Coweta County firefighters will soon be better prepared to respond to situations involving hazardous materials. County commissioners Oct. 6 approved the purchase of nearly $23,000 of HazMat items paid for with 1-cent sales tax dollars.

The Carnegie Building in downtown Newnan re-opened with much fanfare just a month ago. Holding to its mission of providing a positive impact on the community the Carnegie has introduced the honor book system and is set to begin “Story Time” for children next week.

Southtowne Chevrolet of Newnan is partnering with Coweta County Parks and Recreation to provide the league’s players and coaches with equipment, a monetary donation, and a chance to raise up to $10,000.

Coweta County’s biggest and most influential business exposition will take place Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Summit Family YMCA.

United Way of Coweta County and student interns with the Teacher Pipeline program at the Central Education Center (CEC) in Newnan delivered 250 copies of Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to Coweta County elementary schools and daycare centers last week as part of the nationwide “Read for the Record” event.

The Upscale Resale Shoppe to benefit Southwest Christian Care has opened in Newnan. The shop will offer high quality merchandise at affordable prices specializing in new and gently used women’s, children’s and men’s clothing and housewares.

A Jonesboro woman was arrested Tuesday by Peachtree City police for for going on quite a shopping spree with an elderly man’s credit card, officials said.

Sandra Lee Miller, 40, of Devonshire Boulevard, Jonesboro is charged with 20 counts of identity fraud.

According to police, Miller was working for an elderly Peachtree City man doing housework and other miscellaneous tasks when he gave her his Discover card to purchase some medicine.

When Peachtree City Airport Authority Chairman Mike Brady called Tuesday night’s meeting to order, the only item on the agenda was his fellow board members’ plan to remove him as chairman.

Business park on city’s east side has septic trouble, wants to tap onto PTC sewer line

[Online: Why PTC should keep its sewer service inside the city limits — www.thecitizen.com/node/4261]

The Peachtree City Council is being asked to allow a development in unincorporated Fayette County to tap into city sewer lines along Ga. Highway 54 East.

A proposal to annex 18 acres into Peachtree City to enable a sewer connection for a shopping center in the unincorporated county was tabled by the planning commission Monday night.

Peachtree City Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett, running for mayor, contended during a political forum last week that she did not vote to “request” state approval for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West at Line Creek Drive to serve a new shopping center.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday voted down a request for a recommended approval to “reaffirm” two large-scale annexations that were adopted by the city council in 2007.

The Peachtree City Council is being asked to allow a development in unincorporated Fayette County to tap into city sewer lines along Ga. Highway 54 East.

The Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots will hold a Town Hall meeting Oct. 15 on Cap & Trade and Healthcare Town Hall meeting Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at Christ Church at Whitewater. Organizers said the emphasis will be on healthcare.

Peachtree City’s planning commission is expected to vote Monday on an annexation request that would allow a 177,000 square foot development in the unincorporated county to receive sewer services.

PTC, Tyrone, SPLOST elections crank up at county elections office

It will take a little ride, but Peachtree City and Tyrone voters itching to cast their vote for the Nov. 3 election will be able to do so starting Wednesday.

He may have been a surprise candidate when he qualified to run for Post 1 on the Peachtree City Council, but David Craig has apparently been giving it some serious thought.

Peachtree City’s Falcon Field Airport has been designated for $1.85 million in federal funding to construct an apron for its new hangar area currently under construction.

Along with all the tasty fare there was a great selection of designer pumpkins at the Fall 2009 Taste of Newnan held Oct. 1. The bi-annual event draws a large number of restaurants from across the area and thousands of willing taste-testers.

East Coweta High School received academic honors Tuesday as a Region 4AAAAA winner in the statewide effort to improve SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores. The announcement was made by Gov. Sonny Perdue and state School Superintendent Kathy Cox.

Coweta County, like the remainder of the United States, is in a recession. But three public hearings scheduled for Nov. 12 include rezoning requests that could to lead to commercial and residential proposals that look more like the good old days of a couple of years ago.

Cookie, a national monthly lifestyle magazine for the modern mother published by Conde Nast, has included the Inn at Serenbe in its “3rd Annual Best of Travel” feature in the October 2009 edition. The feature heralds “eight dreamy escapes”: The Inn at Serenbe, The St. Regis in Bora Bora, Ardoor Art Camp in The Netherlands, The Greenbrier in West Virginia, Planet Baobab in Botswana, Mohonk Mountain House in New York, Natura Cabana in Dominican Republic, and The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Features editor Miranda Crowell dubs Serenbe the “best southern comfort” and says.

Low prices for residential and commercial natural gas customers will be featured at the Oct. 10 annual members meeting of Coweta-Fayette EMC.

Coweta County commissioners Tuesday night voted to authorize a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a needs assessment and space analysis for a future expansion of the county jail. The board also voted to appoint a five-person committee to review the submittals. The expansion would be funded by a future 1-cent sales tax initiative.

The Coweta County Health Dept. has received a limited number of doses of nasal spray vaccine for the H1N1 flu to be administered only to healthy young children ages 2-4. Walk-ins are welcome but parents are asked to call before they come to the office.

The Georgia Department of Education (DOE) Oct. 1 announced that all 27 Coweta County Schools met the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act by achieving 2008-2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements.

Three new employees of TSG-USA, Inc., Peachtree City, recently spent two afternoons volunteering at the Newnan Coweta Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
 
Kohei Fukuda, a mechanical design engineer; Kazuha Shoji, a software programmer; and Makoto Yamada, a design engineer, will work at TSG-USA’s facility in Japan, but came to the United States for two weeks of employee orientation. 

The following is a summary of the most pertinent questions and answers fielded by Peachtree City's mayoral candidates during Tuesday night's candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.

The following is a summary of the most crucial questions and answers from Tuesday night’s candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club. For simplicity’s sake, the Q&A summaries are split up by the various races.

A similar roundup of the Q&A with the mayoral candidates will be forthcoming later this evening.

This Tuesday night Peachtree City residents can do some one-stop shopping for City Council candidates as all are scheduled to appear at a question-and-answer forum at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center.

The event runs from 6:45 to 9:15 and is sponsored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.