Last vote was against study of pay hike for council members

Judi-ann Rutherford’s last vote as a member of the Peachtree City Council was a no vote against the exploration of increasing salaries for city council members.

The Peachtree City Council voted tonight to allow voters to decide in November whether or not to build an expansion of the city’s Gathering Place and build two astroturf multi-purpose sports fields.

Bennett’s Mill Principal Rae Presley-King showed off the new middle school to the media and parents this week.

The Peachtree City Packers hosted a football camp at Booth Middle School this week, and local youngsters took part in various actitivies, including passing, catching and blocking drills.

A commercial developer has scaled down its commercial rezoning request for property on Ga. Highway 74 south near Holly Grove Road.

Department to relocate temporarily while repairs are conducted

Peachtree City officials have doubled the estimated cost for fixing moisture problems at the police department’s headquarters to $600,000.

Citizen input sought for potential trash franchise contract

Peachtree City officials have announced they will take a second look at giving an exclusive contract for one company to provide trash service for the entire town in an effort to improve services for residents.

July 26 meeting will highlight challenges facing each village

Citizen input is being sought as Peachtree City continues to prepare its comprehensive plan.

Three area teens will be honored with the Boy Scouts of America’s extreme risk heroism award at a ceremony July 28.

A woman charged two weeks ago with misdemeanor vehicular homicide stemming from a fatal crash in Peachtree City in March was arrested early Saturday morning for DUI, Peachtree City police said.

The Peachtree City Police Department is looking for persons 18 and over who are interested in learning how to help themselves and the community after an emergency event.

Peachtree City officials have achieved further savings in the upcoming 2007-08 budget, largely by factoring in salary savings from ongoing vacant positions in the city’s police department.

Georgia Army National Guard Cpl. Tom Andris of Peachtree City (left), a rifleman with Covington’s Company B, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry, watches as Command Sgt.

The Peachtree City Rotary Club’s Safety Town program is underway at several local schools. The event is designed to teach chlidren from 5-7 years old various safety issues including traffic, fire, school bus and bike safety along with stranger awareness, poison prevention, Internet safety and litter control. Photo/Special.

Beer found in injured driver’s car; other driver arrested for DUI

Two Fayetteville men were racing each other when one lost control of his car on Walt Banks Road in Peachtree City across from McIntosh High School late Tuesday night, police said.

Peachtree City recreation officials have determined to ask voters to approve the larger option for expanding the city’s Gathering Place senior citizen’s center.

Peachtree City residents can now recycle a plethora of electronic items, with a few exceptions, at the city’s recycling center.

A Peachtree City Boy Scout is collecting school supplies that will be donated to children whose families cannot afford to purchase them.

It looks like Peachtree City has a decision to make. Fulton County Superior Court Judge John J. Goger ruled Friday that Peachtree City had two options: Either comply with Georgia Regional Transportation Authority’s (GRTA) insistence that the TDK extension bridge into Coweta County have four lanes or face possible GRTA-imposed funding restrictions on future transportation projects in the area.

The Peachtree City Council approved allowing a church just outside the city limits to hook up to the city’s sewer system.

Peachtree City’s Water and Sewage Authority is looking toward the near future of the city’s south end, particularly on how to best provide sewer service for new and existing development.

Peachtree City officials are looking into running an irrigation line to the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex that would reuse specially-treated sewage water instead of drinking water.

PTC crash killed 2 Fayetteville men

A Fayetteville woman has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide stemming from a collision on Ga. Highway 74 and Aberdeen Parkway that killed two Fayetteville men March 28, police said.

With dozens watching in the steaming heat, a Dragon boat cruised around Lake Peachtree Thursday in advance of a July 4 exhibition at Picnic Park.

Agreement allows company to purchase mothballed hangar adjacent to Falcon Field
The Peachtree City Airport Authority has approved an agreement that would allow airport access for Chick-fil-A, which wants to purchase a 95,000 sq. ft. hangar just off the airport’s property.

Approval avoids need for arbitration or lawsuit

The Peachtree City Council has approved an agreement with Fayette County relating to services both agencies provide.

Drought, potential for wild fire cited

Peachtree City fire officials are asking residents to forego the use of personal fireworks this July 4th in light of the ongoing drought.

Coweta Chairman: Now-defunct TDK extension was “necessary road for us”

It’s not hard to imagine that Coweta County officials are disappointed that the Peachtree City Council recently deep-sixed construction of the TDK Boulevard extension, which would have linked up with McIntosh Trail in Coweta County.

Feedback comes after 18-month review of project; no firm timetable set

Lake McIntosh, Fayette County’s proposed drinking water reservoir, is still stuck in the permitting process, officials confirmed this week.

One of the most discussed topics at Tuesday’s Town Hall meeting in Peachtree City was the Interstate 85 interchange at Ga. Highway 74.