Teachers attend EdCampFayette 2016
About 100 teachers from Fayette and the metro Atlanta area spent one of their few remaining days of summer break attending the third annual EdCampFayette hosted by Sara Harp Minter […]
2016
Church, Fayette County
Religion Briefs 07/27/16
Merrill Chapel’s revival starts tonight Merrill Chapel United Methodist Church will hold its Summer Revival from Wednesday through Friday, July 27-29, at 7:30 p.m. nightly. The host pastor is the
Ready for the big sale
Brooks Woman’s Club president Marge Counts prepares for the organization’s upscale tag/rummage sale for charity that is scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hardy Hall, 113 Church
Newton anniversary
Gene and Doris Newton of Fayetteville celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary June 28, 2016. They were married at First Christian Church in College Park in 1952 by the Rev. Black.
Successful Big Giveaway
Becoming Women’s ministry volunteers Abbie Huber, Lana Parker and Katie Watts prepare for community visitors before the first ever Peachtree City Church of Christ Great Big Giveaway held on June
Grant keeps tails wagging
Fayette Senior Services was awarded $2,500 from the Meals on Wheels Loves Pets Grant from Meals on Wheels America to help fund its Ani-Meals program. The program is designed to
Tax hearings set
Newnan officials have announced the city’s intention to increase the 2016 property taxes it will levy this year by 4.38 percent over the rollback millage rate. Due to adjustments in
Local hospitals among Most Wired in 2016
Piedmont Atlanta, Piedmont Fayette, Piedmont Henry, Piedmont Mountainside and Piedmont Newnan hospitals have been named among the nation’s Most Wired, according to the 18th Annual Health Care’s Most Wired survey,
National Night Out is Sept. 11
The Peachtree City Police Department is hosting this year’s National Night Out event along with the Peachtree City Convention and Visitors Bureau. It is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11, 4-6
Church, Peachtree City
Holy Trinity’s GriefShare sessions start Aug. 17
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City will again offer GriefShare to the community this fall. Both morning and evening sessions will be offered. GriefShare is a non-denominational Christ-centered
Planning Commission members sought
Peachtree City is accepting applications from for two members and one alternate seat for the Planning Commission. To qualify, applicants must have lived in Peachtree City for at least six
Musket demo at Christ the King
Don Furlong of Fayetteville (above, rear) presented a demonstration involving several types of muskets following recent morning services at Christ the King Church in Sharpsburg. Furlong, an expert and competitor
Fayette cited for great-tasting tap water
The Fayette County Water System has received the “People’s Choice: Best of the Best Tasting Tap Water Award” in Georgia at the Georgia Association of Water Professionals annual conference in
Church, Tyrone
Tyrone’s Dogwood Church to offer GriefShare
Dogwood Church, 975 Ga. Highway 74 North in Tyrone, will offer a GriefShare support group on Wednesday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m. beginning Aug. 10. The group will meet
Church, Tyrone
Hopewell will offer Ramsey’s ‘financial peace’ course
Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone will offer a nine week course in financial planning beginning Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 7 p.m. The class demonstrates how to get rid of
Getting a makeover
As Christ the King Church prepares for its 20th anniversary this fall, a number of repairs, refurbishing projects, and upgrades are in the works, including a new coat of paint
Church, Fayetteville
Grow fresh fall veggies at Providence
Providence UMC is offering free garden plots for this late summer/fall growing season. The “Jubilee Garden” has 25 ten foot square plots which are surrounded by a newly installed chain
Columnists, Opinion
What lives matter?
In the wake of two tragic shootings of police officers in just the last two weeks, not a news page can be opened without reading some story on guns, racial
Columnists, Opinion
Trump’s acceptance speech
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention was too long — 75 minutes — and too loud. Modulation is the key to good public speaking. One’s voice should
Columnists, Opinion
Hallmark at last!
As a child, I was captivated by emotional stories and how words strung together had the power to make me feel happy, touched, sad, or inspired. The rudiments of my
Letters to the Editor, Tyrone
School system is wrong manager for arts center
I attended the Fayette County Commission meeting where the members voted to remove funding for the so-called arts center, while giving the go-ahead to a six-year SPLOST tax increase. As
Letters to the Editor, Peachtree City
SPLOST needed for roads, cart paths
The Fayette County Commission has decreed that the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) will be a six-year tax rather than a five-year tax. If the SPLOST passes this
Letters to the Editor, Peachtree City
Against ‘pot-stirring,’ for Brewer’s assessment of school system
Regarding your response to Council Lady Brewer’s follow-up letter concerning the Title I concerns … it appears by the slants taken, you are trying to make her out to be
Letters to the Editor, Peachtree City
Here’s the flaw in ‘one man with a gun’ argument
I feel the need to point out the obvious fallacy in Gregory Moffatt’s proposition in his [recent] letter that if just one person at the Orlando nightclub had been armed,
Letters to the Editor, Peachtree City
It’s time we rediscover our constitutional governance
It’s time we stop playing the political correctness game. As a Christian in America I find it appalling that I’m being told that to say, “All lives matter” is socially
Letters to the Editor, Peachtree City
The pitfalls of early voting: New info
Ted Cruz came to Newnan to stump for state Senator Mike Crane on Friday, July 22, one day after his controversial speech at the GOP National Convention; where he refused
Fayetteville, Obituaries
Robert Daniel Frazier, age 77 of Fayetteville
Mr. Robert Daniel “Dan” Frazier, age 77 of Fayetteville, went to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, joining his parents, Orabel and Eddie Frazier; brother, Eddie Frazier, Jr.;
Fayetteville, Obituaries
Charlotte Driver Norton, 63, of Fayetteville
Charlotte Driver Norton, 63, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away peacefully on July 13, 2016. She was born in Porterdale, Ga. on November 14, 1952 to the late Homer George Driver
Fayetteville, Obituaries
Joan Jackson Brown
Born in 1933 in Bibb County, Ga., Joan Jackson Brown passed away Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 in College Park, Ga. Beloved mother and grandmother, she is preceded in death by
Fayetteville, Obituaries
Eleanor Birdine Snyder Corbin, 94
Eleanor Birdine Snyder Corbin, 94, formerly of Mount Union and Huntingdon, Pa., died on July 21, 2016, in Newnan, Ga, following complications of a fall. She resided at Azalea Estates,
Obituaries, Peachtree City
Willard Lamar Divins, of Peachtree City
Willard Lamar “Bill” Divins, of Peachtree City, passed away July 23, 2016 at the age of 89. He was born in Bradford, Pa. to Howard and Alta Divins. He
Fayetteville, Obituaries
Oliver Wayne Himbert, 77, of Fayetteville
Mr. Oliver Wayne Himbert, 77, a resident of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on June 20, 2016. He was born on August 25, 1938 to the late Oliver James Himbert Jr.
Obituaries, Peachtree City
Suzanne B. Stevens Scaggs, of Peachtree City
Suzanne B. Stevens Scaggs, of Peachtree City, passed away July 22, 2016 at the age of 85. She was born in Matewan, W.Va. to the late John and Elizabeth
Obituaries, Regional
Alice M. Ovrevik, 84, of Brooks
Alice M. Ovrevik, 84, of Brooks, passed away July 21, 2016. Alice was preceded in death by her parents Sverre & Marie Ovrevik. She is survived by her brothers Glenn