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Grantville weekend: Council session and election certification open Veterans Day week

By The Grantville Ledger · Nov 7, 2026

GRANTVILLE — Grantville’s next week opens Monday with two public meetings that carry this week’s biggest stories forward: Coweta County certifies the Nov. 3 results that morning, and Grantville City Council takes up the contested Bohannon Road shooting range that evening. The week ends Saturday, Nov. 14, with the city’s second annual Veterans Recognition Day.

This week in the Ledger

The week began with the municipal election. Unofficial returns show Mayor Richard Proctor leading the mayor’s race and Ashlie Little and incumbent David Keith Clark leading the two council posts (results); Grantville and Coweta voters also backed all three statewide constitutional amendments (amendment results). Those numbers become official only after the county board meets Monday, and a public risk-limiting audit follows Nov. 12 (certification schedule).

City Hall business filled the rest of the week. The council’s Nov. 9 agenda was posted (agenda story) ahead of a Nov. 16 public hearing on the 514 Bohannon Road range (hearing story), and seats on several city boards and commissions are up for renewal for 2027–2028 terms (board seats). Two proposed ordinances remain pending: a short-term rental proposal with permits, fees and quiet hours (rentals) and a cottage-food zoning change (cottage food).

Household costs and services were the other thread. The city’s residential natural gas rate rose to $1.32 per CCF in October (utility rates). The city’s 2025 water-quality report disclosed a violation for total trihalomethanes, a disinfection byproduct, which the city says was corrected in October 2025 (water quality). The Ledger also compared the mayor’s August “debt-free” statement with the city’s latest posted audit (loan payoff). Downtown, the LaGrange Street Dollar General reopened as a DG Market with fresh meat and produce (DG Market), and Down South Flavor is set to open at 13 Church St. (Down South Flavor).

The Historic Preservation Commission has requested six years of historic-district permit records and a city staff liaison before its Nov. 10 meeting (preservation records). In western Coweta County, a driver has been charged in the Nov. 4 crash that killed a man in his driveway at Old Corinth and Earl North roads (crash update).

This weekend

No city meetings are scheduled Saturday or Sunday. Drivers should still plan around Griffin Street, which remains closed to through traffic between the Summerhill subdivision and Smith Street for utility construction; the city’s closure notice is still posted with no reopening date, and a separate notice says AT&T work near Griffin and Church streets continues (Griffin Street story).

The week ahead

Monday, Nov. 9. Coweta’s Board of Elections and Registration meets at 10 a.m. at 87 Newnan Station Drive in Newnan to certify the Nov. 3 results. At 6:30 p.m., Grantville City Council holds a work session in Council Chambers at 123 LaGrange St. The posted agenda lists three discussion items: the special-use application for an outdoor shooting range at 514 Bohannon Road, which the Planning Commission recommended denying Oct. 20; an on-premises beer-and-wine license for Local Color at 16B Main St., with a public hearing set for Dec. 21; and a Georgia Power grid easement on city property at 225 Colley St., for which the utility has offered $1,000. Work sessions are for discussion; votes typically come at a later meeting (council preview).

Tuesday, Nov. 10. The Historic Preservation Commission meets at 6:30 p.m., according to the city calendar; the commission’s posted Oct. 27 summary of actions says full minutes from that session will be presented for approval and discussion of the historic-district map will continue. The Coweta County Board of Education also holds its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at 167 Werz Industrial Drive in Newnan.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 — Veterans Day. City Hall is closed (closure story). Coweta County schools are in session; the district calendar does not list Veterans Day as a holiday.

Thursday, Nov. 12. The county’s risk-limiting audit begins at 1 p.m. at 87 Newnan Station Drive, Suite 500, and the public may observe. In town, the Grantville Branch Library’s free Lego Club meets at 3:30 p.m. at 100 Park Drive, and Local Color opens its “Present Tense” exhibition with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at 16 Main St., Suite B (exhibition story).

Saturday, Nov. 14. Grantville’s second annual Veterans Recognition Day ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at 349 Griffin St., the Times-Herald reported. The Locals Saturday Market runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day, with an “Autumn Harvest” theme (details on both).

Monday, Nov. 16. Council holds a special called meeting and the public hearing on the Bohannon Road range at 6:30 p.m. (meeting brief).

Schools and sports

Result: Newnan High, where Grantville students are zoned, beat Morrow 51–6 on the road Friday night to finish the regular season 6–4 overall and 6–2 in Region 3-6A, according to MaxPreps. The Cougars led 44–0 at halftime and closed with four straight wins, the MaxPreps game recap said; MaxPreps lists them third in the region standings. The GHSA’s first round is Friday, Nov. 13 (ghsa.net); Newnan’s postseason pairing will be set when the association releases its brackets.

Coming up: Smokey Road Middle holds a Veterans Day assembly with an Advanced Bands performance Tuesday at 9 a.m., and its PTO spirit night is Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Truett’s Chick-fil-A, 505 GA-34 in Newnan (school calendar). At Newnan High, seniors who sign up can get help with applications during Apply to College Day, Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Media Center; the deadline for spring Work-Based Learning applications is Dec. 4. The Newnan High Chorus presents Hadestown: Teen Edition Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the school’s Chorus Room; general admission is $15 plus a fee through BookTix. Glanton Elementary’s 4-H club continues collecting aluminum pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Thanksgiving break runs Nov. 23–27.

More: This week’s school calendar · All schools · Glanton Elementary · Smokey Road Middle · Newnan High

At a glance

Times and details can change; check with organizers before you go. The full list is on the Ledger’s calendar and events pages.

Disclosure: Disclosure: The Grantville Ledger shares an address with Local Color and has no business relationship with the gallery. Ledger publisher Evita A-Esteves was a candidate for City Council Post 1 in the Nov. 3 election and was not elected.

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