Ga. EPD now sniffing stinky Fayette water

The problem with dirty smelling and tasting drinking water in portions of Peachtree City, Tyrone and the Fayetteville area continued through the past week and is now the subject of outside help from the Ga. Environmental Protection Division (EPD), an outside consultant and the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) working in conjunction with the Fayette County Water system to bring the issues of stinky water to an end and help prevent such an occurrence in the future. Read More»

F’ville woman killed in 1-car crash Friday

A 22-year-old Fayetteville woman died early Friday morning after her vehicle ran off Lees Mill Road, according to Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb. Read More»

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News

Fayette County arrest reports — May 7–13

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the time period indicated. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than the age of those arrested, only the year of birth will be indicated below due to law enforcement procedural changes.

Tuesday, May 7 - Monday, May 13

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office

Charles D. Shepherd, born in 1989, of Huntcliff Court, Fayetteville, for less than an ounce of marijuana.
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Lightning damages steeple at F’ville 1st Baptist
Coweta County’s valedictorians and salutatorians include, left to right, Northgate High School Salutatorian Bharath Ramanathan Shankar and Northgate Valedictorian Clint Russell Garn; Newnan High School Valedictorian Jonathan Kelly Swenson and Newnan Salutatorian Abigail Palmer Gordon; East Coweta High School Valedictorian Saeyun Lee and East Coweta Salutatorian Rachael Ana Scott. Photo/Special.

Government

PTC Council debates sales tax for roads, paths

A proposed countywide special sales tax, up for a vote in November, would provide $12.8 million to Peachtree City over a two-year period.

The city is almost certain to earmark much if not all of those proceeds toward road and cart path projects, as the city has no other plan to fund them. Such projects used to be paid for out of the city’s general fund, but that process stopped in 2005 when the transportation sales tax money started coming in. Read More»

Duane Lawson, Michael Dixon and Sherry Harris. Photo/Special.
Coweta County Administrator Theron Gay was recently awarded the 2013 Jerry R. Griffin Excellence in Public Service Award by the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia. Pictured, from left, are ACCG Executive Director Ross King, Theron Gay and Walton County Commission Chairman and ACCG 1st Vice President Kevin Little. Photo/Special.

Opinion

The editor responds to BoE member Presberg’s letter

Cal Beverly's picture

This response is directed not to his wife and children but to Mr. Presberg, who holds (appointed) public office and should know better than to expose his “progressive” worldview for Fayette voters to examine.

Mr. Presberg essentially makes three points:

1. How dare any student report such negative information about Sandy Creek High School to a parent?

2. How dare the parent write a letter based on that information to a newspaper?

3. And — most egregiously, in Mr. Presberg’s opinion — how dare this newspaper print such a letter? Read More»

Editorial cartoon for Jan. 30, 2013
Editorial cartoon by Glenn McCoy.

Lifestyle

Head to the library for stew and mystery

Larissa Reinhart. Photo/Special.

The Peachtree City Library will host a book signing with mystery author Larissa Reinhart May 18, at 2 p.m. Reinhart’s latest, “Still Life in Brunswick Stew,” is the second installment in her Cherry Tucker Mystery series. The first book in the series, “Portrait of a Dead Guy,” was a 2012 Daphne du Maurier finalist, a 2012 The Emily finalist, and a 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial winner. Read More»

Larissa Reinhart. Photo/Special.
Rick Ryckley autographs a book for one of his fans. Photo/Special.

Community

Things to do — May 22-June 20

May

May 25

PTC Combat Fitness will hold an Anti Bullying Seminar from 10:30 a.m. to noon today. The cost of the seminar is free to the public and members alike. The seminar will be for children and teens from the ages from 4 to 18. The seminar is designed to teach children and young adults to be confident, aware, and protected in potentially dangerous situations. Please call to reserve your space today at 770-487-1000.
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Young volunteer Thomas Crymes demonstrates one of the 18 obstacles in the 5K Goliath Mud Run hosted by Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church. The event will take place June 1. Photo/Special.
Whitewater’s Tyler Burdette was tagged out at third on a rundown in extra innings that extinguished a Wildcat rally late in the first game. Photo/John Munford.

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