Fayette County

OM plans ‘Creative Arts Evening of Worship’ April 30

Dancelink and OM Arts International, ministries of Operation Mobilization (OM), will host a Creative Arts Evening of Worship Friday, April 30. The concert will be at Peachtree City Christian Church and begins at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free; however, an offering will be received to benefit Dancelink’s ongoing mission work.

The concert will feature local dancers as well as music, art and poetry. Read More»

FFBC, PTCUMC both will offer Griefshare in May

Fayetteville First Baptist Church and Peachtree City United Methodist will both begin a new session of GriefShare, a 13-week Bible based program for those who have lost a loved one.

The class at FFBC starts May 4 and meets each Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. Each class begins with a video followed by group discussion. There is no charge for the class.

The program is open to people of all ages in the community and surrounding areas, whether the loss is recent or in the past. Read More»

Darcy-Faulkner Engaged

Jennifer (Jenn) Marie Darcy engaged to Stephen Bradford Faulkner

Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Darcy. of Tyrone announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer (Jenn) Marie Darcy, to Stephen Bradford Faulkner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Faulkner, also of Tyrone

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Elizabeth Darcy and the late Peter Darcy of Beacon, N.Y. and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Mendoza, also of Beacon, N.Y. She is a graduate of The University of West Georgia where she earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She currently is employed by Coweta County Schools as a teacher. Read More»

Bartels-Buller Engagement

Erin Diane Bartels engaged to Thomas Stanley Buller

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Mark Bartels of Peachtree City announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Diane Bartels, to Thomas Stanley Buller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Buller, of Billings, Mont. Read More»

PTC Army colonel charged with producing own child pornography

Edgar Pagan-Torres, 41, of Peachtree City, Ga., a lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Army, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography production and possession offenses. Read More»

Fayette BOE asked to donate 100 acres for equine facility

Scott Gilbert of Horse Owners of Fayette speaks April 20 to the Board of Education. Photo/Ben Nelms.

It was a different kind of proposal that came before the Fayette County Board of Education last week. Representing the planned organization Horse Owners of Fayette, resident Scott Gilbert asked the school board to consider donating 100 acres adjacent to Inman Elementary in the southeast part of the county for an enclosed equine arena Read More»

Teachers’ group: Fayette salaries not so special

For all the talk about “what makes Fayette County schools special” that special category does not apply to the pay teachers receive.

That assertion was the central theme last week pressed by Fayette teacher and PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) member Diane Basham at the regular meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education. Read More»

New Fayette 1-cent SPLOST idea surfaces, sinks fast

Among those meeting at the Association of Fayette County Governments were (L-R) County commissioners Robert Horgan and Eric Maxwell and Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Forget about another SPLOST anytime soon, most local officials say. The quarterly meeting of the Association of Fayette County Governments (AFCG) came in at less than an hour and included brief agenda items on a 1-cent sales tax, the search for a new school superintendent, the county transportation plan and the county’s response to the recent Google broadband project. Read More»

Camouflage future cell towers in PTC

I have lived in Fayette County/Peachtree City for over 20 years. Recently I have seen in the paper talks about cell towers and how we need additional cell towers in PTC.

In driving west on Ga. Highway 54 past Peachtree Parkway you can see the cell towers in the distance and how much they stand out on the horizon. In driving south on Ga. Highway 400 past the toll plaza you see the cell towers are made to look like pine trees and they are not such an eyesore. Read More»

Lower taxes not solution to all ills

David Epps’s column called “an oppressed minority” is an example of how ideology can get in the way of rational thinking. In this case, it’s the ideology of less government. While it is certainly true that small businesses are having a hard time, his assessment of why and what to do about it is not well founded. Read More»

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