Peachtree City

Fayette Relay for Life volunteers recognized

Fayette Relay for Life volunteers recognized

Joan Ernst of the Fayette County Relay For Life fundraiser was presented with a proclamation by Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix (L) at last Thursday night’s City Council meeting. The event is slated to begin this coming Friday at 4 p.m. at Fayette County High School. Photo/John Munford.

Booth students honored for ‘law’ essays

These students from Booth Middle School were honored for essays they submitted in the Rotary Club’s “Laws of Life” essay contest. Pictured are: Cailey Hardman, Dane Kinamon, Jacob Brachey, Alisha Zamore, Kenna Barkoot, Nicole Turner, Gabe Cherniske, Chandler Witucki and Abby Burke along with Rotarian Ronnie Ross (L) and Club President Jeff Warlick (R). Photo/Special.

At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Peachtree City students from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of J.C. Booth Middle School were recognized and awarded cash prizes for their award-winning essays submitted for the Laws of Life essay contest.

The Laws of Life Essay Contest was originally started as a high school project by the John Templeton Foundation in 1987. It was introduced to Booth Middle School in 2001/02 by the Rotary Club as part of the club’s partnership in education with the school. Read More»

New rule: July 4 blankets, tarps can come out at dawn in PTC

In a last-minute change, the Peachtree City Council came up with another solution to avoid a proliferation of tarps and blankets in advance of July 4 that made the city look like “a shantytown,” in the words of several council members. Read More»

PTC Council opts for 54W ‘committee’

Faced with the possibility of a sixth traffic light along traffic-choked Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City — and a proposed development that could make matters worse — the City Council has decided to give negotiation yet another try.

Councilmembers Vanessa Fleisch and George Dienhart were informally appointed to a group Thursday night that would include citizens who live in the area Read More»

Ernest Mcclellan Overholt, 88 of Peachtree City

Ernest Mcclellan “Mac” Overholt, 88 of Peachtree City, Ga., formerly of Vero Beach, Fla. and Huntington, W.Va., passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Doctors Hospice, Fayetteville, Ga. after a brief illness. He was born July 18, 1924 in Latrobe, Pa., a son of the late Ernest M. and Jean McClure Overholt. Read More»

Margaret Anna Price, 79, of Peachtree City

Margaret Anna Price, 79, of Peachtree City, passed away May 7, 2013.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Price; son Neal Price and granddaughter, Ashley Higginbotham. She is survived by her daughters, Dawn Price of Peachtree City and Noel Snook and her husband, Dr. Steven Snook of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Travis Price of Aiken, SC and Kristin and Derek Higginbotham both of Fayetteville. Read More»

McIntosh knocked out of baseball playoffs

Michael Murphy swatted a solo shot to right for the Chiefs in the fourth inning of game one against Greenbrier. Photo/John Munford.

The McIntosh High School baseball team ended its season Wednesday afternoon as they lost a doubleheader match against the Wolf Pack of Greenbrier High School.
The Chiefs lost 16-1 in the first game and 10-4 in the second game to end their hopes of moving on to the next round in the Georgia High School Association baseball playoffs. Under head coach Brad Campbell, the Chiefs finished the season with the most wins (20-6) in the school’s 32 year history. Read More»

McIntosh races to first state track title in 32 years

History was made when the McIntosh boys track team won the state title.

What a great weekend for McIntosh and the boys track and field team!  Read More»

Braelinn students ‘fly’ high at AirTran

The fifth grade Enrichment Students of Braelinn Elementary led by Dr. Mary Lou Goehring and Nance Hudson in Peachtree City have joined over 48,000 students in more than 1,500 classrooms across the country who have “adopted” Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways pilots, giving the aviators opportunity to mentor students in and around the fifth grade level. Read More»

Councilwoman Fleisch to ask for traffic study for Hwy. 54 West

The daily afternoon traffic jam for westbound commuters on Ga. Highway 54 West will be discussed again by the Peachtree City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

Stretching for nearly a mile during peak congestion times, the traffic backup is front and center now that a shopping center developer wants a sixth traffic light added to the mix on Hwy. 54 between Ga. Highway 74 at the city limits: at the intersection of Line Creek Parkway, which is between Planterra Way and MacDuff Parkway. Read More»

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