Facing a continuing shortage in sales tax revenues, Peachtree City financial staff are recommending changes to save $850,000 from the current budget.

The Peachtree City Council will consider Thursday night a formal agreement to allow treated sewage water to be used to irrigate fields at the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. HIghway 74 south.

A development company pitched a Walgreens drugstore for a new shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 South Monday night.

Although it was generally well received by the city’s Planning Commission, the developer told The Citizen after the meeting that Walgreens has not yet made a final decision to locate at the shopping center, which is located across the highway from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Feds: Speer arrested after escape plan to Aruba was hatched

A Peachtree City man convicted of participating in a $3 billion securities fraud scheme has been placed in custody after federal officials learned he and three co-defendants were planning to escape to Aruba, federal officials said.

Peachtree City got some love from the national media last week when the New York Times’ real estate magazine featured a story on what usually draws the attention of out-of-towners: the city’s copious amounts of golf carts.

The City of Peachtree City is seeking volunteers for a term on the Peachtree City Library Commission and for an unexpired term on the Peachtree City Airport Authority.

Parents wanting to make sure their child safety seat is installed correctly can now make an appointment for a professionally trained volunteer to do just that.

American Cancer Society Peachtree City

The American Cancer Society would like to invite women cancer patients in the Fayette County area to participate in a wonderful program called Look Good Feel Better.

East Coweta seniors celebrated birthdays and anniversaries at the March luncheon.

Once it is completed, travel along I-85 it will be smooth sailing through Coweta County. But until then, traffic back-ups will sometimes be the order of the day. This weekend will be no exception, with single-lane closures through Saturday near Exit 51 at McCollum-Sharpsburg Road.

The Peachtree City Council adopted a limited range of fee increases Thursday night, but tabled a final decision on a host of others that are being challenged or questioned.

The fee increases adopted include:

• Increasing the cost of solicitor's permits to $25 for the first day of the permit and $10 for each additional day the permit is effective in the same week;

Coweta County commissioners have set a May 13 date for a public hearing on a rezoning request by Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. for the new 800,000 square-foot Piedmont Newnan Hospital proposed for the south side of I-85 and Poplar Road.

It was a look at proposed ordinance amendments covering non-profit fundraising or political special events and alcohol consumption. But after a lengthy discussion that generated more questions than answers, Coweta County Commission Tuesday decided that solutions to the wide-ranging issues involved in the requests would be better left for a later date.

Roy Matthews, Coweta County Arborist, recently completed an intensive Municipal Forester Management Training Institute developed by the Society of Municipal Arborists. This program included training in leadership, ecosystem, technical aspects, conflict resolution and community group collaboration. Training began with weekly online assignments and concluded with 55 hours of workshops in San Antonio, Texas.

10 Coweta County students have been selected to attend the 2008 Governor’s Honors Program this summer.

Coweta County secondary Education Director Barbara Louis announced the selectees, who were drawn from 40 talented Coweta County high school students nominated earlier this year.

The Peachtree City Council is urging state officials to take a more active role in preventing Clayton County’s school system from losing its accreditation.

Hello, speeding tickets.

Drivers may soon have quite a few more school zones to tangle with, if several new and expanded zones are approved as expected by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter sent Tuesday from Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon:]

Last week’s letter to the editor from Mr. Juan Matute about the problems at the Peachtree City Police Station brought to light some common concerns in the community about the facility.

Chance says he was misled about initial amendment to bill

A Senate bill that would have required Fayette County's public school system to accept Clayton County students should Clayton schools lose their accredited status was dramatically changed at a committee hearing Wednesday afternoon.

Height limit is 4 feet in front yards

A Peachtree City couple will have to replace the security gate to their home in Smokerise Plantation because it’s taller than city ordinance allows.

The Peachtree City Optimist Club Easter Egg Hunt was a success with games and candy and appearanced from the Peachtree City Fire Department and the Easter Bunny. Below are the winners of the raffle or Bunny Prizes:

The Coweta County Chapter of American Red Cross needs your help. The organization’s fourth annual HEROES fundraising campaign has a goal of $75,000. The effort will run April 27 through May 19 to help support ongoing disaster relief and health and safety programs for local residents.

The Coweta County Board of Education met last week to approve three new principal positions for the Coweta County School System.

Derek Pitts, principal of East Coweta High School, was approved as the principal of the school system’s new Middle School Alternative School program, which will begin in the 2008-09 school year.

The growth of Coweta County shows no clear sign of stopping.

Coweta County was the 16th fastest growing county in the state and saw its population grow from 114,178 in 2006 to 118,936 for a 4.2 percent year-to-year growth rate. Coweta was also the 67th fastest growing county in the U.S. for the past year.

It is not every day that community members openly advocate for a development proposal. But that is the case near Sharpsburg as local non-profit Council for Sustainable Growth (CSG) has established an information center to advocate for the county commission’s approval of the Twelve Parks proposal by Peachtree City developer Pathway Communities.

The Union City campus of Georgia Military College proudly announces that the following students have achieved academic distinction for the 2008 Winter Quarter.

A lesson for everyone: if you catch a burglar in your home, beware. He may bite.

A Peachtree City woman found that out yesterday after she found a juvenile standing in her living room, police said.

Peachtree City’s new police chief will be on duty starting April 14, and he’s already picked out an apartment in the city while his family wraps up loose ends at their Florida home.

It went off without a hitch. The conceptual site plan for Sany Corporation’s 228-acre campus in Peachtree City won unanimous approval Monday from the city’s Planning Commission.

In honor of school library media month, Peachtree City BMX riders Jordan and Reese Camarata presented a copy of a book entitled “BMX racing” to the Braelinn Elementary Library. Pictured with the racers are Principal Wenonah Bell and librarian Monica Boyd. Logan Bradford from Kedron Elementary also took part in the program. Photo/Special.