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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 15, 20187 min read
Reprise: Hell With the Lid Off: Dade Coal Mines 1886
Notes: Our Saturday meeting was solid with about 10 members, and 10 more arrived for my talk on Dade Coal Company, mining and life at a...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 15, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Oct. 4, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a Dade County deputy...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 13, 20181 min read
Daniel Owensby
Daniel Owensby, 38, of Trenton, died Saturday morning, Oct. 13, 2018, at his residence. He was a graduate of Dade County High School and...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 13, 20183 min read
Amazing Maize
Whilst driving west with the grandkids one summer, we paused for the night dead in the center of Missouri. The next morning as I headed...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 13, 20181 min read
Now Debuting at the Mtn Top: "Beer."
Beer taps are a new feature at the Mtn. Top Café. One small sip for Mtn Top, one giant leap for Dade County. Your pardon, Gentle Reader,...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 12, 20185 min read
One Vacant Chair: Three's Not a Crowd But Enough For Trenton To Get By With
City Commissioners Monda Wooten and Jerry Henegar There will be an empty chair on the Trenton City Commission until next spring. The...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 12, 20181 min read
The Library is More Than A Place To Check Out Books!
Crazy 8s Math Club continues at the library for kids from grades K to 5. Call the library if you are interested in signing your kid up....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 10, 20185 min read
Saving Civilization: Books New and Used Has New Owner
John Michael Currie discusses plans for his store, Books New & Used. “It’s a mission.” That’s the way John Michael Currie explains how he...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 10, 20181 min read
Melva Long
Melva J. Long, 83, of Bryant, Ala., died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was a member of Sand Mountain United...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 10, 20182 min read
Vend in the Dade Small Business Expo, Or Anyway Plan to Attend on Dec. 8!
Planning is in underway for the third annual Dade Small Business Christmas Expo, to be held at Dade County High School on Saturday, Dec....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 9, 20189 min read
October Commission Meeting Pepped Up By Public Participation
Monthly meetings of the Dade County Commission are usually poorly attended by the public. The commission’s October meeting went a step...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 9, 20182 min read
Wonka Comes to the Library for the Witching Season
Editor's note: Regular library columnist Linda Wilson is on vacation this week. The Crazy 8s Math Club continues with grades K-2 on...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 9, 20182 min read
Free Mammograms From CHI
Editor's Note: The CHI "Mammogrammobile" is at Primary Health Care in Trenton today, but it is booked up for the rest of the day....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 8, 20181 min read
GSP Identifies Motorcyclist in Saturday Fatality
The Georgia State Patrol has identified the motorcyclist killed Saturday night on I-24 in Wildwood as Troy Gravitt, 31, of Whitwell,...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 8, 20182 min read
Dade Schools Feature Homegrown Food for National School Lunch Week
Photo of Davis School lunch patrons courtesy of Dade County Schools. Packing or buying school lunch is a daily debate for many families....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 8, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report Sept. 29-Oct. 4, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 4. All arrestees are innocent unless or...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports Traffic Arrests
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Sept. 30, at approximately 6 p.m., a Dade County deputy...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Superintendent's Message Oct. 8, 2018
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 7, 20181 min read
Rhonda Paulette Williams
Rhonda Paulette Williams, 55, of Trenton, died at her residence Sunday evening, Oct. 7, 2018. She was a graduate of Lookout Valley High...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 7, 20186 min read
Reconciliation: An Idea Takes Shape (Battlefield Series, Part IV)
One of my favorite Civil War historians was a man named Shelby Foote, a native Mississippian with a wonderful, very patrician, very slow...
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