Council spends $303K to add turn lanes; store to open July 23

A traffic light will help handle the onslaught of vehicles on Ga. Highway 74 north that will flock to the new Target shopping center in Peachtree City.

Accused murderer Richard Nelson Brown has pleaded not guilty in the Sept. 30 murder of Senoia businessman Ken Crook. No trial date was set at the June 13 arraignment in Coweta Superior Court in Newnan.

Crime usually increases in a community as the population increases. But that is not what is currently happening in Fairburn. The most recent weekly crime reports tracking both criminal and law enforcement activity by the week, month and year-to-date show that the more serious Part 1 crimes have increased less than one-half percent since January compared to the same period in 2005, even though the city’s population has increased more than 9 percent in the past year.

There was plenty to see and plenty to buy June 10 at Fairburn’s annual citywide yard sale at Duncan Park.

They have not been as visible lately as when the group formed last year, but the newly re-named Tri-County Alliance is back and determined to find a way to alleviate the growing traffic concerns in South Fulton, Fayette and Coweta counties.

South Fulton Regional Municipal Water and Sewer Authority board members June 9 received an audit report outlining the authority’s current financial status. A cash analysis by authority Financial Manager Dan Post in connection with the issuance of $42 million in Series 2003 Bonds showed that the authority has spent $7.185 million as of Dec. 31, 2005.

Due to overwhelming opposition by residents of the Fife neighborhood the City of Union City has amended its Annexation Map to remove approximately 220 acres of property centered at the intersection of Spence Road and Fayetteville Road. The Annexation Map illustrates areas of close proximity to Union City’s existing limits that have been considered for annexation in response to recently passed Senate Bill 552 which gives existing municipalities until October 30th to annex property prior to setting the potential boundary for incorporation of South Fulton.

The next meeting of the Fairburn Business Association takes place June 19, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairburn Annex, 40 Washington Street in Fairburn. Barkley Russell will be the featured speaker.

Tyrone native, Floy Farr, center, chats with Chip Young, left, and his father, Tommy Young.

Fairburn firefighters and those from Union City and Fulton County fight a blaze that caused extensive damage to a residence at 43 Washington Street.

“This is the new South Fulton.”
The message June 7 to the Community and Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Fulton County Housing Authority could not have been more clear. Residents of unincorporated South Fulton were adamant in their resistance to a proposal to build a 264-unit, revenue bond-funded apartment complex for largely low-to-moderate income families near the intersection of South Fulton Parkway and Ga. Highway 92. Articulate and determined, the 125 residents that filled the meeting room at Fulton County’s Stonewall Tell complex came through loud and clear. Their response to the proposal was “No.”

Services provided by Fulton County may be on the wane, but in Palmetto that cloud has a silver lining. The city council June 5 unanimously approved a Facility Use Agreement with Fulton County over recreational programming at Wilkerson Mill Park.

The gubernatorial campaign trail made its way to South Fulton Chamber of Commerce Thursday with the appearance of Georgia Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor. The long-time politician focused many of his comments on the importance of local business and his aim to restore cuts to the HOPE scholarship and provide healthcare to all Georgia children.

Like a microcosm of cities and towns across America once the school year ends, Fairburn is seeing a jump in crimes committed by some of its younger residents. Four young Fairburn offenders, ages 12-15, were arrested in the past two weeks for burglary, stalking, simple battery, trespassing and curfew and tobacco violations.

Tyrone’s controversial information policy may not pass legal muster.
Last week, the Town Council approved a policy that would only provide information to residents in a hard copy form, and forbid the use of email for answering residents’ questions.

Tyrone’s $5.7 million budget for next year will be up for final approval next Thursday.
One of the biggest items in this year’s budget is the town’s new library, which gobbles up nearly $1.73 million of the budget.

With less than a month to go before the town’s big July 4 celebration, tyrone residents are hitting the town’s park this weekend for a big clean-up.

Tyrone’s $5.7 million budget for next year is almost a done deal.

During Thursday night’s Town Council meeting, town manager Barry amos presented an overview of the budget. Amos said that nearly 32 percent of the revenues needed for next year are from state grants.

Sandy Creek High School’s graduates left the stage ha

Tyrone residents won’t have far to travel this year if they want some family fun on July 4.

At least one of the two candidates ousted by Fayette elections officials from running for the Fayette County School Board might get a reprieve, judging from the reaction of the judge who heard the appeal cases Thursday afternoon.

Lt. Col. Jim Steinbach helped participate in

The Peachtree City Council deep-sixed a proposal Thursday night that would have allowed the town of Senoia to treat up to 500,000 gallons of sewage a day at a Peachtree City plant.

Maybe TDK Boulevard will be built after all.

A $2 million grant has been secured for Falcon Field to purchase property to the north and expand its runway safety area, U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss announced late Thursday afternoon.

A Fayetteville couple was arrested Thursday afternoon at their home on Princeton Trace for growing 24 suspected marijuana plants in an outdoor garden and in the master bedroom closet.

Union City became the first of the South Fulton cities to hold a public meeting to address residents’ questions and concerns about the proposed annexation of 7,000 acres, a move that would more than double the geographical size of the city.

Reece Center for Handicapped Horsemanship has a long history of enhancing skills and confidence in riders with disabilities.

The June 1 meeting of the South Fulton Parkway Alliance was primarily an occasion for representatives from the City of East Point to present their annexation plans to the South Fulton County group intent on having only quality development on the local landscape. Alliance members also heard from Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards, who responded to the East Point proposal and to Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s recent invitation to residents of unincorporated South Fulton to be annexed into Atlanta.

The rezoning and annexation recommendations of properties located in four unincorporated islands within Union City was largely uneventful at the Planning Commission’s May 30 meeting. The fly in the ointment was the opposition by two of the affected property owners and the ongoing determination by residents along High Point Road who objected to rezonings that mirror the already densely populated subdivisions on Union City’s north side. They said that density and the City Council’s lack of accountability is causing major problems for the community.