It was a time for dogs of all shapes and sizes to celebrate at the annual Bark in the Park fund-raiser Saturday.

First draft of budget only had one cop, no firefighters

With only one police officer and no new firefighters in the first draft of Peachtree City’s budget for next year, it didn’t appear as if the city’s public safety divisions would get much of a manpower boost.

In a move that has been debated for years, the Fayette County Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to create a special EMS tax district that would include all county residents, except those in Peachtree City.

City waiting on consultant report for suggested fix, estimate

Ongoing problems with moisture infiltrating Peachtree City’s police headquarters are still unresolved.

In the first version of the 2007-2008 budget proposal for Peachtree City, city staff proposed hiring three new full-time employees, including an additional accountant for the finance department.

Peachtree City has submitted both the federal and state permit applications which must both be approved before work can begin to rebuild the dam at Huddleston Pond, according to City Engineer David Borkowski.

At its second round of budget workshops Friday night, the Peachtree City Council scrutinized proposals for two new full-time positions: a buildings system supervisor and an assistant planner.

The Peachtree City Police Department is urging residents to use their seat belts, and police will be issuing tickets to violators of the state’s seat belt laws.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an airplane that had a landing mishap at Falcon Field May 10.

A 14-year-old girl visiting Peachtree City from Buffalo, N.Y. was injured Friday night when she fell out of a golf cart while it was turning, police said.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an airplane that had a landing mishap at Falcon Field May 10.

The pilot, who was not injured, lost directional control after the main landing gear of the small plane touched down while the tail landing gear was still in the air, the report said.

The Peachtree City Council got a detailed lowdown of the proposed $36.43 million budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year at a workshop meeting Tuesday night.

‘No’ vote should have halted discussion for 6 months, Worley says

A Peachtree City man has filed a lawsuit against the city, asking the court to nullify a vote taken May 3 to annex two large parcels of land that would house 1,075 homes on 782 acres in the city’s West Village area.

Meetings set for Tuesday, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

The first draft of the 2007-2008 budget for Peachtree City includes a quarter-mill tax increase and a dip of nearly $550,000 into the city’s cash reserves.

City fights retail use on industrial-zoned land

A pending lawsuit between a local developer and Peachtree City could end up with a Lowe’s Home Improvement store being located just off Ga. Highway 74 south and TDK Boulevard.

Cars will detour onto TDK Boulevard, Dividend Drive

Starting Friday at 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Monday, Ga. Highway 74 between TDK Boulevard and Dividend Drive will be closed as work progresses on the highway widening project, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

No contaminants found; barrel likely leftover from previous water tests

It turns out the unmarked barrel found at a former construction dump site now owned by John Wieland Homes didn’t have contaminated waste inside it after all.

Bishop Neil Alexander of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta will visit St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church in Peachtree City to celebrate Holy Eucharist with the congregation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 5.

Local residents got an up-close view of this Air Force WC-130J plane which is equipped with special meteorological equipment to fly into hurricanes.

City notified Thursday of withdrawal for S74 rezoning

A commercial development company has withdrawn its bid for a controversial commercial rezoning on the south end of Ga. Highway 74 near Holly Grove Road for what would have been a 300,000 sq. ft. shopping center with a large home improvement store and a large soft goods store.

Starting Friday, June 1, sections of Ga. Highway 74 will be closed three weekends in a row as the contractor installs cross drains under the roadway, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Harvey Garcia, supervisor of the Peachtree City public works landscape crew, assists the Peachtree City Veterans of Foreign Wars by installing one of the 123 new memorial bricks at the Veterans Memorial in City Hall/Library Plaza.

Application was delayed by paperwork freeze at Corps of Engineers

A bureaucratic snag at the federal level that temporarily froze progress on the Huddleston Pond repair project has cleared up.

DOT will proceed with design review for RR bridge at Hwy. 54

A new design for cart path approaches to a new bridge over Flat Creek in south Peachtree City is significantly more expensive than the original design.

The leading cause of death among children ages 2-6 in the United States is accidents. In light of that fact, the Rotary Club of Peachtree City is launching an effort to address those preventable tragedies here in Peachtree City beginning this summer.

Fairly soon the Peachtree City Council will get its first crack at the proposed 2007-2008 city budget.

Two workshops have been scheduled so the Council can ask detailed questions about the first draft of the budget proposed by the City Manager. That draft hasn’t been completed yet but could be available as early as Friday, June 1, according to Assistant Finance Director Janet Camburn.

Registration starts Friday June 1 for entries in the 2007 July 4th parade in Peachtree City.

City residents, churches, service organizations and businesses can register for free starting June 1. A week later all other Fayette County residents, churches, service organizations can register for $25 and Fayette County businesses can register for $50.

Synovus, the parent company of Peachtree National Bank, has announced plans to merge PNB with two other Synovus-owned banks: First Nation Bank in Covington and Bank of North Georgia in Alpharetta.

Fayette County ranked second in the nation in 2005 of communities with the highest percentage of homes having four or more bedrooms, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

PTC Council says 'not so fast' to speed barriers

The speed bumps in the Planterra Ridge subdivision will stay just a bit longer.