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Festival of Life Clears $16,000 for Honorees
Dade County Festival of Life organizers on Tuesday presented two local women checks for $8000 apiece, proceeds of FOL's fourth annual...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 12, 20171 min read
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The Winds of Scooch: Trenton Mayor Gives a Roadwork Update
Scooch! The contractor chosen by GDOT to scooch Trenton's central intersection over toward the Ingle's probably won't get around to it...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 11, 20173 min read
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Spivey New Principal of DMS
Dr. Sandra Spivey was named the new principal of Dade Middle School at Monday's special called work session of the Dade Board of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 11, 20172 min read
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Caleb Coates
Caleb Hugh Coates, 29, of Trenton, died Tuesday April 11, 2017 at his residence. He was a 2006 graduate of Dade County High School and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 11, 20171 min read
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Hangin' with the Homies: Dade Gathers to Support Its Own at Festival of Life
There was live music all day long at the fourth annual Dade Festival of Life on Saturday, but probably nobody wanted to follow this act:...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 10, 20172 min read
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Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 10, 20170 min read
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DeKalb Deputies Graduate Academy
From left: Chief Michael Edmondson, Seth Cagle, David Stanley and DeKalb Sheriff Jimmy Harris. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris is...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 10, 20171 min read
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What's A Newspaper to Do When The County Commission Turns Into Caligula?
V I E W P O I N T S The spring that I had a job watering flowers at garden centers, I made friends with a Walmart employee who complained...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 10, 20179 min read
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Eli Winters
James Moore “Jimmy Eli” Winters, 75, of Bryant, Ala., died Sunday, April 9, 2017. He was a truck driver for Shaw Industries and attended...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 9, 20171 min read
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Open Letter to the Dade County Commission
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: This is a letter from Dade resident Bob Venable that he sent to the Dade County Commission, and which...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 9, 20173 min read
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When Flowers Take Flight
One of the most challenging aspects of butterfly gardening lies in creating an environment attractive to both insects and the gardener....
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 8, 20172 min read
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Festival of Life on Saturday: "We have got to take care of each other."
Dade's fourth annual Festival of Life is this Saturday, April 8, and the Dade County Commission took the opportunity of its regular...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 7, 20172 min read
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Dade Commission Finalizes Liquor-By-The-Drink Ordinance
Wildwood resident Rick Gattone asks the commission to "give the small guys a break" with its LBD ordinance. The commission clung instead...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 7, 20175 min read
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Delbert Gifford
Delbert Leon Gifford, 95, of Trenton, died Friday, April 7, 2017. He served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II. He...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 7, 20171 min read
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Johnny Farr
John William Farr, Jr., 82, of Rome, formerly of Trenton, died April 7, 2017, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Mr. Farr...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 7, 20172 min read
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Library News: Learn to Sew at the Library!
The Book Club will meet at the library on April 18 at 7 p.m. to discuss A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz. In school we learn...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 6, 20171 min read
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Lyndia Leath Long
Lyndia Leath Long, age 56, of Bryant, Ala., died Thursday, April 6, 2017, with her family by her side. Mrs. Long was an employee of Price...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 6, 20171 min read
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Thursday's Dade County Commission Meeting Promises More Conflict Over Alcohol Ordinance
The regular monthly meeting of the Dade County Commission is at 6 p.m. this Thursday, April 6, and even for those who (unaccountably) do...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 6, 20175 min read
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DeKalb Towns Have Shelter From the Storm; Dade, Not So Much
Dade County has no tornado shelters, but across the border in DeKalb County, Ala., which was hit even worse in 2011, eight little...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 5, 20174 min read
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Ida Belle Davidson
Ida Belle Davidson, 91, of Trenton, died on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. She was born on December 31, 1925, in Canton, Ohio, and was a member...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 5, 20171 min read
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