Request comes from resident bitten by 2 dogs last year

A Peachtree City resident has asked the City Council to look into creating special requirements for owners of pit bull dogs.

Peachtree City residents ready to vote in the runoff election for the mayor and two city council seats can get their fix on in Fayetteville starting Monday.

Residents worried about cell towers allowed in new OS-P category

Peachtree City is about to undertake a massive rezoning effort aimed at protecting the city’s natural areas, greenbelts and passive parks by zoning them from the current open space designation to “open space-conservation.”

With its ongoing expansion, Peachtree City’s NCR campus is looking to expand its parking options as well.

A proposal to add more than 600 parking spaces was presented to the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night. Most of the parking will be pervious, which allows water to seep into the ground instead of into a water detention system.

When Peachtree City native Emily Breault needed a project idea for her college ecology class, she didn’t have to go very far for an idea.

When it comes to Veterans Day events in schools there really nothing like the one held at Palmetto Elementary School. Now in its 14th year, the gym was again filled with students, teachers and community members intent on making a statement about their admiration and support for the U.S. military.

For the Coweta County School System it is a case of so far, so good when it comes to watching the budget and holding down expenses at this point in the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent Blake Bass at the Nov. 10 board meeting challenged school principals to help continue what today is a system that is $1.2 million under budget.

“Im not afraid of the Tea Party people. I think I’m one of them.” Those were the words of Georgia Senate Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh as he addressed a gathering of 60 people attending a Nov. 10 meeting of the Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots at Maguire’s in Senoia.

It is well-known that an airport serves as both a mode of transportation and an economic engine for community. Newnan Coweta Airport manager Calvin Walker at the Nov. 3 meeting of the Coweta County Commission updated the board on airport operations and the local economic impact of the publicly-owned facility.

Coweta County commissioners last week approved the submission of an application for a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus grant totaling $42,000 to be used to purchase routing software for the county’s transit system. Commissioners also approved the execution of a grant contract with the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) and ARRA for a $20,800 no-match transportation grant awarded earlier this year.

The City of Newnan Police Department honors its Officer of the Year with the 2009 Newnan Coweta Jaycee Officer of the Year Award. Sgt. Charles Stapler received the award at the annual Newnan Coweta Jaycee Dinner on Nov. 7.

Coweta County Road Department has closed two roads due to the heavy rains and subsequent potential flooding.

Hood Road in the northern portion of the county has water crossing the road around 422 Hood Road.

Lt. Dan Berschinski recovers from blast that claimed his legs

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This remarkable story about Lt. Dan Berschinski, a native of Peachtree City, was published Nov. 9 in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington. It is reprinted here by permission.]

By SCOTT FONTAINE
((The News Tribune), Tacoma, Washington)

WASHINGTON – No one knows how long the bomb lay under the packed earth of southern Afghanistan. How many times had the soldiers stepped over it? Each member of Lt. Dan Berschinski’s platoon had, at least twice. The Fort Lewis [Wash.] officer figures he walked by the area two times with no problems.

But the bomb lay there, inches below the dirt path. It was likely made of plastic and triggered by a pressure switch.

Bombs like this one kill and maim indiscriminately. It didn’t target Berschinski on Aug. 19 because he was an officer or because he was leading a Stryker platoon on foot into a Taliban-controlled area. Nor did other enemy explosives pick out his comrades from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Of the 26 men from the brigade reported killed to date, all but one died in bomb blasts, and many others have been wounded by bombs.

Developers want sewer service for shopping center the size of PTC’s The Avenue; a 50-acre sewage spray field eyed

In mayor’s race, Plunkett raises $13,710 vs. $2,543 for Haddix

Peachtree City mayoral candidate Cyndi Plunkett may have come in a thousand votes short of challenger Don Haddix in the Nov. 3 balloting, but she is beating Haddix by more than 5 to 1 in campaign fund-raising, according to campaign disclosure forms filed with the city.

It was a perfect morning and a perfect setting to remember those in uniform who serve and have served their nation. It was the Veterans Day observance held Nov. 7 at the new Veterans Memorial Park at Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

A large tree that fell near Peachtree City's baseball and soccer complex this morning knocked out power for less than five minutes for more than 5,100 Georgia Power customers this morning.

Planning Commission to discuss Hwy. 74S proposal tonight

A proposal to annex 18 acres into Peachtree City’s southside to enable a sewer connection for a shopping center will be discussed tonight by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Peachtree City will continue to deflect any rezoning applications for multifamily housing per an annual moratorium adopted Thursday night.

Residents upset, wanted ‘no’ vote from City Council

Much to the dismay of several vocal audience members, the Peachtree City Council decided Thursday to further explore the possibility of allowing cell towers to be built at city-owned parks and recreation sites.

A resident’s request to change the minimum front yard fence height in Peachtree City from four feet to six feet will go unconsidered for now.

Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine and former Fair Tax State Director, Gene Key, will be in Peachtree City from 1-2:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9 to conduct a Fair Tax Town Hall. They are traveling the state raising awareness about this important issue that impacts every aspect of life, including healthcare. The Town Hall will take place in the Peachtree City Library Committee Room.

Council wants to wait for Court of Appeals to rule in West Village annexation lawsuit

The Peachtree City Council punted a developer’s request to deannex just over an acre of land to help nullify a lawsuit filed challenging a 648-home annexation along the Tyrone border that was approved in May 2007.

Incumbent Senoia City Council members Larry Owens and Jeff Fisher retained their seats Nov. 3 in a three-way race that included Rockaway Road area challenger Harry Ramos.

Newnan Police Tuesday afternoon arrested Columbus bank robbery suspect John E. Johnston at a traffic stop after he had exited his home where a search warrant was about to be served.

The bond for north Coweta resident Alec Bryant McNaughton accused of killing his wife in February was set at $3 million last week by Coweta Superior Court Judge Quillian Baldwin. McNaughton had been denied bond earlier in the year.

The Senoia City Council Nov. 2 agreed to allow Scott Tigchelaar of Historic Development Ventures (HDV) to purchase a $50,000 Certificate of Deposit in lieu of acquiring a Maintenance Bond for the first five brownstones to be constructed on the Gin Property. Tigchelaar explained that such bonds are not available in the current economic climate.

Coweta County commissioners gave the go-ahead Nov. 3 for needed roadwork rehabilitation work on three-dozen county streets and roads. The work will likely be bid out rather than using inmate labor due to the size of the project.

The response to heavily involved accidents and emergencies in Coweta will soon be more easily facilitated with the acquisition of a heavy duty rescue vehicle approved Nov. 3 by the county commission. The half-million dollar budgeted purchase is funded with impact fees.

The Carnegie will be open this Saturday for Main Street Newnan’s Market Day crowd. Market Day is the best home grown, handmade or homemade products this side of Atlanta.