Fayetteville

F’ville eyes possibilities for annexing 1,099 acres

Graphic supplied by City of Fayetteville. Top is looking west, north is to the right, east at bottom.

Talks driven by movie-TV production studios coming north of Piedmont Fayette Hospital

It is all in the preliminary stages, but get ready for a flurry of activity in the areas west and northwest of Fayetteville in the coming months.

Potential annexations, sewer service and developing an updated master plan for the area were all topics at the Fayetteville City Council retreat held Feb. 22. Read More»

Pinewood Studios equals major economic benefits

Matt Forshee, CEO of the Fayette County Development Authority, briefing the Fayetteville City Council Feb. 22. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Initial infusions into local economy over 5 years: $192 million; impact compared to Kia plant

There was a flurry of potential development discussion Feb. 22 at the Fayetteville City Council’s annual retreat.

Fayette County Development Authority CEO Matt Forshee made a brief presentation on the Pinewood Studios Group and the plans for the Project Stargate film and television studio facility planned for a 288-acre tract on Sandy Creek Road northwest of Fayetteville.

As for Pinewood’s entree into the United States by way of Fayette County, Forshee said the studio’s goal is to start with a small studio and grow it bigger than anything existing today in metro Atlanta. Read More»

Dr. Helen Sams dies at age 89

Fayette County’s first female doctor, Dr. Helen Fletcher Sams passed away at home on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the age of 89. She was fondly and respectfully known by most in the Fayette County community as “Dr. Helen.”

Her death follows by less than a month the passing of her husband, Dr. Ferrol Sams, Jr., on Jan. 29. The two had practiced medicine together in Fayetteville for more a half century until their retirement — together — in 2006. Read More»

JPods don't get off the ground with F'ville Council

Councilman Ed Johnson at the Feb. 22 Fayetteville City Council retreat. Photo/Ben Nelms.

When it comes to having personal transportation pods running overhead along areas of Fayetteville, the proposed JPod monorail system will have to make do on private property. That was the consensus at the Fayetteville City Council retreat held Feb. 22. Read More»

Sometimes truth hurts

When Bill Webster sought an explanation to his question about black voters and the Democratic Party, my response to him was neither a diatribe, as described by Stephen Allen and Alan Felts, nor was it mean-spirited, and hardly racist.

Based on their responses, it’s clear — they read from an alternate universe.

Angry? Hate? Extreme? Cult? Racist? They couldn’t be farther from the truth. Acquaintances across the racial spectrum would find those assertions as laughable and ridiculous as their ramblings. Read More»

BoE, let’s face the facts rather than closing schools

I have heard it said at board meetings and I have read it in the papers: There are two major issues facing our school system:

1. How to reduce our budget by $15 million and,

2. What to do with all of the excess capacity, especially in elementary schools. The quote I have heard is “... we cannot ask the taxpayers to subsidize these empty classrooms”.

While I do agree that these two points sum up our current situation, I cannot agree with the remark on subsidizing. Read More»

Peggy Smith Chaney of Fayetteville

Peggy Smith Chaney

Peggy Smith Chaney of Fayetteville, formally of Hapeville, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013.

Peggy was born in Atlanta on July 20, 1922.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Hardy Smith and Kate Sawyer Smith and 5 loving siblings: Thelma McCurdy, Ethel McGee, Sarah Jones, Howard Smith, and Bertha Mills. Peggy was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, the late Gerald Royce Chaney. Read More»

Helen Fletcher Sams, M.D., age 89

June 5, 1922 - February 23, 2013

Dr. Helen Fletcher Sams passed away at home on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the age of 89.

She was fondly and respectfully know by most in the Fayette County community as "Dr. Helen."

Dr. Helen was born in Greensboro, Fla., the sixth of eight children of the late Thomas Bertelle Fletcher and Elvira Hentz Fletcher. Read More»

Heritage Christian Adademy to offer new kindergarten class

New students can enroll at open house planned for March 3 at Heritage facility

The Heritage Christian Academy will add a kindergarten class in the fall for 2013/14 school year. Kindergarten hours will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day except on Fridays when classes dismiss at noon. Enrichment classes will be offered after school on Friday at an additional low cost fee. Read More»

St. Gabriel’s Friday fish fry continues

St. Gabriel Catholic Church Council 11458 continues its Annual Lenten Fish Fry for the next four Fridays, March 1, 8, 15, and 22. The first plate will be served at 5:30 p.m. and will consist of tilapia, baked and fried options. All adult meals are $8 per plate. All child’s meals are $5 per plate All family meals are capped at $32 per family -— 2 adult and 4 child plates. Additional servings will be at the per plate price.

The church is at 152 Antioch Rd Fayetteville. For more infomation, call the church office, 770-461-0492, or Chris, 770-277-8807.

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