Peachtree City

PTC man arrested after assault, threats

A 20-year-old Peachtree City man was arrested Monday afternoon after assaulting a woman inside his home and threatening to kill her, police said.

Because Albert Ensell Jr., 20, of 234 Twiggs Corner, was armed and reportedly agitated, the police department's Special Response Team was summoned, and a negotiator convinced Ensell to leave the residence where he was arrested peacefully, police said.

Ensell was charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, simple battery, making terroristic threats and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, police said. Read More»

PTC Library hosts storytellers

PTC Library hosts storytellers

The Friends of the Peachtree City Library hosted members of the Southern Crescent Storytellers and the Southern Order of Storytellers on Saturday, March 16. Storytellers Janice Butt, Ernestine Brown, Sharon Weske, Betty English, and Jan Cribbs related stories honoring women who had “inspired innovation through imagination,” the theme of this year’s Women History Month. From left: Friend of the Library Ann Wright and Storytellers Ernestine Brown, Anne Wallis, and Betty English at the Women’s History Month Storytelling Program. Photo/Special.

Booth’s Cole Guenther wins Ga. free throw contest

Booth’s Cole Guenther wins Ga. free throw contest

J.C. Booth seventh-grader Cole Guenther won the Georgia State Free Throw Championship in Macon Saturday March 16. The event was held by the Knights of Columbus. Cole sank 21 out of 25 free throws. Cole won in the 12-year-old boys’ division. He played for Coach Dave Edinger seventh-grade J.C. Booth basketball, PTC Rec basketball and also has played travel basketball in Atlanta. Cole’s dad Gary has coached him in PTC rec ball and Cole credits him for helping him advance his game. Read More»

Spring gardening begins in the cold

Spring gardening begins in the cold

On a very cold day in March, members of the Peachtree City Garden Club and Down To Earth Organics Club helped weed and till the raised garden beds at Christian City so their members can begin their vegetables gardens this spring. Back row, (L-R): Joyce Spindler, Chuck Wright, Michael Sule, Marcia Hendershot, Linda Giles and Bonnie Helander. Front row: Jo-Ann Wright, Ina Sule, Ellen O’Neill. Photo/Special.

Georgia House honors McIntosh Lady Chiefs soccer team at Capitol

Pictured (L-R) are Mabra, Stover (at rear), the Lady Chiefs, Ramsey and House Speaker David Ralston. Photo/Special.

State Representatives Matt Ramsey (R-Peachtree City), Virgil Fludd (D-Tyrone), Ronnie Mabra (D-Fayetteville), and David Stover (R-Newnan) led the Georgia House of Representatives in recognizing the McIntosh High School Lady Chiefs soccer team at the state Capitol with House Resolution 148 on March 14.

“We are so proud of the McIntosh High School Lady Chiefs Soccer Team for winning both the 2011 and 2012 Class AAAAA State Championships. They are an outstanding group of hard working and determined students, and we are honored to host them at the state Capitol today,” added Rep. Ramsey. Read More»

Booth heads to National Science Olympiad — for 20th time

Booth heads to National Science Olympiad — for 20th time

The tradition continues at Booth Middle School in Peachtree City. The school’s Science Olympiad Team has clinched another state championship and will be one of two Georgia teams to travel with team coach and science teacher Tammy Pakulski to Wright State University in May for the National Science Olympiad. The trip will mark Booth’s 20th trip to the national competition. Photo/Special.

PTC to get slice of studio revenue

New German company 'excited' to relocate to PTC; will provide special effects services

While Pinewood Studios hopes to be operational at its site in central Fayette County by January, Peachtree City already has a company on Huddleston Drive, East Coast Films, that prepares special effects materials for shoots all over Georgia, according to Matt Forshee, CEO of the Fayette County Development Authority. Read More»

Dienhart to host town hall tomorrow

Peachtree City Councilman George Dienhart will host a town hall meeting for residents at City Hall beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22.

Dienhart said he expects topics to include the proposed curb cut from a proposed commercial development to Planterra Way along with the 2014 budget. The meeting will be held in the community room downstairs. Read More»

PTC to replace library roof

A leaky roof can be expensive to fix, as the Peachtree City Council learned recently.

The library roof in Peachtree City has experienced a large number of repairs due to leaks since it was replaced in 2005.

And while the total cost of $261,4170 to replace it again sounds questionable on the surface, there is much more to the story that makes the expenditure possibly tenable. Read More»

PTC Council pays airport debt early to save $17K in interest payments

In a move to save the city more than $17,000 in interest payments the Peachtree City Council on March 7 voted unanimously to pay off the remainder of the 2002 airport bond. The vote enables the city’s next bond millage rate to be reduced by .012 mills. Read More»