Will Senoia’s proposed new library be built in the near future?

That’s an answer city administrator Richard Ferry hopes to get when he meets with Coweta County officials today.

The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) is celebrating Christmas in October. NCAA’s annual Christmas Artist Market is a three-day event today through Sunday. Fine art, crafts, gift items plus refreshments and children’s activities are all planned throughout the weekend.

Workers are busy on Senoia’s signature downtown building. When the building is completed later this year, it will feature restaurants and offices.

The new head of the DOT has some long-standing Coweta ties.

On Wednesday, The State Transportation Board announced Gena Lester Abraham as DOT Commissioner effective December 1, 2007. Abraham will become DOT’s 14th Commissioner and first woman ever to hold the state’s top transportation post overseeing 5,800 employees statewide and over $2 billion annual agency budget.

The new McDonald’s rising at the intersection of Ga. Highways 85 and 16 will have to comply with Senoia’s existing sign ordinance.

Coweta’s leaders gathered Monday morning to celebrate the opening of the county’s newest reservoir in northwest Coweta county.

Is a college campus slated for Coweta County?

Speculation heated up this week when Atlanta Christain College announced it was leaving East Point after 70 years.

Shock waves went throughout the small town of Senoia this week after a Senoia police officer was arrested early Wednesday morning. Charles Patrick Morgan, 40, was charged with three counts of robbery and one count of violation of oath by a public officer. The arrest followed a joint investigation by the GBI, Coweta County Sheriff’s Department and Senoia Police Department.

Coweta County’s newest elementary school could open for the 2009-2010 school year.

School spokesperson Dean jackson said the system is working on getting preliminary drawings to the state easily next year for a school at the intersection of Jim Starr Road and Tommy Lee Cook Road. The school system recently purchased a 30-acre tract, just behind the fire station at the busy intersection.

Coweta County’s biggest and most influential business exposition will take place October 18 at the Summit Family YMCA. BigExpo 2007, hosted by the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce, features 100 exhibitors who offer products and services to Coweta businesses and consumers. Doors open for business-to-business networking from 1-5 p.m., and to the general public from 5-8 p.m. Admission is $5.

Now that Coweta County’s $59.6 million has been approved, residents should soon be getting their larger tax bills for 2008.

Winpak Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for its Barrier Shrink Bag Plant

On September 18, Winpak Films Inc., a subsidiary of Winpak Ltd., held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new barrier shrink bag plant in Senoia, Georgia. Winpak Ltd. is a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Its major shareholder is Wihuri Oy of Helsinki, Finland.

Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton residents have been ordered to drop almost all residential outdoor watering as the state continues to reel from drought conditions.

The Coweta Up in Smoke BBQ Cook-Off is the premier BBQ event in Georgia. The event is sanctioned by the Florida BBQ Association and declared the official Georgia State Championship BBQ by the Georgia State Senate. Teams from all over the Southeast will compete for big money prizes and braggin’ rights. This year’s BBQ will be held October 6 at the beautiful Coweta County Fairgrounds.

Senoia officials will take another look at some of the projects the city plans to complete during the next few years.

The scare at East Coweta High School last week showed the school system the power of rumors.

Rumors started circulating at the beginning of the week that a student was bringing a gun to the sprawling campus located on Ga. Highway 154.

Lighting The Way Home released 42 balloons with flyers attached from the Newnan Party City Sept.

East Coweta High School was locked down Thursday morning after the school system heard a rumor about a student planning to bring a weapon to the campus.

Long-time Newnan High School math teacher Mary Cronbaugh died Friday, September 7, 2007. She was 79.

Cronbaugh - who retired from the Coweta County School System in 2004 – was a beloved teacher not only to many Newnan High students, but to generations of students. She taught high school higher math for 53 years, including 34 years at Newnan High.

Cronbaugh was born in Flat River, Missouri, August 28, 1928. She graduated and attended high school in Bonne Terre, Missouri, and earned her Bachelor’s in mathematics in 1950 from Central Methodist College, in Fayette, Missouri.

Senoia will hire a consultant to determine if the First Baptist Church building will suit the city’s needs for a new city hall and police station.

Coweta County’s proposed $59.6 million general fund budget drew very few questions during Tuesday’s public hearing.

East Coweta High School was locked down Thursday morning after the school system heard a rumor about a student planning to bring a weapon to the campus.

East Coweta won its fourth straight game yesterday, defeating Paulding County 3-0 in a Region 4-AAAAA game.

The victory raised East Coweta's overall record to 8-4 and region record to 3-0.

Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the grand opening of Dillard’s in Newnan’s Ashley park.

The Coweta County Board of Education voted at their regular meeting on September 11 to change the School System’s policy regarding student possession of cell phones and similar electronic communication devices.

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As the three-story building on Senoia’s Main Street heads towards completion. Many residents have wondered where business owners and visitors will park.

“I think we’re getting closer to a deal, but we’ve still got some sticking points to work through.”

That was the assessment of city administrator Richard Ferry after this week’s meeting with Coweta County officials on the allocation of sewer capacity.