Senoia charter school down but not out

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:07pm
By: The Citizen

The bid by Charter Schools USA to establish a K-8 charter school in Senoia was defeated June 25 by a unanimous vote of the Coweta County School Board. Charter Schools has the option of presenting the petition to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission for consideration later this summer.

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Palmetto youth photography exhibit a hit

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:00pm
By: Ben Nelms

Palmetto youth photography exhibit a hit

It was as professional a photography exhibition as anything you would see in Buckhead, as the photographic and interviewing skills of 12 Palmetto youngsters were displayed at the Palmetto Community Center June 27 and 28. Their efforts culminated in “Our Lives, Our Land, Our Legacy,” an exhibition of the Palmetto Cultural Arts Project funded in part by the Fulton County Arts Council and the City of Palmetto.

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Man breaks girlfriend's jaw during assault

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:15pm
By: John Munford

A Fayetteville man was arrested over the weekend for assaulting his girlfriend during a party in south Fayette County on May 23, sheriff’s officials said.

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Cop Reports 070109

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

Local Washington Youth Tour Student Visits U.S. Rep Westmoreland on Capitol Hill

Student Visits U.S. Rep Westmoreland

For East Coweta High School student Kristina Matheny, summer vacation has been far from average.

Instead of lounging by the pool or watching television, the 17-year-old – who recently returned from the 2009 Washington Youth Tour (WYT), a leadership program sponsored by the electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) of Georgia, including Coweta-Fayette EMC – visited Congressional leaders in our nation’s capitol.

Bryan M. Cavan of Newnan Installed as State Bar of Georgia President

Bryan M. Cavan

Bryan M. Cavan of Newnan was sworn in as president of the 40,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June 20 during the organization’s annual meeting at Amelia Island, Fla. Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears of the Supreme Court of Georgia administered the oath of office.

Neighborhood Community Bank fails

Residents of Coweta and Fayette counties lost another local bank with the June 26 closing of Neighborhood Community Bank (NCB) by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (DBF). The Newnan-based bank operated two branches in Coweta County, along with branches in Peachtree City and Tyrone. NCB deposit accounts were transferred to CharterBank of West Point.