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Mammogram Bus at Primary Healthcare July 9 and CHI Family Practice July 23
CHI Memorial’s mobile health coach will provide mammography screenings at Primary Healthcare of Dade County on Tuesday, July 9, from 9...
Press Release
Jun 25, 20192 min read
“The First Sunday in June”: A Time for Honoring our Past
We are nearing the end of what I call “Cemetery Season.” That is, the season for what we Southerners know as Decoration Day for any...
Donna M. Street
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Pest Control Sum-Up: How Big Can My Sunflower Climb?
Pest control has been the topic of the month. There are many ways for gardeners to achieve acceptable levels of pest populations. Pests...
Ann Bartlett
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Valley Vibes Festival Resonates in Trenton
Pluto's Advantage tears it up at the "Valley Vibes" music festival at Jenkins Park on June 15. The festival was organized by Dade homeboy...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 24, 20191 min read
Whatever Your Age, We've Got a Summer Reading Program for You!
We had 16 people in our cake pop class last week and 12 for our Book Club. Our next Adult Summer Reading Class will be on photography. It...
Linda Wilson
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Dade 4-H Shoots For the Moon
Our next summer fun event will be the Dade County 4-H Global Rocket Launch on July 16! This year is the 50th anniversary of the first...
Alison Henderson, 4-H Extension Educator
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Dade County Commission Racks Up Two Hearings, One Special Call in One Night
Last Thursday, June 13, the Dade County Commission had not one, not two but three separate events, all rolled into one (sparsely...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 17, 20193 min read
Get HIV Test Free at Dade Health Dept. June 27
National HIV Testing Day is Thursday, June 27, and the Dade County Health Department will be offering free HIV testing from 8 am to 4...
Press Release
Jun 17, 20192 min read
Battlefield Day Camp For Kids in July
Fort Oglethorpe, GA--Children in grades 4-6 are invited to participate in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 2019...
Press Release
Jun 17, 20191 min read
Voice-Hearing Perp Leads Dade, Walker Cops on Two-County Chase
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On June 12, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Dade County...
Sgt. Chad Payne
Jun 17, 20191 min read
A Mysterious Death and Burial
In mid-December of 1869, a well-dressed gentleman boarded a train somewhere in Lookout Valley and headed toward Lynchburg, Virginia. He...
Joy Tucker Odom
Jun 17, 20194 min read
Lego Expo This Thursday at the Library!
Our scheduled Summer Reading performer Marc Griffiths was unable to come last week because of transportation issues. The kids watched a...
Linda Wilson
Jun 17, 20192 min read
Caution! Warning! Danger! The Devil Lies in the Details (Pest Prevention Series, Part III)
Pesticide labels are federal documents. Every label must contain certain information. Here we will take a look at what is required. It is...
Ann Bartlett
Jun 15, 20193 min read
Upcoming! Just a Couple of Quick Reminders...
It's Friday! And The Planet is as ready to drop behind the horizon as anybody else. But before The Planet subsides amid a gentle glow of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 14, 20193 min read
What The FERC? (In Which The Planet Explores Dade's Future in Renewable Energy)
Last week, an article in The Chattanooga Times Free Press started a flurry of excitement in Dade County with the announcement that a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 14, 20195 min read
Veterans--You Earned Benefits! Bellville Announces Veterans Town Hall in September
Editor's Note: Veterans, take note: In this article, Rising Fawn resident Evan Bellville offers help accessing your rightful benefits and...
Evan Bellville
Jun 14, 20193 min read
Free Music and Arts Festival This Saturday in Jenkins Park!
In a town where the complaint is often heard, "There's nothing for young people to do," one young person decided to do something about...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 11, 20191 min read
Standoff at the CVS: Planet Reader Relates "CVS Rage" Incident
Editor's Note: Reader Jan Smith submitted this account of an incident last week at the Trenton CVS. Did you hear about the standoff at...
Jan Smith
Jun 10, 20192 min read
Library is for Peace and Quiet -- Except on Thursday Morning!
We had a good crowd last week for our first Summer Reading Program. When this program is going on, we have all hands on deck, staff and...
Linda Wilson
Jun 10, 20192 min read
Hickey Announces for At-Large School Board Position in 2020
I am excited to announce that I am running for the At Large position on the Dade County Georgia School Board in 2020. I will be running...
Patrick Hickey
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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