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81st Birthday Celebration for Cloudland Canyon State Park This Sunday
A guided hike at Cloudland Canyon. An easy 2.4-mile guided hike is one of the activities planned for Sunday's birthday celebration....
Press Release
Jul 24, 20191 min read
B of E Announces Important Dates as School Starts Again
At the Dade County Board of Education's regular July meeting on Monday, Superintendent Jan Harris proposed a fiscal year 2020 rollback...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20193 min read
Water Board Meeting Tonight
The board of directors of the Dade Water Authority will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight, Tuesday, July 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20193 min read
There's a Lot of Learning at the Library
Our theme for Summer Reading this summer has been A Universe of Stories. It’s been an appropriate theme for the 50th anniversary of...
Linda Wilson
Jul 22, 20192 min read
The Girl With the Silken Sepals
Happy Monday. This is a vintage Bob's Little Acre, a repeat of possibly the only noir detective fiction ever published in a garden...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 22, 20193 min read
Hit the Road
Summer is upon us and area gardeners might enjoy a break from weeding. Let’s explore some opportunities for quick getaways, day trips...
Ann Bartlett
Jul 20, 20193 min read
Skyrockets in Flight! Dade Shoots for the Moon
4-H-ers launch rockets at the Ag Building. Note, center, skyrocket in flight. Photo courtesy Alison Henderson. Fifty years ago, Apollo 11...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20192 min read
Smartboards Stand Out at Dull Board Meeting
Central to The Planet’s mission is the concept that local democracy is the purest and most immediate kind. The corollary is that...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20198 min read
Attention, Gardeners: Wholesale Slaughter is Easy and Fun!
Readers, time for a repeat! The Planet was obliged to rise this morning at 4 a.m. to accompany the Art Department on a routine medical...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 15, 20195 min read
Nevaeh Gail Monte
Nevaeh Gail Monte, infant daughter of Randy and Tiya Monte, received her angel wings on Thursday, July 13, 2019. Although here for only...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20191 min read
Tammy Rothwell
Tammy Lynn Rothwell, 45, of Dunlap, Tenn., died Saturday, July 13, 2019. She loved her family and children, loved music and embraced life...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20191 min read
Ladies' Fingers
If there is one vegetable that thrives throughout a long, hot summer, it has got to be okra. In theory, it should do well wherever corn...
Ann Bartlett
Jul 13, 20192 min read
Why Everybody Should Compost...
Editor's Note: Jennifer Blair, titled by District 4 Commissioner Allan Bradford Dade's Tree Hugger, organized along with the library...
Jennifer (the Tree Hugger) Blair
Jul 12, 20194 min read
Evelyn Cole
Evelyn Coletta Cole, 96, died Friday, July 12, 2019. She was a lifelong resident of Dade County. She married John B. Cole Jr. in 1942....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Come Meet Local Authors Next Saturday!
We have just one more Summer Reading program for kids, a Science Fair! This will be on Thursday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m. Our staff members...
Linda Wilson
Jul 12, 20192 min read
DeWayne Carroll
Calvin DeWayne Carroll, 49, of Trenton, died Friday, July 12, 2019. He was a loving husband, father, papa. brother, son and friend. He...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Diane Riddle
Diane Phillips Riddle, 75, of Trenton, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Riddle was a graduate of Dade County High...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Fort Payne PD Arrests Son for Elder Abuse
On Tuesday, July 9, reports Fort Payne Police Chief Randy Bynum, a call came into the Fort Payne Police Department requesting officers to...
Press Release
Jul 11, 20191 min read
GDOT Says 136 E Bridge Replacement Won't Start Until Late 2022
Residents of valley neighborhoods along Highway 136 East may have noticed surveyors at work all along the road and into its environs....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20191 min read
10 Hepatitis A Cases in Dade: Get Free Vaccination at Health Dept.
Public health officials have confirmed 10 cases of hepatitis A among Dade County residents since June 2018 and are urging vaccination...
Press Release
Jul 11, 20194 min read
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