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Who's to Blame in Accident, Driver, Victim or Traffic Signal?
Last week, The Planet reported that the family of a Wildwood pedestrian killed last year by a Dade County school bus at the main Trenton...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 28, 20194 min read
Need a Job? Uncle Sam Wants You! Recruiter at Library on Thursday
Uncle Sam wants you! No kidding, he really does. Not to go to war this time, just to help him count heads in the mighty census Sam takes...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20191 min read
The Planet Looks at Tax Services
It's tax time again! For small business owners, that can mean Schedule Cs and SEs, bagfuls of receipts and so many headaches that many...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 201916 min read
B of E Announces Personnel Assignments for New School Year
At Monday afternoon’s February meeting of the Dade County Board of Education, Superintendent Jan Harris and the board members announced a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 26, 20191 min read
The Battle of Chickamauga: Days Two and Three, September 1863
What happened at the Battle of Chickamauga when the fighting became really intense on the second and third days was so critical and so...
Joy B. Odom
Feb 26, 20195 min read
School Board AWOL From Round One in 65/5; White Flag Probable After No-Show at Town Hall Meeting
Rep. Colton Moore hears from a Dade citizen at Sunday's town-hall-style meeting. The Dade County Board of Education wanted to modify the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 25, 20194 min read
Teen Book Club Meets Second Tuesday
Our Book Club met last week and, in spite of the unpleasant weather, we had eleven brave souls come out to discuss Magpie Murders. If you...
Linda Wilson
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Local History Updates: Coke Oven Hike, Chickamauga/Chattanooga Info Sessions
The Dade County Historical Society's long-anticipated coke oven hike planned for February was rescheduled to this Saturday, March 2. But...
Donna M. Street.
Feb 25, 20192 min read
Superintendent's Weekly Message Feb. 25, 2019
Click on the image below to access the Super's interactive message!
Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Wooten Buys Shaw Building
Nathan Wooten, proprietor of Trenton transportation companies MaDex Associates Inc. and River Run Logistics, announced this morning he...
Press Release
Feb 25, 20192 min read
House Rep Colton Moore Demands Accused Speaker's Resignation
Colton Moore, Dade's brand-new 25-year-old voice in the Georgia House of Representatives, is not wading timidly into his term as District...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Jerry Price
Jerry Lee Price, 61, of Scottsboro, Ala., died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. He was loved by many and a friend to all. He was a member of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Cluster Bloomers
Victorian gardeners defined a new landscaping aesthetic for their middle-income, newly-developed neighborhoods. They used plant materials...
Ann Bartlett
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Floods, Dummies, Bars & Restaurants: It's The Trenton Runaround!
Thank God it's Friday! Of course, the way the weather's been lately, you may have to hitch a ride to whatever weekend merriment you're...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20196 min read
Wendell Sharpton
First Sgt. Wendell Lee Sharpton, 78, of Higdon, Alabama, died at his residence on Friday, February 22, 2019. Mr. Sharpton proudly...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20191 min read
Saving Your Eastern Hemlocks
Moving to Dade County after living in Florida my entire life has brought change abounding! I have experienced many novel things in my new...
Sarah Flowers, Extension Agent
Feb 22, 20193 min read
Brother of Pedestrian Killed by Dade School Bus Sues School Board, Driver
The brother of a pedestrian killed by a Dade County school bus is suing the bus driver and the Dade County Board of Education for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20193 min read
Dessie "Lody" Fowler
Dessie “Lody” Lorena Fowler, 88, of Trenton, died Thursday, February 21, 2019, in a local health care facility. She was preceded in death...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20191 min read
Water Board May Have to Raise Rates to Meet Debt Ratio Covenant
The water board as it sat at its Feb. 15 meeting, from left clockwise: Water Authority assistant manager Sherri Walker, board members...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 20, 20194 min read
Superintendent's Weekly Message Feb. 18, 2019
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Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Feb 19, 20191 min read
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