A March 8 sting in Fayetteville involving alcohol sales to those underage, conducted by the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR), resulted in citations to employees at eight of the 21 […]
Planning Commission defers hearing Calistoa request until after council action — A developer is asking the city to lift its moratorium on multi-family rezoning requests to allow consideration of a
Fayetteville to set mixed drink entertainment districts — Fayette Ventures will be back before the Fayetteville City Council on March 21 for a second reading and potential vote on a
A January spill from a broken sewage main in Union City resulted in 18.5 million gallons of raw sewage entering Whitewater Creek and Morning Creek. Neither of the creeks serves
Downtown Fayetteville and Pinewood Forest could become designated areas for consuming alcohol outdoors if the City Council approves the measure on March 21. The first reading of an amendment to
Join the Fayette County Republican Women for a lunch meeting at Crosstown Grille, 620 Crosstown Dr. in the Braelinn Shopping Center, on Tuesday, March 19. Guest speaker will be Board
A proposal to establish an Air Evac helipad on Promenade Parkway near the Fayette Pavilion was approved March 7 by the Fayetteville City Council. The proposal was met with opposition
UPDATED MARCH 13 — Mandatory participation may be off the table, but Peachtree City is still seeking bids for a single garbage pick-up provider for every house in Peachtree City,
Senior Planner: City’s venerable multi-village concept “needs to be modernized” — Peachtree City is wearing out, and we’ve got to figure out how to pay for repairing and fixing it
An open house designed to obtain input from citizens on transportation improvements along four roadway corridors across Fayette County will be held March 18 at the Fayette County Library in
UPDATE — School System posts Q&A about J.C. Booth construction options; Board of Education narrows choices to 2 options; vote could come March 11; second life for Tyrone Elementary and Fayetteville
Fayette County could be getting a Veterans Treatment Court if a grant application approved Feb. 28 by the Fayette County Commission is successful. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson
Fayette County Commissioner Edge Gibbons during the commissioner’s comments portion of the Feb. 28 meeting clarified and corrected his statement made at a prior meeting dealing with having his mind
Two parcels along Ebenezer and Davis roads requested for rezoning for 2-acre lots that were turned down in 2016 and 2018 were approved by unanimous vote on Feb. 28 by
Fayetteville is looking for eight members of the local community to serve on the new Downtown Planning Committee to assist with city’s long-range planning efforts. The committee will be responsible
There is a lot to be said for symbolism, and that is true of the new diamond-shaped logo for the Fayette County School System, adopted by unanimous vote at the
Original single provider directive found little support on council; how to pay increased costs of maintaining neighborhood streets still unanswered — Single-provider, mandatory trash pickup service got dumped Thursday night
Garbage meets the Council tonight at Peachtree City Hall. On the agenda is a proposal that the city award a contract to one company for pick-up of all residential garbage
Commission members polite but say the apartment-heavy plan is not their idea of a live-walk-work space — The initial concept for a dramatic change to the Aberdeen Village retail area
The first of three planned public retreat workshops begins tonight as the Peachtree City Council meets at 6:30 at City Hall. The Citizen will livestream the meeting via The Citizen
The Fayette County Democratic Party’s Pancakes and Politics meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 9 to 11 a.m. at IHOP in Fayetteville. Guest speaker will be Teresa Tomlinson. In
Sen. Marty Harbin (R–Tyrone) issued the following statement on Senate Bill 221: “Today [Feb. 27] I introduced Senate Bill 221, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This simple legislation would meet
City Manager Jon Rorie says trash trucks from 3 companies put too much wear and tear on streets — Peachtree City officials expect to ask the current three licensed residential
‘Sustainability’ is theme of March 5 public workshop; ‘big things are coming’ — Like a teacher prepping students for a hard test, Peachtree City Manager Jon Rorie spent over an
31 acres rezoned adjacent to proposed new city park — A proposal to rezone nearly 31 acres between Grady Avenue and the new city property to the north for a
Two parcels along Ebenezer and Davis roads requested for rezoning for 2-acre lots are returning to the Fayette County Commission on Feb. 28. The requests failed when proposed in 2016
Residents objected to high-density residential, but liked the shift to offices — What had originally been proposed for apartments on Ga. Highway 54 West across from Piedmont Fayette Hospital was
State Representative Josh Bonner (R-Fayetteville) recently co-sponsored House Bill 481, or the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act. This legislation seeks to change current abortion laws in Georgia. “House
Demolition next for old offices, part of plan for new municipal complex and park — The Fayette County School System’s central office location on Stonewall Avenue in Fayetteville was vacated
Once the county’s only high school, complex now is school system’s new headquarters — The move by the Fayette County School System’s central office to its new home at the
Margin was 64-to-2 for new site on Stagecoach Road; upgrading old building least costly at $28 million — A survey of groups that would be impacted by a decision on
Thursday decisions could bring 145 homes, 270 apartments to Fayetteville; also on council agenda: first phase of Piedmont Fayette Hospital expansion — The Feb. 21 meeting of the Fayetteville City
Citizens get 5 minutes each to petition their county government — The way public comments during meetings of the Fayette County Commission are handled underwent a change at the board’s
A Salt Lake City company is suing Peachtree City and Fayette County for issuing a quitclaim deed involving 1.714 acres of property the company says it owns along Line Creek
