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May 29, 20203 min read

Touch-Free Fun, Summer Reading, Free Kids' Meals--Here's the Library's Summer Lineup!

There’s lots of news about Summer Reading this week. Be sure you register your kids and teens on BeanStack at chrl.org. There will be...

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State Senate Debate Made For Good Television

Robin Ford Wallace

May 28, 202010 min read

State Senate Debate Made For Good Television

Sen. Jeff Mullis (left) and challenger Colton Moore (from video). In Dade, the regular candidate forum, such as the one staged May 14 by...

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Letter to the Editor: What Does a House Rep Do All Day?

John Deffenbaugh

May 27, 20201 min read

Letter to the Editor: What Does a House Rep Do All Day?

Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor from John Deffenbaugh, who served several terms as Dade's district rep in the Georgia House...

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Two Suspects Arrested in DCHS Child Porn Investigation, Says Sheriff

Robin Ford Wallace

May 27, 20204 min read

Two Suspects Arrested in DCHS Child Porn Investigation, Says Sheriff

The highlight of today's regular 3 p.m. livestreamed COVID-19 briefing from Dade County was an appearance by Dade Sheriff Ray Cross to...

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Dade Political Debates, Part 4: State House

Robin Ford Wallace

May 26, 20208 min read

Dade Political Debates, Part 4: State House

The candidates Dade elects to the Georgia House of Representatives' District 1 seat have a reputation for forgetting all about the county...

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USDA Opens Application Process Today for Coronavirus Food Assistance

Sarah Dyer, County Agent

May 26, 20202 min read

USDA Opens Application Process Today for Coronavirus Food Assistance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) has released the details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which...

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Ann Bartlett

May 23, 20202 min read

Joy of the Mountain

Origanum, the botanical name of the oregano family, contains 45 species and six sub-species of perennials and sub-shrubs. They are native...

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Dade County Candidate Debate, Part 3: District 4 Commissioner

Robin Ford Wallace

May 22, 20209 min read

Dade County Candidate Debate, Part 3: District 4 Commissioner

By the time the District 4 county commission candidates got their shot at wowing potential voters at last week's marathon broadcast-only...

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CHI Mammogram Bus Visits Resume in Trenton on June 2

Press Release

May 22, 20202 min read

CHI Mammogram Bus Visits Resume in Trenton on June 2

CHI Memorial’s mobile health coach will provide mammography screenings at Primary Healthcare Center–Trenton on Tuesday, June 2, from 9...

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Summer Reading, Free School Meals Available at Library in June

Linda Wilson

May 22, 20203 min read

Summer Reading, Free School Meals Available at Library in June

Because of the weeks the library has been closed, and with everything else that is going on (or not going on), I have failed to introduce...

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Dade's Political Debate, Part 2: Goff v. Henegar for District 3

Robin Ford Wallace

May 21, 20207 min read

Dade's Political Debate, Part 2: Goff v. Henegar for District 3

This is the second in The Planet's recaps of last week's Dade County marathon political debates, staged on May 14 by local station KWN...

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Dr. Jan Irons Harris, Superintendent of Schools

May 19, 20201 min read

Superintendent's Message May 18, 2020

Click the image below to access the Super's interactive message!

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Dade Board of Education Personnel List May 18

Robin Ford Wallace

May 19, 20201 min read

Dade Board of Education Personnel List May 18

At its Monday afternoon meeting, the Dade County Board of Education made the following personnel changes for next school year: It...

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Dade's Marathon Debate: Part 1-Rumley v. Wooten for County Exec

Robin Ford Wallace

May 19, 202011 min read

Dade's Marathon Debate: Part 1-Rumley v. Wooten for County Exec

One of the casualties of this blighted year of COVID-19 is local politics. Candidates have had little chance to campaign in a shutdown...

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Hartline Endorses Moore for State Senate

Phillip Hartline

May 18, 20202 min read

Hartline Endorses Moore for State Senate

Editor's note: The following is an open letter from Dade District 2 Commissioner Phillip Hartline. May 16, 2020 Dear Citizens of Dade...

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Some Joyous Tidings: Driver's Services, City Pool Open, and Free Testing Every Day at Health Dep

Robin Ford Wallace

May 18, 20204 min read

Some Joyous Tidings: Driver's Services, City Pool Open, and Free Testing Every Day at Health Dep

The Planet had stopped synopsizing the Dade County government's daily 3 p.m. COVID-19 briefings, but there were so many important...

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Library's Summer Reading Program Will Adapt to COVID-19 Situation

Linda Wilson

May 18, 20202 min read

Library's Summer Reading Program Will Adapt to COVID-19 Situation

Everything is different in 2020, and that will be true of the library’s summer reading program, too. Our theme is Imagine Your Story....

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Connie Ward

May 18, 20202 min read

Announcing Rising Pines Farm Market

Editor's Note: This is an open letter from Connie Ward, who is opening a new Thursday farmers market on Lookout Mountain. The idea of an...

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Ann Bartlett

May 16, 20202 min read

NIce and Easy

Looking for a low-maintenance, problem-free, long-lived shrub? Look no farther than the viburnum. Know as “cranberry bush” in Europe,...

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Sgt. Chad Reports: Boy Strikes Preacher in Rising Fawn

Sgt. Chad Payne

May 14, 20201 min read

Sgt. Chad Reports: Boy Strikes Preacher in Rising Fawn

Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer, as well as a detective, for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On May Tuesday, May 12, at...

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