This young deer became wedged in a backyard fence Saturday in the Southern Shores neighborhood.

A request to increase the size of a new shopping center for Ga. Highway 54 W will be reviewed for the first time tonight by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Local residents are organizing a charity bike ride to benefit an Army lieutenant and McIntosh High School grad who was seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan Aug. 17.

To celebrate Peachtree City’s 50th anniversary, the public is invited to a birthday celebration at City Hall plaza Friday, Sept. 25.

A plan to add lighting to the practice field at McIntosh High School will be considered Monday night by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Peachtree City is receiving a $9,000 homeland security grant that will be used to purchase chemical protective equipment.

Autumn is just around the corner. Why not squeeze in one more picnic and support the area scouting program by dropping by the 6th Annual Chicken-Q for your meal.

A new shopping center previously approved by Peachtree City is seeking permission to increase the size of its largest building from 50,000 to 63,830 square feet.

Monday night the Peachtree City Planning Commission will get its first look at a proposal to annex 48 acres onto the east side of the city limits for a residential development.

Erik Schlappi of Troop 181 in Peachtree City received an award from Mayor Logsdon in reconition for his Eagle Scout Proj

The massive renovation of the Braelinn Village shopping center has begun.

The stores there will remain open during the entire process, including the Kroger and the “Big K” Kmart, said Peachtree City Development Authority Chairman Mark Hollums. That’s important for residents to know because the goal of the entire project is to modernize the look of the facility.

The worst-case scenario is not expected in regards to the circulation of the novel H1N1 virus in Fayette County.

But if that scenario develops, and a mass inoculation site is activated to administer vaccines to thousands of people, local officials are ready to make it happen.

Non-residential uses now required to participate

New homes in Peachtree City will now be subject to a higher impact fee, but not the maximum amount that was originally under consideration by the city council.

To help improve traffic flow on Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City, the Georgia Department of Transportation has installed live feed video cameras in two locations.

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for fabricating a story Aug. 27 that she had been sexually assaulted by a man on the Peachtree City golf cart path system near Lake Kedron.

With a blue-sky backdrop, crews worked this weekend to mount an authentic and newly-painted F-16 fighter jet at Falcon Field. The aircraft will be the centerpiece of the new Veterans Memorial Park at the airport, complete with landscaping and brick pavers commemorating those who have served in the armed forces and also the families who supported them at home. The memorial will be dedicated at a public ceremony Sept. 26. Photo/Vern Darley.

A police chase through north Peachtree City Saturday evening is connected to the interception of a large quantity of illegal drugs that were flown into Falcon Field on a private 8-passenger twin-engine aircraft earlier that day, The Citizen has confirmed.

More than 200 people filled the council chambers at Peachtree City Hall Aug. 26 for an educational town hall on healthcare. And a no-frills, fact-laden education is what they got. The only emotion displayed was the applause for the speakers. The town hall meeting was sponsored by the Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots.

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council is set to significantly increase residential impact fees.

The same action would also require impact fees from non-residential development, a first for the city. Impact fees are one-time only and are collected from developers once a parcel is under construction.

Peachtree City police are continuing to investigate the sexual assault of a woman on the city’s cart path system but no further details of the incident early Thursday morning are being released at this time.

Feds: Golf pro drove to N. Georgia to meet with young child

A Peachtree City man was arrested Sunday in north Georgia after traveling there to meet with a person he thought was a minor child, federal officials said.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Sunday in north Georgia after traveling there to meet with a person he thought was a minor child.

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council is set to significantly increase residential impact fees.

The same action would also require impact fees from non-residential development, a first for the city. Impact fees are one-time only and are collected from developers once a parcel is under construction.

Another Peachtree City resident has announced plans to run for the City Council.

Beth Pullias is planning to run for the Post 1 seat currently held by Don Haddix, who has said he will resign from the unexpired term to run for mayor in November.

Mayor, 2 council seats up for election

Qualifying begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall for those interested in running for mayor or either of the two city council posts in Peachtree City.

On a 3-2 vote, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night avoided a proposed property tax increase.

Instead the city will pull an estimated $451,000 from its cash reserves to balance the $26.53 million budget for the upcoming 2009-2010 fiscal year.

A McIntosh graduate is convalescing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after he was seriously injured in Afghanistan last week.

Daniel Berschinski, a 1st lieutenant in the Army, lost both his legs in an explosion when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while his unit secured a village in Afghanistan Aug. 17, a family friend told The Citizen.

A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted early this morning on the cart path next to Lake Kedron and the cul-de-sac of Samuel Point and Larkins Landing, police said.

Last call!

That is, if you want to have a say on the proposed .244 millage rate increase proposed by the Peachtree City Council. Council will meet Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. to hold the final of three public hearings on the property tax increase.

A Hampton man died Monday morning after his car struck a tractor trailer on Ga. Highway 279 near Imperial Way shortly after midnight.

Vance R. Johnson, 44, was driving south on Hwy. 279 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes and the path of a tractor trailer driven by Victor Soto, 46, of Bogart, according to sheriff’s deputies.