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Last week the Peachtree City Council voted to dispose of the fire department’s dive team equipment by donating it to the Henry County Fire Department. It was the final act […]

You’ve seen them all over town. Big metal “donation boxes” designed to accumulate goods such as books, clothes and other items that can be re-used or recycled. Their proliferation got

UPDATED FOR PRINT July 27,2011 — Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix is not about to apologize for what his fellow council members are calling a pattern of “negative comments” that

Peachtree City finally has some answers about how to go about repairing the exterior wall at the lower level. The problem was discovered several months ago when a significant crack

Starting this year, Peachtree City and Tyrone residents will be paying a separate property tax to fund operations of the countywide Emergency 911 center. So will their counterparts in Fayetteville

After Thursday’s public hearing on the city’s $27.7 million budget, the Peachtree City Council undertook a series of actions designed mostly to improve the budget outlook in future years. By

A move that would result in citizens paying additional property taxes to fund the county’s Emergency-911 system will be considered by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night. Currently, the city

According to an email from Peachtree City, the city council tomorrow night will consider censuring Mayor Don Haddix “and call for corrective action in order to protect and better serve

Citizens will get another chance to sound off about the proposed $27.7 million budget for Peachtree City at a public hearing Thursday night. The hearing will occur as part of

At the Blue Smoke recreation area, one of two tennis courts sits unplayable due to problems with the surface that have left standing water in a significantly-sized puddle the day

Peachtree City Councilman Eric Imker is hopeful that the city can devote some budgetary savings toward paying off a loan or two which have less than favorable terms for the

At an informal meeting on the Peachtree City budget between citizens and City Councilman Eric Imker last weekend, the talk turned away from budget cuts toward another side of the

About a dozen Peachtree City residents attended an informal budget meeting with councilman Eric Imker Saturday morning. In addition to his presentation on the proposed 2011-2012 city budget, Imker also

Peachtree City residents won’t see a property tax increase this year, as the city’s $27.7 million budget for 2011-2012 has been adjusted to eliminate a slight millage rate increase. That

The Peachtree City Planning Commission has a rather light agenda for its monthly meeting Monday at 7 p.m. And because of a scheduling conflict, the meeting will be held in

Peachtree City has been looking for a way to borrow more money at a cheaper rate. They found it in a newly created city Facilities Authority that will address the

Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix is claiming that his assertion in a February email to a city staffer that former Mayor Harold Logsdon was “part drunk” during meetings is true.

The next workshop meeting on the proposed $28 million budget for Peachtree City is scheduled for Monday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The big decision facing the

When Peachtree City Manager Jim Pennington visited the city for his first and second interviews, he was struck by its beauty. So much so, in fact, that on the way

Faced with necessary and critical infrastructure repair and maintenance, along with vehicle replacements, Peachtree City is poised to use financing in the coming year to the tune of $2 million

Since Peachtree City had spent its entire budgeted amount for contracted tree removal, the City Council agreed to shift more funding to cover the rest of the year. Last week

Peachtree City’s 238 employees are in line for a 2 percent “incentive” bonus in the next fiscal year, a pay bump the City Council calls “essentially a cost of living

UPDATED for Wednesday print edition — Having retired in 2002, former Peachtree City Manager Jim Basinger has kept away from City Council meetings. That changed Thursday night as he spoke

The new senior apartment complex coming to the Kedron Village area now has a name: Hearthside at Peachtree City. A conceptual plan for the 96-unit complex was unveiled at the