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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
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
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
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
Brush Fire on North Sunset
The Planet could get no information on this blaze--the Georgia Forestry Commission rangers are otherwise occupied, apparently--but Greg...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20191 min read
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20190 min read
The Foist Law of Eden
Editor's Note: I don't know how many readers are out there ravenin' for fiction in their local nooz rag, but I recently "unoithed"...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 10, 201911 min read
Wanta Be Mayor? City Election Qualifying Aug. 19-21
This is an off-year for national and county elections, which means it's an on-year for mayoral and city races. In Trenton's case, that...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 10, 20194 min read
Dade Water Board Seems Set To Gift Developer With Canyon Ridge Sewer Plant
The governing board of the Dade Water Authority, which officially formed only last Tuesday in its newly legislated configuration, with a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 9, 20196 min read
Alexander B. Hanna, First Postmaster of Rising Fawn
Many of us in Dade County have heard the legend about Rising Fawn getting its name from an Indian of the same name, but how many know...
Linda Hawkins Wilson
Jul 9, 20195 min read
Free Aftercare at Rising Fawn Baptist Beginning First Day of School
Having trouble paying for after-school care? Do you sometimes let your young children go home to an empty house because you can't afford...
Tony Moreland
Jul 8, 20191 min read
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