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Millage Rate Hearing Day Fraught With Drama; County Boss Resting at Home After Scam Accident
Dade County millage rate hearings tend to be dull affairs. The Planet strives to suck more drama from local democracy than you'd think...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 20, 20185 min read
Dade County Awards First On-Premises Beer and Wine License to Geneva's Mtn Top Cafe
Beer Board clerk Patty Murphy goes through required documents with board members and the owners of the Mtn Top Cafe. Clockwise around the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 19, 20186 min read
Dade B of E Won't Raise Taxes; DMS Cross-Country Access Road Cost Rises
The Dade County Board of Education at its regular July meeting on Monday announced its decision not to “accept the growth” in the tax...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 18, 20187 min read
This Year's Jayhawk Festival Aug. 4
The second annual Jayhawk Music and Arts Festival is from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, on the idyllic grounds of Pigeon...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20181 min read
UFOs Have Landed on the Courthouse Lawn (Unidentified Flashing Objects)
The Planet's standing joke-news-item has always been UFOs LAND ON COURTHOUSE LAWN. As in: I don't care if UFOs land on the courthouse...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20182 min read
GSP IDs Two Sunday Wreck Fatalities
On Sunday evening at 10:07 p.m., troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 41 LaFayette were dispatched to a one-vehicle collision on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20181 min read
Two Sunday Night Auto Crash Fatalities on Lookout
Apparently the two fatal auto accidents on Lookout Mountain Sunday night were unrelated. Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20182 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports: The Curious Incident of the Dog on the Porch
On July 9, at approximately 6 a.m., Dade County deputies were dispatched to a possible burglary in progress on Saddle Club Road. When the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20181 min read
Historically Speaking: Facts You May Not Know or Remember about Dade County
There are some residents who will know every one of the facts included in this article. Doubtless there are many who will find some of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 15, 20186 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Kissing Cousins
Tomatoes must be the most popular crop in the country among home gardeners. We grow them in pots and plots. We eat them in salads and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 14, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report July 6-12, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 6-12. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20182 min read
Library News: Check Out Kid Talent On Tryout Videos
We have one more Kids’ Summer Reading program to go! On Thursday, July 19, the library will host a talent show, Libraries Got Talent!...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Dade Chamber of Commerce Reamed at City Meeting
At a Trenton City Commission meeting with little else on the agenda, criticism of the Dade Chamber of Commerce took center stage Monday...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 12, 20184 min read
Matters of the Mind: CHI Brings Memory Loss Presentation to Trenton
CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging will present Matters of the Mind: Memory Loss at the Dade County Senior Center in Trenton on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20181 min read
Historic Davis School Celebrated Aug. 11
An all-classes reunion for Davis School will be held on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Dade Senior Center. Lunch is...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20181 min read
Section Man Dies in Ultralight Accident in Jackson County
A Section, Ala.,man died when his ultralight plane crashed in Jackson County on Monday. According to Alabama news reports, the Jackson...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports Meth Trafficking Bust
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Monday, July 9, at approximately 3 a.m., Dade County...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20181 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Soil: It’s not [Just] Dirt
A chart from the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. About 15 years ago I read an article about a unique research study conducted in...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 7, 20183 min read
Chicken Guts, Rabies and Traffic (Oh, My!): Citizens Air Concerns to County Commission
Dave L. Brown heiress Katie Kasch Bien (end of table) asks for the commission's help. She and other Wildwood neighbors fear another Brown...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 6, 20188 min read
Dade County Arrest Report June 29-July 5, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of June 29-July 5. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 6, 20182 min read
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