLandingham on the Fayette County Commission.

When qualifying ended Friday, five candidates had qualified for the race. For the first time in many elections, the race will pit Democrats versus Republicans. The candidates are:

Ga. Highway 92 North will soon be home to hundreds more residents.

The Fayette County Commission on Thursday approved more than 140 lots that will be developed by John Wieland Homes. The property will be developed as a conservation subdivision, which allows homes to be clustered and maintain more green space.

In a county known for its golf-cart lifestyle, the county seat, Fayetteville, has no golf cart ordinance.

So, Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission started on a path Jan. 10 designed to consider implementing a golf cart ordinance. Board members said it was only a beginning and assigned no timetable to the consideration.

The Fayette County Board of Education kicks off the retreat season this Saturday with a short trip of about two blocks to the Lafayette Education Center in Fayetteville. Although it’s a short trip, the board plans to tackle many items during the open session that runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Fayette County Democrats will host its monthly breakfast meeting Saturday with breakfast starting at 10 a.m. at Chaps Restaurant in Tyrone. Three Fayette County Democratic candidates — Kevin Madden, Wendy Felton, and Rod Mack —will address the group.

Call it voter ID, part 2.

After a federal judge struck down the voter identification bill passed by the Georgia legislature last year, lawmakers are close to passing a bill that addresses the chief shortcoming outlined by the judge.

Dawn Burnette of McIntosh High School is one of 11 finalists for the 2007 Georgia Teacher of the Year award, according to state school superintendent Kathy Cox’s office.

The Peachtree City Dog Park Association will meet 7:30 p.m. tonight at the city recreation building off McIntosh Trail.

The Greater Fayette Republican Women will install new officers at their meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the International House of Pancakes in Fayetteville beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Genius Series, sponsored by the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, is an in-depth training program for business owners and employees interested in taking their business to the next level of success. The Series has been created to provide quality, affordable “how to” training in all areas of business. The curriculum is divided into quarterly areas of focus: Quarter 1, Marketing; Quarter 2, Finance; Quarter 3, Customer Service; Quarter 4, IT Organization.

Discussion of the possibility and implications of the incorporation of two new cities in South Fulton County continued Jan. 9 in Cliftondale. The setting was one of many similar meetings being conducted to introduce the first of its kind concept to area residents.

Gas station mgr. faces marijuana possession charge

Three employees of the Shell Food Mart in Palmetto were arrested on drug charges Tuesday in a joint operation by Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force and Palmetto Police.

Hannah cites major accomplishments in annual address

The past year in Fairburn was, in many ways, a groundbreaking one in terms of growth, development and public safety. Those and other accomplishments were touted by Mayor Betty Hannah Jan. 9 in the annual State of the City address.

Union City Mayor Ralph Moore is slated to give his State of the City address at the Jan. 17 City Council meeting. Also on the agenda will be a number of items customarily addressed at the first session of the year.

Green Oil Company employees Felicia Stovall, Donna Nichols and Beza Duressa display a $15,200 check presented recently to the Empty Stocking Fund.

New planning commissioners OKd in 3-2 vote

Tyrone now has a full slate for its Planning Commission, but only by the narrowest of margins.

These lazy hazy days of winter may be coming to an end for a while.

Retired biologist Dennis Chase put the town of Tyrone on an environmental warning last week.

“You should be setting an example instead of just trying to get by,” he told the Town Council during its meeting Jan. 5.

These lazy hazy days of winter may be coming to an end for awhile.

Would occur every five years under staff proposal

Peachtree City residents may soon be required to register their golf carts every five years.

Four Peachtree City teens who participated in an armed robbery on the golf cart path near Blue Smoke Park just before Christmas are “not at school” according to a schools spokesperson.

A north Georgia man was arrested yesterday by Peachtree City Police in an ongoing sting targeting Internet child predators, police said.

Peachtree City resident Phil Jones wants the city to get cracking and landscaping the median on the southern end of MacDuff Parkway.

Developers seeking to annex property into Peachtree City’s corporate limits will have a ticking clock if they get a first-round approval from the City Council.

Peachtree City’s Water and Sewer Authority saved money on a recently-completed sewer rehabilitation project.

The final cost came $12,100 under budget, necessitating a change order outlining various credits for parts of construction that were budgeted but never needed.

Pathway Communities wants city permission to pre-clear three commercial lots on a six-plus acre tract on the north end of Commerce Drive.

The J.C. Booth Middle School band program had very good results at the first-round auditions for Middle School All-State band this year. The students auditioned on a statewide basis and were judged on merit against all other applicants from across the state. The students who passed their first-round auditions are Diana Massengale, Katie Atkinson, Brandon Smith, Tim Thornburg, Rebekah Anders, Zenia Zheng, Sarah Manley, Matthew Niebes, David Wonderley and Lloyd Anders.

When all is said and done, more than 2,500 students will be changing schools next fall.

The Coweta County Board of Education unanimously approved new boundary maps Tuesday for nearly all the county’s elementary and middle school students. But the board did decide a week to set boundaries for Ruth Hill, Western, Thomas Crossroads and Willis Road elementary schools after hearing more information from parents in the school districts.

Empty-nesters and active seniors will now have a place to call home in Senoia.

It had the feeling of an old-fashioned church revival.