Drawings made without consulting design guidelines for Lexington Circle

The architectural character and charm of the Buckhead Brewery will certainly change under a renovation plan proposed by the new owner of the building, who will locate a La Hacienda restaurant there.

Water conservation=less revenue for sewer system

Peachtree City residents may face higher sewer bills in the near future as the Water and Sewer Authority prepares to begin its third consecutive budget year with a projected shortfall.

Delta Community Credit Union is preparing to increase its presence in Peachtree City.

The company is planning to build a 7,000 square foot branch at the new Wilshire Village shopping center off Ga. Highway 74 south across from Holly Grove Road.

A highway road project coupled with a new utility project are going to basically wipe out any hope of having a natural buffer along Ga. Highway 74 south for a new shopping center.

This past Saturday, the Atlanta Braves hosted their third annual "Breast Cancer Awareness Day", and more than 800 participants (including survivors and their family and friends) came out to help raise awareness and funds. The Braves also awarded their first "Diamond of Hope" awards, and one of the recipients was Janet Beebe from Peachtree City.  

Coweta County Commission will conduct a Sept. 16 public hearing on the 2009 budget that takes effect in October. As proposed, the $60.5 million 2009 General Fund budget represents a 1.5 percent increase, or $923,000, over the current year.

For the first time in years, it’s going to be a quiet electoral season in Senoia.

This year, two City Council positions were up for election; Councilman Maurice Grover and Bobby Graham. But when the dust had settled, no one qualified to oppose the incumbents and no legal write-in candidates tossed their hats into the ring.

The Coweta County Board of Education gave its go-ahead Tuesday to start the redistricting process for the county’s newest elementary school, Brooks Elementary.

The Newnan Fire Department has purchased a new Pierce mini pumper. The pumper arrived in Newnan late last week. The new pumper can hold 500 gallons of water per minute. The pumper is capable of backing up all fire engines currently in service.

2008 property tax bills for the year 2008 will be mailed September 15 with a due date of October 31, 2008.  The city would like to remind citizens that anyone owning property in the city of Newnan will receive two separate tax bills, one from the city of Newnan and one from Coweta County, each payable to the appropriate party. 

PTC planners worry quarter-acre lots make Wieland parcel too dense; what about a school, resident asks

While not exactly thrilled with the prospects of Peachtree City’s sewer system adding another hookup in the county, the County Commission Wednesday said it would not fight the issue.

Tonight Peachtree City planners will get their first pitch from John Wieland Homes to develop an 88-acre site with 344 homes, including 58 condominiums and 161 single family attached homes.

Facility faces projected $236K shortfall this year

Peachtree City government may soon be taking over operations of the city’s amphitheater, which is currently run by the city’s Tourism Association.

ACC wants to move from East Point and expand offerings

The volunteer task force hoping to lure Atlanta Christian College to locate in Peachtree City is finalizing its sales pitch.

Allows Sany project to move ahead with 228 acre site

The way has been cleared for the new Sany headquarters and production plant after three variances were approved by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

Would extend utility across city limit for shopping center

The Peachtree City Council Thursday again postponed a decision on a proposed sewer easement that would lead to the city’s sewer system being used by a shopping center just outside the city limits.

Starr’s Mill High School graduate Maggie Appel recently received the state’s Award of Excellence for seniors with disabilities who have made extraordinary academic or extracurricular accomplishments.

The Peachtree City Police Department was presented with its latest recognition for achieving state accreditation. Police Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark, left, accepted the award from Frank V. Rotondo, executive director of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. The accreditation requires the city to follow numerous law enforcement standards, reducing the city’s risk for lawsuits by ensuring proper police procedures are followed. Photo/John Munford.

The Peachtree City Council again postponed a decision on a proposed sewer easement that would lead to the city’s sewer system being used by a shopping center just outside the city limits.

What a beautiful Labor Day weekend it was in west Coweta as countless families dotted the landscape while enjoying live music, tons of food and endless shopping for arts and crafts under the shade of a million trees at the annual Powers’ Crossroads Arts & Music Festival.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Saturday afternoon for shaking a two-month-old child at a residence on Beaver Dam Road, police said.

The man, George A. Bowman, 24, was trying to keep the child from crying, police said. An emergency call was placed from the scene because the infant was having trouble breathing, police said.

Bowman was charged with aggravated battery.

Police also investigated an alleged rape case at the Harmony Village Apartments on south Peachtree Parkway.

The recent announcement by Gov. Sonny Perdue to withhold the state’s annual rebate from the Homestead Tax Relief Grant credits as a way of combatting the state’s shrinking revenues made its way to the Coweta County Commission agenda Sept. 2. Commissioners decided to mail tax bills as usual in the hopes that legislators can successfully address the issue in January. If the credit is withheld, the county will have to send an additional bill to property owners in 2009 on behalf of the county and school board to recoup approximately $6 million that would normally be rebated by the state.

It looks like Coweta County will retain its membership in the Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center (RDC) instead of joining Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). Commissioners discussed the potential move again Sept. 2, but the brief discussion ended without a vote. It was an outcome that, for all appearances, left the idea of joining ARC dead in the water. Yet a transition is likely to occur regardless, with Chatt-Flint expected to eventually merge with McIntosh RDC to become a 10-county Regional Center (RC).

It was essentially an annual housekeeping chore Sept. 2 when the Coweta County Commissioners approved nearly a million dollar payment to the county’s employee Defined Benefit Group Pension Plan. The plan is being supplanted by a defined contribution plan said to give employees more flexibility and cost taxpayers less money.

Senoia’s annual car show will remain on Main Street.

The car show was set to move to the parking lot behind the Redneck Gourmet building for this year’s edition after a group of downtown merchants said it would adversely affect their business.

City may hire manager to run venue, take control from Tourism Association

Tourism board asks city to manage venue so it can focus on tourism goals

After hearing more than a dozen comments from amphitheater patrons, the Peachtree City Council directed staff to work towards resuming control of the city's amphitheater, currently operated by the city's tourism association.

Council considers precedent-setting hook-up for large shopping center on southern border; Sany wants variance

PTC city manager, mayor get China tour, courtesy of Sany Corp., new tenant in city’s industrial park

An elderly Peachtree City woman died Sunday, but officials are unsure if it happened before or after her recliner caught fire, causing severe burns.