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Milton honors tennis coach, OKs Hwy 9 plan with GDOT By HANNAH YAHNE | hannah@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga — To celebrate nearly 30 years of tennis coaching, the Milton City Council recognized Terre O’Brien with a proclamation Oct. 20. Current students, parents and past players filled the council chambers to commemorate O’Brien’s years of teaching and tennis career. “His name has become synonymous with tennis excellence in Milton,” Mayor Peyton Jamison read from the proclamation. “Not only because of his remarkable coaching record, but because of the unwavering dedication and genuine care he shows to each and every player.” O’Brien has been coaching tennis in Fulton County since 1996 and, currently, has over 250 students receiving lessons at the Milton Tennis Center. Knowing he wasn’t meant for a traditional office job, O’Brien started his professional tennis career at 19 years old and worked his way into the top 300 tennis players in the world.
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Above, Terre O’Brien holds his proclamation for recognizing his near 30-year commitment coaching tennis, alongside members of the Milton City Council at Oct. 20 meeting. At right, Terre O’Brien hugs a tennis player after receiving a proclamation recognizing 30 years of coaching from the Milton City Council.
Contentious plot proposal proceeds extending Little River Estates By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Planning Commission reviewed an updated preliminary plat application for 16.6 acres at the end of Blackberry Ridge Trail showing 10 single family homes atop 1.66 acres each. An earlier outline showed five homes on three acres each, but Scott Reese – a representative for the developers Chatham Neighborhoods, LLC – redesigned the plans reflecting the maximum buildout possible at the request of the landowners. The land is the last of the Ivey property which belonged to George H. Ivey Jr. – a real estate developer who served on the Fulton County Board of Education and helped found the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce. A legal representative for the family, Rich Kaye, said his job is to get the best returns for the beneficiaries. “…The trust developed the first phase of Little Farm Estates,” Kaye said. “And we decided that, in terms of timing and return … that the best thing to do would be to sell this property.”
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