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IDA, Ag, Sewers and Pol Pot: Questioning Basic Ec. Dev. Wisdom
V I E W P O I N T S The Cambodian dictator Pol Pot was famous for marching city dwellers—doctors, lawyers, university professors—into the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 201813 min read
Library News: Library Programs Transition as Summer Winds Down
Things are a little quieter at the library as we transition from Summer Reading to our other programs. Beginning in August we will resume...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 31, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports on Weekend Arrests
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. This is his report from Monday night, July 30. On Monday,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 31, 20181 min read
County Commission Offers Update on "Great Lake" Project
The Dade County Commission convenes this Thursday, Aug. 2, in the Dade Administrative Building for its regular August meeting. Livening...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 30, 20182 min read
Dade History: A Day To Remember in Dade--Part II
This is a continuation of Joy Odom's article on the hanging of John Retherford. If you'd like to read Part I, here's a link:...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 30, 20184 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Child's Play
When I was living in Nebraska, we master gardener volunteers maintained a demonstration garden. It was composed of four triangular...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 28, 20182 min read
Dade Budget Process Ends (Finally!) in Third Hearing
It wasn't what anybody would call standing room only at the Dade Administrative Building Thursday night but for a county government...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 27, 20184 min read
Dade County Arrest Report July 20-26, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 20-26. All arrestees are innocent until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 27, 20182 min read
CHI Lungmobile at Ingle's on Aug. 13
CHI Memorial's "lungmobile" came to Dade's Senior Center in June. In August, it will seek to engage yet more Dade citizens by visiting a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 26, 20182 min read
IDA Seeks Identify for Highway 299 Intersection
IDA meeting attendees from near head of table clockwise, board members Larry Moore, George Nelson and Sharon Moore, attorney Robin...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 26, 20185 min read
Hartline Wins Pittman's Dist. 2 Seat Hands Down
(Photo: Phillip Hartline celebrates his handy victory in the District 2 Dade County Commission race Tuesday night surrounded by beautiful...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 25, 20182 min read
Water Board Meeting Turns Up Interesting Tidbits, Routine Biz
The July meeting of the Dade County Water Authority’s board of directors last Friday was brief and sparsely attended, member Eddie...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 24, 20185 min read
Aug. 10 Forum Offers Free Financial Training for Local Farmers
Northwest Georgia farmers are invited to attend a free, national award-winning financial training workshop in August. The program,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20182 min read
Vote on Tuesday (Or Stop Kvetching Already)!
District 2 contenders Phillip Hartline (left) and (incumbent) Scottie Pittman at a debate before the May 22 primary. Dade County voters...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports Drug Arrest
Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office, was going over his files recently (it was a cloudy day on the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20181 min read
Glad Tidings (Sort of): Back to School!
The super and county boss at last year's Institute. Institute, the annual school year kickoff, is on July 31 this year. Summer isn't over...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20181 min read
Library News: Libraries Rock! Talent Show Winners Named
We ended our Summer Reading program this year with our first-ever talent show! In addition to our entries in the talent show, we had some...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 23, 20182 min read
Dade History: A Day to Remember in Dade County, Part I
Over the last years of the 1800s and the early 1900s, a number of public hangings were carried out by law enforcement agencies in Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 22, 20184 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Bountiful Bouquets--The Cutting Garden
The concept of having a cutting garden is rather quaint. In the past, it was a separate area which, like the vegetable garden, was more...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 21, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report July 13-19, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 13-19. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 20, 20182 min read
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