An armed robbery Wednesday night at Subway in Palmetto left employees physically unharmed and a lone gunman on the lam with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Everything goes up in price, including the cost of animal control. The Fairburn City Council April 24 voted to approve the recent Fulton County estimate that increases the annual animal control service to $52,904, or 10.7 percent, beginning in July. Council members also agreed to re-examine the issue if the new estimate exceeds 10.7 percent.

Join us for a day of fun filled activities within the Serenbe Community as we host our first annual May Day event, presented by the Serenbe Institute for Arts, Culture and the Environment. Our May Day event will be held Sunday, April 30 at 1:00 p.m. on Selborne Lane in the Serenbe Community.

Local farmers and artisans from Bear Creek Farms, Fairy Wood Thicket, Jane Storey’s Knitting and Woodcrafts, Puck’s Farm, Scharko Farms and Titania’s Soaps will feature the fruits of their labors at the Fairburn Farmer’s Market on Saturday’s from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. beginning May 6 and running through Oct. 28 at the city’s Historic Freight Depot located at 30 West Broad Street.

Reece Center for Handicapped Horsemanship will hold a benefit garage sale and tack sale Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the non-profit organization’s Palmetto site located at 8280 Wilkerson Mill Road. Proceeds from the sale will help cover the cost of feed and care of the organization’s horses.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between April 12 and April 25:

Kenneth McCollough, 48, Union City, burglary

The largest commercial development to hit southwest Fulton County in decades is inching closer to reality. Conceived as a major retail venue along Ga. Highway 74 and spanning 100 acres just south of I-85 between Oakley Industrial Boulevard and Milam Road, Fairburn City Administrator Jim Williams told council members Monday he expected the property to close by mid-August.

If Union City has its way the size of the city will more than double by the end of October. If approved by landowners and registered voters, proposed annexation would encompass large areas primarily to the north, south, northeast and northwest of existing city limits.

Union City council members got an earful from two determined residents of High Point Commons subdivision Tuesday, expressing concerns over what they called government inefficiency, shoddy development and increasing crime in their neighborhood. The council made no response to the concerns, though one council member said at meeting’s end that those concerns had no fallen on deaf ears.

A Riverdale man is in critical condition after being shot in the face and abdomen in a late night disturbance April 16 at a Fairburn residence. Neighborhood resident Santos Watkins was charged in the shooting.

The new Fairburn Business Association Kick-off meeting April 17 carried a punch. More than 50 business owners made their way to the city annex building on Washington Street to begin to lay out plans designed to propel the Fairburn business community into the future.

Union City has multiple events planned in observance with Georgia Cities Week April 23-30. Special Projects Coordinator Stephanie Gaines has engineered a seeries of community events designed to have a positive impact on the city and its residents.

It was a first time event for members of the Rico Community. And the April 9 Spring on the Green celebration brought several hundred area residents to the location at Campbellton Redwine and Rico Roads to enjoy food, races, rides, an Easter egg hunt and Easter bonnet parade, all geared to families and community spirit.

More than 100 residents of Oakley Township met April 11 with representatives of developer D.R. Horton and management company Access Management to state their concerns on a number of issues at the development. At meeting’s end, many left unimpressed with what they heard.

It is a new way of reporting crime, tracking its category and location and keeping city council members and the public informed. A component of Fairburn Police Chief Charles Long’s Accountability Policing model, the new, weekly statistical analysis was presented to council members April 10.

Anyone who has traveled the rolling hills of unincorporated South Fulton County in the past year has noticed the growing presence of residential communities in various stages of development. One of the more recent planned editions to the area is Hampton Oaks, being developed by KB Home in conjunction with television personality and entrepreneur Martha Stewart.

Fairburn council members April 10 voted unanimously to respond to a request to join the South Fulton Community Improvement District (CID). The request related to city owned tax parcels adjacent to existing CID boundaries. The 300-acre parcel, the former site of a proposed wastewater treatment plant and now designated as a city nature preserve, is situated in the unincorporated area southwest of city limits.

Creekside High School students take time from their duties to visit with Georgia Senators Kasim Reed and Ronnie Chance and Lt.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between April 4 and April 11:

Christopher Chadwick, 19, Fairburn, probation violation

It was a gala event by any estimation. The April 1 celebration in Fairburn marked the first day of operation of the new Fairburn Fire Department. A real sense of celebration was in the air, with a station full of guests, food and fun included. No one that day could have been happier than new Fire Chief Jody Weller and long time firefighter, fire safety supervisor and firefighter advocate Walt Brown.

Dr. Gordon Vernick, Coordinator of Jazz Studie

Community input ruled April 3 at the Palmetto City Council meeting. Residents voiced questions and concerns, supported by council members willing to take up their cause.

Union City Administrator Terrell Jacobs and City Attorney Dennis Davenport were given the go ahead to discuss the creation of special districts and the method to a fund plan to address infrastructure improvements in several city condominium complexes. If the measure were to come about the city would be repaid over time.

The landscape in Fairburn is changing. And that changing landscape includes business. That reality and the need to share ideas and promote an increasingly healthy business climate has led to the formation of the Fairburn Business Association.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between March 22 and April 4:

Timmy Tillman, 41, failure to appear

The City of Fairburn is pleased to announce the Fairburn Farmer’s Market will again be a weekly event in historic downtown Fairburn beginning Saturday May 6 and running through Saturday, Oct. 28 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. The market will be held at the Freight Depot located at West Broad Street and U.S. Highway 29, one-half block from the intersection of Hwy. 29 and Hwy. 92.

The City of Palmetto will provide free trash pick-up of limbs, leaves and yard debris April 17-28. For one free pick-up per household please contact city hall at (770) 463-3377.

On April 23, 2006 the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) will begin examining all aspects of the Fulton County Marshal’s Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services. This process is taking place so that the Fulton County Marshal’s Department will receive its reaccreditation.