Peachtree City UPDATES - Week of April 16, 2012
Apr 16Council meets this week, reminder on graduation signs & banners, food drive, tick season, Comprehensive Plan open houses, and more . . . read more »
Council meets this week, reminder on graduation signs & banners, food drive, tick season, Comprehensive Plan open houses, and more . . . read more »
Fraud prevention, Planning Commisison, New chance to vote in Best of the Road contest, Golf Cart registration requirements, Annual Stormwater Utility Bills, Scout Projects, and much more . . . read more »
Council meets Thursday, vehicle and equipment auction underway, Planning Commission meets next Monday, safety reminders about foxes, underage golf cart drivers, and those turning from Crosstown to Highway 74, summer camps, and more . . . read more »
This coming Good Friday, April 6, will mark the 31st Annual Community Good Friday Service in Peachtree City. It is not unusual for churches to celebrate Good Friday. It is not rare for a few churches, usually of like or similar theology, to combine for... »
I often read in this paper citizen criticism of Peachtree City’s police and fire organizations as being overstaffed, their budgets in need of a tighter trim. This is to offer a different perspective. My 10-year-old daughter Kristen has an occasional se... »
Big week in Peachtree City, with path closure, high school drama performances at both McIntosh and Starr's Mill, St. Patrick's Day drunk driving enforcement, cart path closure for repairs, an update on the Highway 54 East traffic signal timing (thanks ... »
Readers, you surprised me by telling me you liked reading the letters Dave wrote when he was here in Georgia on a new plant-startup. Only the US Postal Service connected him with me and the girls, waiting in New Jersey for the completion of our new hom... »
Election day information, City Council Retreat, greenbelt dumping, graffiti, pill drop, and more . . . March 6 Presidential Preference Primary No voting will be held on Monday, March 5. Voters should go to their regular polling places on Tuesday, March... »
If the contingent of Fayette Free Thought Society members and supporters of newly appointed Fayette Board of Education Chairman Leonard Presberg thought they needed to turn out in strength to protect him from harm — whether mental or physical — from ra... »
For too long I’ve used this space to complain about lost articles. (clothing, cell phones, and the like; not newspaper articles.) So when a resident of Peachtree City’s Fisher’s Luck neighborhood called and said she had our Bible, we celebrated that fo... »
Do you remember CAPIT? CAPIT was a Fayette County local organization whose initials stood for Citizens Against Perpetually Increasing Taxes. Nice little catchy name. CAPIT was run by a political science college professor named Roger Marietta, who would... »
When do golf carts have "right-of-way" in Peachtree City? (hint: never). GDOT holding public meeting on I-85/Hwy 74 Interchange Plans. Peachtree City Recreation publishes Spring Catalog. Upcoming area meetings. And more . . . Golf Carts Rule! (Not Real... »
By a quirk of fate, I’ve come upon a cache of letters that tell the story of moving our family from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, to Peachtree City, Georgia. Payoff for finally cleaning up my office? For years I have shrugged off the memories of that tim... »
Congratulations to the “visionary” leadership of Peachtree City for obtaining a RaceTrac gas station for us. It complements the new ambiance of the west side of the city. Three years ago, your visionary leadership turned its back on an Avenue type deve... »
Another year ends Saturday and it is time to reflect on the best and worst events of 2011. The best of 2011 are: • Navy Seal Team 6 in the dramatic eradication of Osama Bin Laden. • Democrats and Republicans worked together in the legislature to save t... »