The City of Fairburn has been developing a Comprehensive Plan to foster sustainable development as the city grows. The plan addresses items such as population growth, development patterns, economic development, natural and historic resource preservation, and other issues as they relate to Fairburn.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Jan. 25-31:

• Thomas Jackson, 50, Jackson, Ga., aggressive driving.

What do a hearing impaired teacher, science teacher and social studies teacher have in common? They represent the specialties of this year’s finalists for the 2006 Fayette County Teacher of the Year.

After more than two years of negotiations, the town of Tyrone Thursday night approved a new sewer contract with Fairburn that officials are hailing as a much fairer contract.

What should Tyrone's downtown look like in the next five to 10 years?

That was one of the topics the town's leaders discussed during last weekend's retreat in Peachtree City. For years, Tyrone officials have discussed trying to create more of a downtown atmosphere along the town's older business corridor on Senoia Road.

South Fulton Chamber of Commerce President John Boothby tendered his resignation effective Jan. 20 and will be assuming the position of President of Newton County Chamber of Commerce beginning in March. Boothby served at the South Fulton Chamber since 2001.

Take it to the Maxx is no exaggeration, not when it comes to the endless entertainment experiences for the whole family at the new Maxx Fun Family Entertainment Center located at the rear of Shannon Mall. And all under two acres of state-of-the-art, climate controlled comfort.

The Jan. 23 Fairburn City Council meeting was shorter than most but brought several important announcements and decisions.

Fayette Community Church in Fayetteville is having a Super Bowl Party on Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. and we are inviting all local firefighters and their families to join us for free. We want to celebrate your service to our community. If you are not a firefighter, come and help us honor our heroes and join the fun! Since our church meets in a movie theater we have the game on the movie screen where the players look life size.

Mayor Ralph Moore has plans for Union City. In his Jan. 17 State of the City address Moore called for numerous local enhancements that included free, citywide Internet, a Tax Allocation District to attract fine dining restaurants and other businesses, stronger litter laws and a Senior Citizen Homestead tax exemption.

Tyrone’s town leaders have a busy Saturday planned in Peachtree City.

Mayor Sheryl Lee, along with the Town Council and staff, head to the Hampton Inn for their annual retreat.

Tyrone Planning Commission members Jan. 26 approved the final site plan for an office building to be located on Lot #13 at the Market Hill development on Dogwood Trail and Ga. Highway 74.

Palmetto council members Jan. 16 gave their approval to an intergovernmental agreement supporting a March vote in Coweta County on a proposed 2007 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Fairburn cites 2005 crime stats

For Fairburn cops and the community it was a pretty good year.

Though experiencing continued record growth at nearly 10 percent during 2005, incidents of crime rose only slightly. Calculated at a 3.88 percent increase, serious crimes are actually on the decline from recent years.

The votes have long been counted and re-elected and newly elected city officials in Palmetto, Union City and Fairburn have been sworn in and are busy conducting the business of their respective cities.

The extraordinary setting called Serenbe yielded a special mixture of community and music Jan. 15 with an Afternoon of Bluegrass, the first of a series of musical and storytelling performances sponsored by the Serenbe Arts and Cultural Council.

Alejandro Jimenez is a man with a dream.

Along with his wife Mercedes, he has opened South Fulton's first Hispanic supermarket, in Hudson Plaza in Fairburn. No small corner store, Cuatro Caminos Supermarket is a 13,000-square-foot full-service market.

Thursday’s Tyrone Town Council meeting got off to a fiery start as a resident accused the council of selective enforcement of the town’s ordinances.

The residents in the Ashland Trail subdivision hope speedy commuters will soon be slowing down.

Students at LaFayette Kids World in Tyrone collected items to send to U.S. soldiers that were fighting in the Middle East. The biggest box was sent to Randy Hansen, a Peachtree City resident fighting with the Georgia Army National Guard unit as a member of the Echo Troop 108 Cavalry.

The Fayette County School System will vote Monday night to surplus nearly 100 acres of property it recently purchased.

Discussion of the possibility and implications of the incorporation of two new cities in South Fulton County continued Jan. 9 in Cliftondale. The setting was one of many similar meetings being conducted to introduce the first of its kind concept to area residents.

Gas station mgr. faces marijuana possession charge

Three employees of the Shell Food Mart in Palmetto were arrested on drug charges Tuesday in a joint operation by Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force and Palmetto Police.

Hannah cites major accomplishments in annual address

The past year in Fairburn was, in many ways, a groundbreaking one in terms of growth, development and public safety. Those and other accomplishments were touted by Mayor Betty Hannah Jan. 9 in the annual State of the City address.

Union City Mayor Ralph Moore is slated to give his State of the City address at the Jan. 17 City Council meeting. Also on the agenda will be a number of items customarily addressed at the first session of the year.

Green Oil Company employees Felicia Stovall, Donna Nichols and Beza Duressa display a $15,200 check presented recently to the Empty Stocking Fund.

New planning commissioners OKd in 3-2 vote

Tyrone now has a full slate for its Planning Commission, but only by the narrowest of margins.

These lazy hazy days of winter may be coming to an end for a while.

Retired biologist Dennis Chase put the town of Tyrone on an environmental warning last week.

“You should be setting an example instead of just trying to get by,” he told the Town Council during its meeting Jan. 5.

As spring approaches, many homeowners are getting ready to sell their homes. Perhaps they’re being relocated, want a larger house, or are downsizing – whatever the reason, the closer it gets to March and April, the more realtor signs will be popping up all over town. As the competition heats up, it is important for the home seller to make sure that as many prospective buyers as possible feel as though they could move right in. One way to accomplish this is through home staging, the art and science of making a home more inviting and appealing to potential buyers.