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.

Peachtree City police arrested three people Wednesday for cashing fraudulent checks.
Ironically it was one of the suspects himself who called police after the other two tried to shake him down, police said.

City Planner David Rast announced at the beginning of tonight’s Peachtree City Planning Commission meeting that William Gibson Jr. of Georgia Classic Homes withdrew his request to rezone the Freeman, Jones and Carter tracts at the northeast corner of Robinson Road and Spear Road from ER (estate residential) to LUR (limited use residential).

With a rash of thefts from vehicles between Friday night and Saturday morning, Peachtree City Police are asking citizens to lock their vehicles and report any suspicious activity.

A 14-year-old Senoia child was injured Sunday after falling off the front of a golf cart and being run over by it, police said.

Fellow Citizens

We must have safety and security on our golf cart paths. All the time we are reading stories in the paper about graffiti, littering, robberies and harassment occurring on our cart paths. I have witnessed cars driving on these paths. These activities must stop and it is up to us to stop them. Reducing cart path crime and crime as a whole is on my agenda.

Seconds before, councilman Harman tells developer his vote is 'no'

In an unexpected move Thursday night, developer Doug McMurrain withdrew his request for the City Council to abandon part of Line Creek Drive and Line Creek Circle to make room for a 89,000 square foot Kohl's Department Store on Ga. Highway 54 West near Planterra Way.

The Peachtree City Council approved a 310-unit senior residential development off Rockaway Road, down from the original proposal of 376 units.

Thousands turned out last weekend for the Great Georgia Air Show.

The clearing of trees has already begun around the dam at Huddleston Pond, as root intrusion was part of the problem that damaged the spillway and ultimately forced the city to lower the pond’s level dramatically over the summer. The project is anticipated to be complete by the first of the year, and it is being funded by the city’s stormwater program.

A proposal to replace three homes on 14 acres with a 46-home cluster subdivision off Robinson Road will be considered by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

With very little undeveloped residential and commercial land left in Peachtree City, the city will be getting more and more redevelopment proposals, officials said last week at a meeting about the city’s comprehensive plan.

Peachtree City voters have two more chances to learn more about the candidates for two seats on the City Council who are seeking election in November.

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

In advance of Peachtree City’s 50th birthday next year, city historians are issuing a clarion call for city-related artifacts and photographs.

Several weeks ago you may have noticed video cameras posted on Peachtree Parkway at the intersections of Crosstown Road and Walt Banks Road.

Members of the area’s three veteran’s organizations will memorialize the contributions of all U.S. military veterans during the third Annual Veterans Day Remembrance Saturday, Nov. 10th, from 9:30 - 10 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial in Peachtree City.

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.

UPDATE: Scarborough plans to bring in builder that specializes in age category; city hasn't seen building elevations, amenities yet

Levitt and Sons has abandoned its plans to build a 650-unit senior subdivision on a 403-acre tract that was annexed in May by the Peachtree City Council.

At Thursday night's comprehensive plan meeting, city officials said that property owner Brent Scarborough has submitted the same plan for the subdivision that Levitt had proposed. However it is not yet known what amenities that Scarborough will provide; Levitt had proposed a robust package including a 39,000 sq. ft. community center with a theatre and educational kitchen.

The city is in the process of reviewing Scarborough's plans, which were submitted Wednesday.

Talks about extending Peachtree City’s sewer service into Tyrone have been broken off, City Council candidate and Post 1 incumbent Mike Harman said at the Rotary Candidate Forum Tuesday night.

Audience members at Tuesday night’s candidate forum sponsored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club heard many similar answers by candidates on a variety of hot-button issues facing the city.

Expect traffic for airshow

Peachtree City will get visitors from all over the metro area and parts beyond this weekend for the Great Georgia Airshow at Falcon Field.

Event at McIntosh H.S. hosted by civic association

If you missed the Rotary forum for Peachtree City Council candidates Tuesday night, you’ll get another chance to see them live in person.

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.

A proposal to replace three homes on 14 acres with a 46-home cluster subdivision off Robinson Road in Peachtree City drew significant criticism from a number of neighbors Monday night in a workshop before the city’s planning commission.