Commuter bus service coming into Fayette?

Though Fayette County is the last metro area county without commuter bus services, state officials are hoping to get it started here in coming years as part of a long-range transit plan.

For the first time in recent memory, the Fayette County Commission voted Thursday night to proceed with condemnation of property for a public works project.

Qualifying for county and state public offices continues through Friday at noon this week, but by 2 p.m. Tuesday just a few races have drawn opposition for the Republican Party.

Plans to build a Walgreens pharmacy along Ga. Highway 74 and the new not-yet-built realignment of Rockaway Road was approved by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

The chicken king is now casting his sights on conquering a new dining world — pizza.

This Thursday, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy rolls out his newest restaurant concept, Upscale Pizza, in Fayetteville. The restaurant is located in the old McAllister’s Deli building on Ga. Highway 314.

Few jobs carry the risk of being shot from point-blank range, but it is a possibility that those in law enforcement carry with them each day.

Proposed ordinance amendments will fill the agenda at the May 1 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council. Amendments to be considered include those relating to impact and sewer proportionate fees, an intergovernmental agreement on alcohol permits and a special exception for auto sales in the light manufacturing zoning district.

There is nothing like advanced planning and emergency management training to more effectively handle a potential disaster. And in the case of Fayette County schools, a worst-case nightmare would be to have a gunman enter a school.

The pastoral setting of Georgia Baptist Children’s Home in Palmetto was the perfect backdrop again this year for the 4th Annual Race for Riley fund-raiser to benefit The Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville.

Starting Thursday the annual summer-long ban on outdoor burning goes into effect.

The ban will last until October 1. It’s enacted each year in metro Atlanta to improve air quality.

The Fayette County Board of Realtors® is sponsoring a county wide open house weekend May 3rd and 4th. Over 200 homes will be open across the county that weekend. The Board has been extremely pleased by the wonderful response to the weekend by Realtors®, their clients and customers.

A clerk at the Dunkin' Donuts in Fayetteville was robbed early Thursday morning via the drive-through window, police said.

Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House listed in National Register

The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House, located on Lanier Avenue West, in Fayetteville, Fayette County, was listed in the National Register on April 10, 2008. The city of Fayetteville prepared the nomination materials and sponsored the nomination.

A Decatur husband and wife have been arrested by sheriff’s deputies after she allegedly was paid to have sex with a man at a south Fayetteville home early Saturday morning, according to warrants for their arrest.

By JOHN MUNFORD and JOHN THOMPSON

Next week the political landscape for the upcoming primary elections will shape up as qualifying starts next Monday and ends the following Friday at noon.

Jessica Lakeman was 36 weeks pregnant, one week short of her scheduled C-section.

When she started hemorrhaging at the family’s Fayetteville home last April, she and her husband J.D. were ready for it.

Board of Education may ‘bank’ wetlands

Inman Elementary is currently on track to open its doors in August. Fayette County School Board got an update Monday on construction at the Ga. Highway 92/Inman Road school.

What is being billed by East Point-based Heritage Creek Development as an upscale retail and luxury residential development on 13.7 acres at Ga. Highway 54 and Lafayette Avenue in Fayetteville will have to wait a little longer.

For Commissioner Herb Frady, there’s really one main reason why he’s chosen to run for re-election to the Fayette County Commission.

A study of producers and consumers not only taught students the ebb and flow of economics but also the importance of giving back to the community.

Fayette’s deployed military personnel will soon receive a special gift from the Fayette County School System’s Transportation Department.

Donations still needed for Fayette’s first “honor flight”

Organizers, volunteers and veterans met at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church recently for their first meeting with Honor Flight Fayette in preparation for the upcoming May 14th flight to Washington, D.C., where they will tour the World War II Memorial.

Today [Wednesday, April 23] Fayette County residents will have an opportunity to engage in a public information session on the proposed transit vision for the metro Atlanta region, known as “Concept 3.”

Following a multi-car police pursuit down Ga. Highway 54 that ended near Holy Trinity Catholic Church, police arrested three young men Sunday afternoon related to the discharge of an Air-Soft gun that looked like a “solid black gun with a big barrel” at an adjacent motorist at a stoplight.

The American Red Cross urges all type O negative donors to donate blood within the next few days as its supply of this much-needed blood type currently stands at less than a day’s worth.

Fayette registers smallest number of permits for new homes in 35 years

Will this be the year your property tax bill levels out?

F’ville’s Dawn Dallaire named Ga.’s 2008 Small Business Person of the Year

Dawn Dallaire, CEO of Clearly Fun Soap Inc., has been selected the 2008 Small Business of the Year in Georgia by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Fayette County Girl Scouts are a force to be reckoned with. Not even lingering rain and chilly winds Saturday morning at Heritage Park in Fayetteville could put a damper on the county’s first Earth Day celebration hosted by the 28 troops of Girl Scout Service Unit 616.

“Education about the environment, in the environment and for the environment.”

That, in a nutshell, describes the intent of the state’s newest environmental group, Environmental Institute of Georgia (EIOG), a brand new non-profit that makes no excuse for its mission to provide education, advocacy, advice and action on a full range of environmental issues for communities across the state. Though in the formative stage for several months, EIOG made its debut April 12 in Fayetteville at Fayette Earth Day 2008.

Fayette has many talented student writers and eight of the best representing the elementary and middle school levels have been selected to participate in a statewide competition.