Peachtree City

PTC Garden Tour May 4 features lush landscapes

Garden at Carnellian Lane home in Peachtree City.

The Fayette County Master Gardener Association, made up of master gardener Extension volunteers with the University of Georgia Extension Service, will conduct the annual plant sale and garden tour Saturday, May 4. Hundreds of plants for flower and vegetable gardening as well as landscaping will be available. The plant sale will offer flowers, shrubs, herbs, vegetables, and trees, many of which are native plants, for purchase. Read More»

McIntosh sweeps rival tilt with Starrs Mill

Ball control was the name of the game for McIntosh as they beat Starr's Mill 3-0 Friday night at home with Salomon Lorenzano (#15) scoring the first goal of the night.

The McIntosh boys soccer team kept its perfect season intact, on the heels of a big 2-0 win for the girls squad as they faced off Friday night in home matches against cross-town rival Starr's Mill High School. Read More»

David Neil Saylor, 36, of Peachtree City,

David Neil Saylor, 36, of Peachtree City, lost his battle with cancer on April 16, 2013.

He graduated from McIntosh High School in 1994. He attended Wingate University, where he played on the men's varsity soccer team and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, graduating in 1999. He worked as a crisis counselor in the residential behavioral health program at KidsPeace. He was also a valued player on the Majestic Soccer Team in Atlanta. Read More»

Mildred Estelle Sells, of Peachtree City

Mildred Estelle "Millie" Sells, a resident of Ashley Glenn in Peachtree City, and a former resident of Grantville, passed away on April 18, 2013 at the age of 90. Read More»

Greta Ann Wade, 81, of Peachtree City

Greta Ann Wade, 81, of Peachtree City, passed away April 16, 2013.

She was preceded in death by her father Walter Nielsen and sister Betty N. Teets. Read More»

WWII Heritage Days set for April 27-28 at Falcon Field

The last original World War II Merrill’s Marauder in Georgia, Vincent Melillo (center), who turns 95 in July, is greeted by admiring ladies in period costume for last year’s event. Melillo bring his military memorabilia for the seventh year at WWII Heritage Days at Falcon Field in Peachtree City April 27 and 28. Photo/Special.

American military history will come alive on April 27-28 when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing will host the 10th Annual World War II Heritage Days at its facilities at Falcon Field in Peachtree City. The two-day event will feature a variety of activities that will bring perspective to a war fought six decades ago. Read More»

Haddix gigs Brown on S-SPLOST

A proposed countywide 1 percent sales tax for two years won’t get the support of Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix. Read More»

PTC to hear annexing request for Hwy. 54 E. retail

A proposal to annex 28.3 acres off Ga. Highway 54 East and Sumner Road for an as-yet undefined commercial and office project will be presented to the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

The plan has not yet been vetted by city staff because council approval is needed first as part of the “step one” annexation request. If council approves further study Thursday night, city staff will work on the plan with the developer before presenting a recommendation at a later date for a final vote from council. Read More»

Haddix: SPLOST is double taxation

Fayette County has been trying to resolve how to pay for their stormwater needs. When it was confined to a county issue, Peachtree City stayed out of it. But now that the county is thinking about a SPLOST, we have been pulled in.

A county-wide SPLOST to pay for their stormwater is an attempt to circumvent using a county-only utility fee, which Peachtree City property owners do not pay. It is double taxation no matter how you try to explain it. Read More»

Sales tax has no link to stormwater issue

A general officer once criticized a briefing I gave him by saying, “Major Lentz, you’ve been drinking your own bath water.”

In that picturesque tradition, I suggest that the Fayette County Commissioners have been drinking their own stormwater.

The proposal for a stormwater special purpose local option sales tax (S-SPLOST) is about the most incomprehensible and wrong thing to have come out of that body in a long time. Read More»

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