When Senoia’s new council and mayor meet in January, one of the issues facing them in the short term will be the question of an historic overlay district.

Winter is the time for crisp air, crackling fires and, family gatherings. It is also the busy season for firefighters, the Sheriff’s Department and other public safety workers.

Four Peachtree City teens have been arrested for armed robbery after they executed a plan to rob another kid at gunpoint on the cart path near Blue Smoke Park Thursday afternoon.

PTC saves $576K, which must be spent on transportation

The Peachtree City Council has forged ahead with having the Georgia Department of Transportation realign Rockaway Road.

Almost 40 pilots from World Airways braved the cold rain last week, picketing on the golf cart path across from the company headquarters in Peachtree City.

Three men were indicted last week in an ongoing undercover online sting operated by the Peachtree City Police Department.

The executive director of the Peachtree City Tourism Association said the group is at the ready to help city recreation officials with tourism needs, particularly as it relates to youth sports tournaments.

If you still haven’t made your plans for New Year’s Eve, why not do something healthy, fun and very unique?

The Citizen is proud to present the first Father Time Invitational road race in Brooks, a four-kilometer race that allows runners to head into the new year at full speed. The Dec. 31 race will start around 11:45 p.m. and runners will participate on a lighted course.

Nancy Braender accepts the first annual Community Helping Hands Award as Senior of the Year at the Peachtree City Senior Adult Council Holiday Luncheon.

Peachtree City’s Finance Department has been honored with a prestigious award for “excellence in financial reporting.”

Senoia’s quest for a new library site hit another stumbling block Tuesday night.

The City Council rejected a motion to place the facility in the city’s park on Seavy Street. The park location has drawn the ire of the local Boy Scout troop that uses a building in the park. The Scouts maintain they have a 99-year lease with the city to use the building, but a copy of the lease cannot be located.

Willis Road Elementary School held a "Pancakes with Santa" fundraiser on Saturday, December 17, to benefit the school gym.

“If my office closed and we all went home at five o’clock, I probably wouldn’t be up here,” said Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager to commissioners Dec. 15.

Coweta County commissioners Dec. 15 voted to sign a Memorandum of Understanding designed pave the way for construction of the PetSmart regional distribution center at Creekside Industrial Park. The MOU signatories include Coweta County Development Authority, PetSmart and the county commission.

Writer and television producer Sherri Smith Brown has been named editor-in-chief of the new real estate-oriented consumer magazine 20 South by the magazine's executive editor, Dan Langford.

In a concerted effort to help its Gulf States market centers recover from Hurricane Katrina, Keller Williams Realty Inc. and its public charity, Keller Williams Realty Cares (KW Cares) has raised $4.4 million.

The Homeowners Association of Arbor Springs Plantation gathered Nov. 12 to meet the new owners of Arbor Springs Golf & Resort. The residents were treated to breakfast prepared by Chef Tim Wade of Kelly’s on the Green restaurant.

Move over, “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” and “Trading Spaces,” there’s a new player in town.

The Home Source Realtors, the top-producing real estate company in Fayette and Coweta counties, is now offering designed to sell/home staging services through its partnership with Splendid Source Home Services, a Fayetteville-based home staging company.

The popular Persimmon Creek new home community in Coweta County announces the opening of a new phase of neighborhood construction. The new North Phase is located near I-85 on Canongate Road.

Patrick Malloy Communities, greater metro Atlanta’s most innovative and active homebuilder, was recognized with two awards at the recent Atlanta Homebuilder’s Association Annual Sales & Marketing Awards. Patrick Malloy Communities won the Gold Award for its architectural design, elevation and floor plan for a single cluster-home priced under $199,999. The Company captured the award for its Summerport home plan at Harmony on the Lakes in Holly Springs, Cherokee County.

Aroung 157 residents of Arbor Springs Plantation attended the community’s annual Christmas Party held at Kelly’s on the Green, the upscale restaurant at Arbor Springs Golf & Resort.

Pathway Communities recently won six Professionalism Awards for excellence in advertising and website development from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association at its annual awards dinner.

Butch Prosser, head coach of the McIntosh Chiefs varsity football team for the past six years, has stepped down from that position, though he will continue to serve as a teacher at the school through the remainder of the school year.

A Peachtree City family lost all its belongings when its house caught fire late Monday afternoon, fire officials said.

Suspect maintained innocence the entire time

A Peachtree City man was arrested last week after he backed into a police cruiser twice when he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence, police said.

SF Bread coming to Hwy. 54 west

Developers who get approval from the Peachtree City Council to explore possible annexations with city staff may soon have a firm deadline to wrap up talks.

Several band students at McIntosh High School have been successful in their auditions and participation in honor bands throughout the state.

Here is how you can help others this holiday season:

• Embracing Military Families and the National Heritage Foundations are hoping to help families at Fort Benning who have one or more parents fighting overseas. Last year Peachtree City resident Cathy McMullen helped organize efforts that provided food, clothing and gifts for eight families in need. She was aided by donations from the Fayette County Republican Women as well as donations of money and toys from area residents. If you would like to help, phone Cathy McMullen at 770-487-0672.

State will align it with stop light in 2007

Commuters in Senoia may be overjoyed to hear there has been substantial progress in realigning Rockaway Road with an existing stop light on Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City.