South Metro plans Easter pageant March 23, 24, 25
“The Christ, The Cross, The Crown,” an Easter pageant featuring live animals, music, special effects and drama will play at South Metro Ministries, formerly Peachtree City Church of God, 3935 Ga. Hwy. 34 East, Sharpsburg, Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 at 6 p.m. Admission is free. A nursery will be provided for children through age 5. For questions or directions call 770-251-3777.

Elly Strelka (top) and twin sister Zoey scoot their way up a rock climbing wall at Pebblepocket Park Wednesday morning.

Sharpsburg teen pleads guilty to ‘accidental’ shooting of close friend

A Sharpsburg teen was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison for firing a gun that killed one of his close friends at an unsupervised teen party in Peachtree City fueled by drugs and alcohol.

DA: law not adequate, but parents deserve prison time

Fayette County prosecutors have dropped criminal charges in two separate cases against Peachtree City parents who were accused of letting their children live in filth and squalor.

The Peachtree City Library and the city’s developmental services division will remain closed early Monday due to electrical work being performed in the City Hall complex, officials said.

A rendering of the proposed commercial area of the village.

Scott Gerard, a Class of 1995 gaduate from McIntosh, has a movie screening at the Independent Film Festival in Atlanta tomorrow at 4 p.m. Gerard served as executive producer for the movie and also has a small role in the film as Mr. Azzleton.

Coweta County Associate Superintendent John Dunn is retiring from his position at the end of the year. Dunn has held the position since being appointed by Superintendent Blake Bass in 2004.

Registration for next year’s Coweta County kindergartners and pre-kindergartners starts Monday and runs through March 23 at district elementary schools.

Ribbons on trees due to tree survey; no cutting planned yet

The mystery about the ribbon-marked trees near the Line Creek Nature Center has been solved.

Tour de Georgia is a foArea residents who were worried that the Tour de Georgia wouldn’t be running this year can rest easy, an announcement came out Wednesday afternoon stating that the race will go on as planned.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon dropped the puck before the opening game between two U-10 teams last Saturday. The Peachtree City Roller Hockey Association opened their spring season last Friday and had action on the Kedron rink until nearly 10 p.m. each night through Sunday. The group has over 400 players and teams range in age from under eight to over 30. For more information on the league, visit www.ptchockey.com.

Fayette students participating in the FIRST Vex Robotics Challenge learned it takes more than engineering skills to build a winning robot.

Left to right are Murray McAfee, out-going president of Senoia Area Historical Society and in-coming presidents for 2007 Laura and Rick Reynolds.

City well under national staffing standards; new hires contemplated
Even if the Peachtree City Fire Department hires three additional firefighters this year as planned, the department will still be short of the minimum national staffing standards, the CIty Council was informed last weekend.

For months, the buzz in Coweta and Fayette counties has centered around the massive McIntosh Village development proposed on the Fayette border in unincorporated Coweta County.

Agency will also re-evaluate Hwy. 154 widening in Coweta

Peachtree City and Tyrone commuters will be glad to hear that the Interstate 85 interchange at Ga. Highway 74 is now being studied for potential improvements by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Chief recommends working with landlords of problem houses

It's no big secret that many of Peachtree City's older neighborhoods have homes that are converting into rental properties.

Work may start in September; slowdown due to permit process

It’s going to be a while before Huddleston Pond can be restored to its natural self, as a project to repair the dam and spillpipe is taking longer than many initially thought.

A Peachtree City man has filed a complaint with a federal agency, alleging that he was discriminated against by city officials when he was not called back for an interview for the city’s stormwater manager position.

A second person has been arrested in connection with the Feb. 22 theft of copper wiring from a shuttered Photocircuits building in Peachtree City, police said.

Peachtree City has scheduled a community-wide volunteer litter removal day on Saturday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of national The Great American Cleanup campaign.

The Rotary Club of Peachtree City is hosting the third annual Multi-District Presidential Training Seminar (PETS) at the Wyndham Conference Center on March 10th and 11th, 2007. PETS is a premier training event for Rotary leaders and the program provides information, inspiration and fellowship. It is structured to meet the needs of incoming club presidents, club president nominees, incoming assistant governors and governors nominees and other club officers.

A custodian at a local Fayette elementary school has been arrested on one count of child molestation, Peachtree City police said.

The Coweta County School System is moving forward with its plans for a rapidly-growing district.

School spokesperson Dean Jackson said this week that the system has purchased 174 acres near New Corinth Road and Bohannon Road for future school sites.

Land swap with city remains unsettled

Preliminary plans to construct a 148,000 square foot shopping center on the former site of the Days Inn on Ga. Highway 54 West got a tentative approval from the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

Piedmont Healthcare announced Thursday completion of the purchase of Newnan Hospital, with all regulatory reviews completed. As part of the purchase, the hospital will become Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc., as Piedmont Healthcare assumes the operations, liabilities and many assets of Newnan Hospital.

Corps wants to meet with citizens before considering permit

Citizen concerns about a cart path bridge being built over Flat Creek in south Peachtree City have led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to delay approval of a permit necessary to continue the project.

Provides peek into building plan, schematics

The Peachtree City Fire Department is purchasing a software program that will compile building plans for 210 critical locations in Peachtree City.

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on crash that paralyzed driver

The United States Supreme Court will determine whether or not a former Coweta County sheriff’s deputy can be sued in court for using his patrol car to ram into a fleeing vehicle that fled deputies at speeds upwards of 90 mph in March 2001.