It was a Memorial Day for the ages.

Nearly 3,000 residents and visitors spent the day in Senoia Monday and celebrated the sacrifices made by America’s heroes.

As over 20,000 Coweta County students took their final exams, signed yearbooks, said their summer goodbyes and finished their last day of the school year, so many teachers and school employees also went about their very last day of school on May 26.

Author and Magical Storyteller, David Ginn, presents “Secret Tales from a Lost Castle” to kick off the summer reading program “Once Upon a Time…” for The Senoia Area Library.

Coweta County’s three high schools continue their graduation ceremonies thsi weekend and send more than 1,000 graduates into the big, outside world.

Show your patriotism! Bring your family and friends and join the Memorial Day Celebration and Festival in historic Senoia May 29. The parade honoring all U.S military, past and present, kicks off at 10 a.m. The "Car Guys," Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins of AM 720 The Voice, will emcee the event, with music provided by Wesley Culpepper of WC Sounds. Individuals, groups, and businesses are invited to participate in the parade. Be creative and patriotic - decorate in red, white, and blue.

The principal and teachers of the new Welch Elementary School will be available to meet with parents May 30, at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Poplar Road Kindergarten teacher Terri Buckland was announced as Coweta County’s 2006 Teacher of the Year Monday, at the county’s annual Teacher of the Year ceremony at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Residents driving the busy Rockaway Road corridor may soon see Senoia’s first example of yard art.

Kevin Wright, who lives at 516 Rockaway Road, asked the City Council Monday night to allow him to place a brass statue in his front yard. City Administrator Richard Ferry said Wright runs his engineering business out of his home and originally wanted to place a sign that would enable customers to find his business.

The water quality at Line Creek has been back to normal for a week now, according to results from water quality testing conducted by the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

A greater percentage of Coweta County 11th graders passed science and social studies sections of the Georgia High School Graduation (GHSGT) on the first sitting, according to results returned to the school system this week.

On Saturday, May 27, Quail Ridge Farm and the Classic Show Series will host the May Dayz Classic, the first of four shows. The May Dayz Classic is open to the public with an admission fee at the gate. 100 percent of the gate proceeds are donated to Alzheimer’s Foundation in honorarium of Mrs. Patricia Willis, mother of Mrs. Joel (Sandi) Black. The admission gate fee is $5 per vehicle.

This month’s gospel sing held at the old depot in Grantville is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 26 and 27, and will feature the following groups:

East Coweta’s Rico Reid has pitched in some big games for the Indians this season.

The Coweta County Board of Education May 11 voted 6-1 to approve a tentative $154 million General Fund Budget for the 2006-2007 school year. Though an increase of $18.4 million, the move comes with the anticipation that school millage rates will not increase.

The building boom continues in Senoia as workers frame a home in the Heritage Pointe subdivision off Rockaway Road.

Coweta County’s prospects fora new hospital improved this week as Newnan Hospital and Piedmont Healthcare announced an agreement that could bring a state-of-the art hospital to the county.

Last week was a busy week for all Coweta County elementary and middle schools as students worked diligently on the Criterion Reference Competency Test.

It’s going to cost a little more for students to eat lunch next year in Coweta County schools.

Last week, The Coweta County Board of Education approved raising school lunch prices for the 2006-07 school year.

Residents from throughout Coweta County are making the annual trek to the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn.

Coweta’s two incumbent County Commissioners will face challengers in this year’s election.

District 2 Commissioner and Republican Greg Tarbutton will face opposition from Republican Tim Lasseter, while District 3 Commissioner Larry DeMoss will face off against Randolph Collins in the July 18 Republican primary. Democrat Willie Boyd has also qualified in the race.

Last year, the city of Senoia purchased 47 acres off Pylant Street for use as the city’s biggest park. A year later, city officials are now trying to deal with what to do about the breached dam on the site and how the park should be developed.

Jerome Wells, III, a sixth grader at Madras Middle School, would prepare for the growth coming to Sharpsburg by widening roads, raise taxes to build better parks and increase the size of the police force if he were mayor.

On Saturday from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., the Newnan-Coweta Cadet Squadron is hosting a car wash at the CVS on the corner of Sullivan Road and Ga. Highway 34. They will be accepting donations at the car wash to raise funds to support them on their continuing missions.

Could a small subdivision sprout up in the heart of historic Senoia?

That’s one of the possibilities city leaders in Senoia are considering for the old public works building on Clark Street.

One of Senoia’s biggest developments got the go-ahead Monday night to move forward with the second phase of its project.

Show your patriotism! Bring your family and friends and join the Memorial Day Celebration and Festival in historic Senoia May 29. The parade honoring all U.S military, past and present, kicks off at 10 a.m. The "Car Guys," Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins of AM 720 The Voice, will emcee the event, with music provided by Wesley Culpepper of WC Sounds. Individuals, groups, and businesses are invited to participate in the parade. Be creative and patriotic - decorate in red, white, and blue.

The senior class of Newnan High School will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” April 29 through May 2 at NHS’s auditorium. Tickets are $8 and will be sold at the door. The performances are 3 p.m. April 29; 2:30 p.m. April 30; and 7 p.m. May 1 and 2.

It was probably not the glowing reception that transportation consulting firm URS expected when they visited Coweta County Tuesday night.

Newnan High School Assistant Principal Nancy Cook has been appointed as the new principal of East Coweta Middle School, beginning in July.

The City of Senoia is embarking on a proposal to draw up a proposal to govern ethics of its city workers and elected officials.