As discussions continue about Fayette maintaining its slow growth rate, tomorrow night’s discussion and vote by the Coweta County Commission could be the first step in positioning a brand-new city on Fayette’s western border south of Ga. Highway 54 and placing a wastewater treatment plant near Wynn’s Pond on Peachtree City’s western city limit north of Hwy. 54.

Should a large parcel of land in the center of the county be rezoned for one-acre lots?

That’s the weighty proposition the Fayette County Commission will decide tomorrow night when Dan Stinchcomb and Randy Boyd ask for 213 acres on Ebenezer Church Road and Davis Road to be rezoned from Agricultural-Residential and R-40 to R-50.

A small group of residents present April 5 at a called meeting of Fayetteville City Council heard the beginning of a conversation that could lead to a maximum residential occupancy of eight adults, with a variance for children, a maximum of eight vehicles per residence and a definition of group homes.

Will there soon be a big “vacancy” sign in Kedron?

Shock-waves rippled through the business community late last week as Peachtree City-based World Air Holdings announced that it was being acquired by Global Aero Logistics for $315 million in cash.

The Fayette County Bar Association has arranged for the Georgia Court of Appeals to hold hearings in Fayetteville on April 18, 2007, so students and other citizens can observe how the process works.

At its regular meeting last week, the Peachtree City Council declined a citizen’s request to form a volunteer school advisory board.

The Fayette County Board of Education is embarking on a process that could lead to the group being named a Board of Distinction.

It’s been a long time coming. It has been nearly a decade since Fayetteville had a presence on Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force. Those days ended April 5 with the appointment of a Fayetteville police officer.

It may be four channels into one. That was the April 5 agreement by Fayetteville City County to have the city’s community channel operated by Comcast Cable merged into one channel.

The meeting room at the Fayette County Commission was full April 3 as Congressman Lynn Westmoreland fielded questions and comments during a scheduled town hall meeting.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.

Four Fayette students are among the 27,800 winners nationwide receiving scholarships through the 2007 National Achievement Scholarship Program, a competition for African American high school students.

Emily Jennette, a second grade teacher from Marietta City Schools, was named the 2008 Georgia Teacher of the Year last Thursday.

AT&T to become major sponsor of Tour de Georgia; North America’s highest rated race to criss-cross state beginning April 16 in PTC

Two men have died from injuries they received in a violent car crash in Peachtree City six days earlier.

Fayetteville Police K-9 Unit searches for a drug presence during a late Friday night road safety check along Stonewall Avenue.

Students at Whitewater High School have a lot to celebrate. This is the first year the school will have a graduating senior class, giving special significance to spring break, prom and graduation activities. Math teacher Daire Munsey, who is also the school’s SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) sponsor, knew this was the year to bring Ghost Out to the school. Katelyn Zimmerman (L) walks solemnly down the hall after being pulled from class by the Grim Reaper. She represents a teen driver who would die somewhere on the roads that day. Lydia Stevens (R) serves as a ghost escort for the Grim Reaper. Photo/Special.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night will consider voting on a proposal to annex 779 acres into the city’s northwestern boundary under a proposal from two developers working in unison.

Whether tied to immigration or not, cities and counties across the state are discussing changes in population density that affect their communities. Fayetteville City Council will join that discussion April 5 in a called meeting to talk about residential occupancy and parking and group homes. In other words, the question is how many people living in one house is too many?

Some residents on Peachtree City’s south side are worried that the impending realignment of Rockaway Road with Holly Grove Road will be used as a shortcut by Senoia motorists to avoid construction on Ga. Highway 74.

The Peachtree City Council will consider Thursday night whether to allow the two-wheeled Segway to be used on the city’s cart path system.

The Fayette County Commission is going to spend this afternoon on two subjects that have been the source of heated discussions in the past — rural accessory buildings and mini-warehouses.

A conversation will begin April 10 on what is being called the Mainstreet Office Center, a proposal that would locate a three-story, 39,000 square-foot bank and office/medical building on 2.74 acres in Fayetteville’s downtown historic district in the triangle where Ga. Highway 54 West splits into Stonewall Avenue and Lanier Avenue. A vacant house now sits on the site.

For Christians worldwide, Holy Week, including Easter, is the most sacred time of the year as worshippers celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Christians in the Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton area will celebrate with many religious services and fellowship activities, concluding with Easter celebration services Sunday.

An amended budget, an annual report from Comcast Cable and the appointment of a Fayetteville police officer to the Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Task Force are on the agenda for the April 5 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council.

The streets of Fayetteville were relatively quiet in the early hours Saturday, with a police road safety check resulting in two arrests and eight citations issued.

Once again a Fayette middle school will represent Georgia at the National Science Olympiad.

J.C. Booth took the state championship at the Georgia Science Olympiad held at Augusta State University March 24. Coached by science teacher Mary Wilde, the school’s team took 12 first place medals and earned a total of 15 medals in 23 events.

Students at East Fayette have turned math skills into cold, hard cash for cancer research.

During the annual St. Jude’s Mathaton, students asked parents and friends for pledges donations based on the number of math problems they completed. Over $2,400 was raised this year to fund children's cancer research at St. Jude’s Children's Hospital.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.

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