Downtown Fayetteville has one less destination restaurant to go to after this past weekend. Momma’s Bourbon St. Grille closed this Sunday and leaves a hole in the downtown eating and destination district. The owners announced the closure on Facebook. “We have decided to pursue other adventures and will be closing Momma’s at the end of…
If one regional projection is correct, Fayette County will have the highest percentage of 65 and older residents in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Atlanta Regional Commission’s Kate Sweeney said that by 2040, Fayette would have more than 40,000 residents 65 and older, or 29 percent of the county’s population. By comparison, the state will…
A small part of Fayette County woke up Wednesday morning with a new state representative in the General Assembly. Philip Singleton defeated Marcy Westmoreland Sakrison by a 2,558-1,788 margin. Just over nine percent of the eligible voters voted in the election. In Fayette County, approximately 4,000 voters were eligible to cast a ballot. Singleton cast…
The Peachtree City council may have thrown a wrench in the Board of Education’s efforts to build a new Booth Middle School on Carriage Lane in Peachtree City. In a letter delivered to the BOE Sept. 25, the city makes clear its opposition. “With very limited improvement options, this site will place an undue burden…
The Fayetteville Police Department is seeking information concerning an armed robbery that happened Sept. 29. According to the incident report, the robbery occurred on Innisbrook Way at 4:43 p.m. Police said the armed suspect took a wallet and a phone valued at $850 at the residence from the victim.
On Sept. 25, a faculty member at McIntosh High School notified the School Resource Officer of a possible threat of violence that was overheard by multiple students. Investigators from the Peachtree City Police Department immediately began interviewing witnesses to the alleged threats. A search warrant was obtained for the juvenile suspect’s residence, and was executed…
There’s good news for two subdivisions in Peachtree City. Last Thursday night, the Peachtree City Council voted to spend another $500,000 in paving for two of the city’s subdivisions: Calgary Place and Muirfield. The city budgets just over $1.8 million each year for paving projects, but can pave the additional subdivisions this year because of…
Dismayed parents are still trying to process a notice they got last week from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Children’s at Fayetteville, which operates out of Piedmont Fayette Hospital, announced that audiology and outpatient rehabilitation will no longer be offered at the site after Dec. 31. Instead, parents would have to travel to Scottish Rite Hospital,…
A reminder of fall occurs Sept. 28 with the return of dragon boat races to Lake Peachtree and Drake Field in Peachtree City. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Lake Peachtree and Drake Field. The event is organized by the Rotary Club of Peachtree City and includes food, kids corner, artisans,…
Eight residents in Peachtree City and Fayetteville were the victims of entering autos. Two of the incidents occurred in Fayetteville, while six were in Peachtree City. In Fayetteville, a resident on Burch Road reported someone entered his vehicle Sept. 16, and a shopper reported his vehicle was entered into at the Pavilion Sept. 15. In…
