Plans for a rezoning proposal at the triangle-shaped intersection of West Lanier and Stonewall Avenue was tabled until next month by Fayetteville City Council Aug. 17. The delay is so the developer could meet with the city’s Architectural Review Committee.

Peachtree City residents and visitors now have a new place to log onto the Internet: the city's tennis center and visitor's center.

Fayetteville City Council Aug. 15 gave the green light to an in-depth study of the developing medical mecca on the city’s east side along Ga. Highway 54. The council will join Fayette County staff and elected officials and property owners on the Hwy. 54/Hospital Corridor Task Force.

Fayetteville police are investigating an early morning shooting that damaged two homes in a residential area off North Jeff Davis Drive Saturday, Aug. 12. No one was hurt, and police said they don’t know what may have sparked the incident.

Join Piedmont Fayette Hospital as it hosts a Community Open House for the newly completed Clinical Expansion August 26 from 10 a.m.

A non-profit group helping make the holidays brighter for needy persons is in need of volunteers and warehouse space.

Fayette’s 2006 graduating seniors posted the county’s highest average composite score on the ACT – 22.5 – compared to scores from the last four years.

Former Governor Roy Barnes will visit Fayette County on Saturday, Aug. 26, to headline an event on behalf of Kevin Madden, candidate for the Georgia General Assembly (House District 72). The event will be held at Blue Moon Farm, the home of Dr. Richard and Judith Moore, in Fairburn (Fayette County) from 5-8 p.m.

Three Fayette elementary schools have been named National Citizenship Champions in the KC3 Citizenship in Motion Awards competition.

Delta Air Lines employees have created a unique way to support the needs of the children who live on campus at Christian City while doing something that is good for the environment as well. For the second year in a row a group of volunteers at Delta Air Lines collected used oil and anti-freeze from area Atlanta based employees to be sold to the Universal Environmental company in Peachtree City.

Welcome to Moe’s!” may soon be everyone’s three favorite words in Peachtree City as Moe’s Southwest Grill opened its newest neighborhood restaurant at 500 Circle Gate on August 17. A 2005 Inc. magazine top 25 company, Moe’s Southwest Grill is a burrito-lover’s paradise, serving fresh made-to-order burritos and southwest fare with attitude and flare.

Danny Dorsel did not take the most direct route to become a high school principal and yet the former consultant for Price Waterhouse Cooper was in the office last Monday when school started at Our Lady of Mercy. Dorsel majored in mechanical engineeering at the University of South Carolina and went to Virginia Tech to study environemental engineering in graduate school. Then one day, several years ago, he decided he needed to satisfy himself spiritually. His long term goal was to work with the Catholic Church and children, so Dorsel became a teacher and a coach at a Catholic school in Hilton Head, S.C. After two years there, he moved to Columbia, S.C. and taught and coached at Cardinal Newman, as well as creating a development office, specializing in public relations, fundraising and alumni relations, before serving as an interim principal for a year. Now, Dorsel finds himself at Our Lady of Mercy, an opportunity that he is excited to have.

A drug trafficking suspect in Gwinnett County opened fire on a cadre of drug agents before dawn Friday morning, including some from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department’s Drug Suppression Task Force, officials said.

After hundreds of reports of illnesses from an accidental release of a pesticide odorant, Georgia Division of Public Health Aug. 15 announced plans to conduct a public health consultation for north Fayette and south Fulton communities.

Two developers seeking to annex more than 779 acres on the northwest boundary of Peachtree City and build 1,298 homes have filed their detailed applications with city officials.

By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizen.com
and JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com

The Fayette County Commission is hoping that Peachtree City will not allow nearly 1,300 homes and more commercial development to be built on the west side of Peachtree City.

Fayette County Superior Court Judge Chris Edwards speaks to Oak Grove Elementary students Friday at a student assembly.

If 420 students don’t show proof of local residency by Friday, they will expelled from Fayette County schools.

That’s the word from schools spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach after doing an informal survey of the system’s tougher policy on out-of-county students.

A unique healthcare venture has opened its first store in Peachtree City.

Patients will enjoy the “after hours” walk-in convenience of Health-e-Station though they won’t be seeing a doctor eye-to-eye.

It went largely unnoticed when it happened, but to Fayette’s growing senior community, it’s a dream come true.

A controversial, privately-owned waste treatment plant bordering north Fayette County has been fined $100,000 by the state for environmental violations.

Students at McIntosh High School may soon have a lot fewer places to park.

A proposal before the Peachtree City Council would eliminate parking on Petrol Point due to safety concerns. The road runs behind the school and usually is lined with parked cars and some golf carts during school hours.

A Peachtree City mother was arrested Tuesday, accused of selling drugs in the presence of her two children, ages 2 and 5, police said.

Fayette County Superior Court Judge Chris Edwards knows just how to get the attention of local school children: He waves a wad of cash in his hand.

Judge: Program not for dealers, but those willing to kick the habit

Local court officials are putting together a special program designed to help drug users kick their addictions instead of heading to jail on felony charges.

Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services has been designated a Certified Emergency Manager by the International Association of Emergency Managers.

The stretch of road along Ga. Highway 54 west of Fayetteville is rapidly becoming a medical mecca.

The current and planned medical office facilities, other developments that might be proposed in the future and how that growth will be addressed will be a topic at Thursday’s meeting of Fayetteville City Council.

An historical marker will be unveiled this Saturday outlining the Civil War skirmish at the Shakerag community.

Just before dawn, July 30, 1864, a cavalry raid to cut the last two railroads supplying Atlanta was headed by Union Big. Gen. Edward M. McCook, who ordered the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry to halt near the Asa Mitchell house, on Ebenezer Road in the community of Shakerag, now Peachtree City.

Chick-fil-A, Inc. has started construction on a new stand-alone Chick-fil-A restaurant in Peachtree City which is projected to open in October.

The Fayette County Democrats will hold their monthly breakfast meeting on Saturday, August 19, 2006, with breakfast starting at 10 AM, at Chaps Restaurant in Tyrone. Discussion topics will include: efforts for 2006 general elections, upcoming voter registration drives, and air quality concerns in North Fayette County.