Picnic Park is next target for facilities

The McIntosh Trail recreation complex in Peachtree City will soon have public restrooms near the city’s BMX track and dog park.

A tree in the seventh-grade courtyard at Booth Middle School has been dedicated in memory of Danen Clarke, who died in a flooded culvert near City Hall in a July rainstorm.

If a Georgia state senator has his way, Georgia voters will get a paper trail when casting their ballots on electronic voting machines.

Tonight, the Peachtree City Council will consider a resolution to oppose the concept of district voting.

The agenda item was added late Wednesday afternoon, according to notices sent to The Citizen.

Senate follows House approval

Georgia is getting a second crack at trying to stave off voter fraud now that Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed the latest voter ID bill.

Current contract canned after dispute with county officials

State officials have pledged emergency assistance for the Peachtree City Library, if necessary, for this summer when the countywide contract with the Flint River Regional Library System expires.

According to Peachtree City Police, James M. Lourim went a little too far with his home-grown business.

Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray.

Police: Sharpsburg couple could face numerous charges

More and more victims are turning up as the investigation into financial identity fraud continues on a Sharpsburg couple that used information pilfered from the Best Buy store in Peachtree City, police said.

Folks in Fayetteville, Tyrone and Senoia will be seeing a big boost for certain downtown projects thanks to some considerable state assistance.

Critics say a bill under consideration in the Georgia legislature could have drastic effects locally by making it cost-prohibitive to enforce zoning restrictions such as setbacks, buffers and tree preservation ordinances.

Peachtree City residents wanting more information about the widening of Ga. Highway 74 South can attend an open house hosted by the Georgia Department of Transportation on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Sure a roundabout will be unique, but will it work at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Walt Banks Road, a busy junction adjacent to McIntosh High School?

According to Peachtree City Police, James M. Lourim went a little too far with his home-grown business.

Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray.

Peachtree City police are looking for a Marietta man whose fingerprints link him to the scene of a daytime burglary in the Planterra Ridge subdivision in early December.

Peachtree City will not be adopting the franchise model for trash collection, the City Council decided Thursday night.

Peachtree City police arrested a Canton man at his dry-cleaning business Thursday morning for having explicit conversations online with an undercover police officer whom he thought was 13 years old, police said.

With Peachtree City’s 50th birthday coming up in 2009, there is a big push at the Recreation Department to get all its parks in tip-top shape.

Two Peachtree City teens escaped serious injury Friday afternoon when their golf cart pulled in front of an oncoming car on Peachtree Parkway, police said.

System in limbo after county contract halted by FRRLS board

The Peachtree City Library might continue receiving services from the Flint River Regional Library System, even though the FRRLS board has voted to halt a contract to deliver services to Fayette County.

The Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City will host its 14th Annual Pancake Saturday, scheduled for Jan. 28. This “All-You-Can-Eat” Pancake Saturday meal will be served in the McIntosh High School cafeteria on Walt Banks Road from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Coweta County’s coffers could be nearly $127 million richer over the next six years if voters in March decide to approve the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax extension.

“It’s been a long process, but hopefully we won’t have to do this again for a while.”

The words of Coweta County Schools spokesperson Dean Jackson sum up the attitude of many Coweta parents as the massive redistricting effort of the schools ended this week.

How many police officers should the city of Senoia employ?

That’s one of the questions the city hopes to learn from a comprehensive assessment of its police department. At a called meeting last Friday, the City Council agreed its time to get an overview of one of the busiest departments in the fast-growing city.

Peachtree City police arrested a Canton man at his dry-cleaning business Thursday morning for having explicit conversations online with an undercover police officer whom he thought was 13 years old, police said.

These lazy hazy days of winter may be coming to an end for awhile.

Would occur every five years under staff proposal

Peachtree City residents may soon be required to register their golf carts every five years.

Four Peachtree City teens who participated in an armed robbery on the golf cart path near Blue Smoke Park just before Christmas are “not at school” according to a schools spokesperson.

A north Georgia man was arrested yesterday by Peachtree City Police in an ongoing sting targeting Internet child predators, police said.

Peachtree City resident Phil Jones wants the city to get cracking and landscaping the median on the southern end of MacDuff Parkway.

Developers seeking to annex property into Peachtree City’s corporate limits will have a ticking clock if they get a first-round approval from the City Council.