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F’ville faces budget deadline, eyes quarter-mill tax hike
The July 17 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council should be one for the books. The council is expected to address a litany of...
Appeal cites ‘poor candidates’
In its federal appeal of a court ruling that enacted district voting in Fayette County, the county commission has a different take on the...
Fayetteville budget guidance to staff remains murky
It was supposed to be a budget work session to give Fayetteville financial staff guidance on the FY 2015 budget expected to receive a...
F’ville, county still at a standoff on fire response
The standoff over fire services between Fayette County and Fayetteville is still heating up. Fayetteville on July 11 said the county agreed to automatic...
New fixes for PTC 54W traffic snarl?
New intersections would allow ‘continuous flow’ for westbound traffic, but 6 lanes are needed
Converting two intersections along traffic-choked Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree...
PTC poised to raise property tax
Peachtree City residents and business owners will get their first chance to provide input on a proposed one-mill tax increase at Thursday’s City Council...
2 F’ville officials take exception to fire chief interview
An interview with Fayetteville Fire Chief Alan Jones by a local television station on the impact of the termination of the automatic aid agreement...
Turnout 1.7% so far, early voting’s last day is Friday
Friday is the last day to early vote before the July 22 election, and if you need further incentive, low turnout might make your...
Piedmont-Fayette Hospital affiliates with MD Anderson Cancer Network
Piedmont Fayette Hospital has joined Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in becoming Georgia’s only hospitals affiliated with the MD Anderson Cancer Network.
A physician on the front...
Studdard campaign whizzes on the truth, commits political fraud
OPINION — I’m disappointed in David Studdard. He’s running a truth-challenged runoff race against Marty Harbin for the Republican nomination to the Georgia Senate,...
Can your church count on you?
The community orchestra had been preparing for their annual fall concert for nearly five months. At the final dress rehearsal, the conductor took...
Religion Briefs 07/16/14
Woolsey Baptist to host sports campA Sports Camp is being held at Woolsey Baptist Church, 115 Hampton Road in Fayetteville, July 21- 24, from...
Peachtree City UMC welcomes Tamlyn Collins, Joshua Toepper to pastoral staff
Peachtree City United Methodist Church, 225 Robinson Rd., recently welcomed not one, but two new pastors to its church pastoral staff.
The Rev. Tamlyn...
Hopewell UMC ladies plan painting party July 25
Hopewell United Methodist Women will sponsor another fun paint party on Friday, July 25, at 6 p.m. The instructor will be Julie Compton of...
Nativity will offer Sunday evening service, concert beginning Aug. 3
Beginning Sunday, Aug. 3, The Episcopal Church of the Nativity will begin offering a Sunday evening service at 5:30 p.m. each week. The service...
Volunteers, staff hold kickoff meeting for Christian City event
Volunteers and staff gathered recently on the campus of The Children’s Village at Christian City for this year’s “Chair-ity Event” kick-off meeting. Plans are...
Environmental Purity Agency
The rollout of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new draft regulation to limit greenhouse gases was accompanied by a brilliant political cartoon that showed a...
Balkanization beckons
Speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Albuquerque in 2001, George W. Bush declared that, as Mexico was a friend and neighbor, “It’s...
Government spending and morality
During last year’s budget negotiation meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, “We don’t have a spending problem.” When Boehner responded, “But,...
Taking a walk to amazing
This afternoon I took a long walk because I felt I needed it, first around the cathedral, then past the New Church, and then...
Salute to home-makers
You know how attics are. They’re filled with junk, Christmas stuff and memories that you can’t toss away. The other day as I was...
Lake Peachtree repair is being mishandled
I am very concerned about the the mismanagement of the Lake Peachtree problems. I have 50 years experience in the public works sector and...
Ms. Willis and Hobby Lobby
This has reference to the article by Bonnie Willis about “Hobby Lobby: Where the real war is,” which appeared in The Citizen Wednesday, July...
Contraception Cause bends the truth, Constitution
The furtherance of contraception has always been accompanied by lies, manipulation, and misinformation, and the recent case with Hobby Lobby and the contraception mandate...
The benefits of carting PT
When I worked in Peachtree City back in the ’90s, I drove my golf cart to work for about a year. I remember that...
Nels Christian Nielsen, 50, of Fayetteville
Nels Christian Nielsen, 50, of Fayetteville, passed away July 10, 2014.
He served our country in the US Marine Corp.
He was preceded in...
Things to do-July 16-July 27
JulyJuly 16The” Music Man” plays at the Legacy Theatre in Tyrone today at 7:30 p.m. The musical is family entertainment at its best. The...
Whitewater yearbook wins an international award
The Vision 2014 Whitewater High School yearbook has earned a Certificate of Merit from the Printing Industries of America (PIA) Premier Print Awards.
The Premier...
Christmas in July car show benefits Fayette kids
A successful car show benefiting Fayette Toys for Tots was held in the Fayetteville Summit Point shopping center July 5.
The event was hosted by...
Sandy Creek’s FBLA competitors win awards
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Sandy Creek High wrapped up its inaugural year by bringing home high honors from the...
Crowd celebrates Declaration signers
The 13th celebration of Let Freedom Ring took place July 4 on the Old Courthouse lawn and was well attended.
Can you name the three...
Get your tomato on Saturday
A tomato tasting party is Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Peachtree City Farmers Market in the Aberdeen Village Shopping Center parking...
Market Day is Saturday
This Saturday is the second Market Day event of 2014, at the Lane Brown Gazebo in Downtown Fayetteville. Fayetteville Main Street welcomes everyone to...
‘Dawn” of the Missed Opportunity
By Kevin Thomas
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Sequels can be a mixed bag. Occasionally, a sequel can rise above its predecessor (“The Godfather Part Two” and “The Dark Knight”...
