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Library News: Karaoke at the Library, and Talent Show!
Summer Reading isn’t just for kids, you know. We have some adult programs scheduled and one of them is our regular monthly Book Club. The...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 6, 20182 min read
Dade July 4 Bash
Children play in the suds at Dade's July 4 celebration at Jenkins Park. (Photo by Ginnie Sams) Temperatures soared into the 90s...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports on Heroin Trafficking Arrest
Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office, made this report today, Thursday, July 5: On Tuesday, July 3,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Come Downtown to the 1945 Dade County Fair for July 4 Bash!
Wednesday is Independence Day, in Dade, the culmination of months of planning for a daylong celebration staged by the local chamber of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 4, 20181 min read
IDA Discusses Possibilities for Dave L. Brown Farm Property
The IDA board at its June meeting: From left, clockwise, Doug Anderton, Chairman Nathan Wooten, Sharon Moore, County Attorney Robin...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 3, 20183 min read
Plastics: The County's Glass Deception Recycled? (Includes Audio)
A lot of us earth mamas and Mother Nature’s sons out here in the country lovingly wash and sort our garbage, drive it to the county...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 3, 20185 min read
DeKalb Suspect Confesses to Murdering Victim, Stuffing in Barrel with Concrete
On Saturday, June 30, the DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office received a tip about a possible murder that had happened approximately...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 2, 20181 min read
Mountain Top Cafe Opens for Dinner Today; Will Soon Serve Beer and Wine
Here are some glad tidings for Dade’s hungry: The Mountain Top Café on Lookout begins serving dinner today, Monday, July 2. The...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 2, 20184 min read
Dade Deputy Determines Deer Dispatched by Drunk Driver
Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office, returns to regular duty today after an extended training...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 2, 20181 min read
Boil Advisory Ended
Dade County Water & Sewer Authority has made all line repairs that caused the recent boil advisory. Service has been restored and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Bartlett On Gardening: What's in a Name?
Have you ever wondered why there are so many plants with “wort” in their names? Until recently, I assumed that all the worts must have...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 30, 20182 min read
Dade Budget Balanced--Finally!--by Fund Balance Dip, Driver's Services Slash
Weeks of budget drama culminated in anticlimax Thursday afternoon as the Dade County Commission approved a much-revised budget in a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 29, 20182 min read
Library News: Give 'Em Hawks, They Want Tigers--So How's About a Juggler
Have you checked out the Great American Read yet? You can vote for your favorite books each day. These are not all just adult books....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 29, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report June 22-28, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of June 22-28. Arrestees are innocent unless or until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 29, 20181 min read
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 29, 20180 min read
Health Providers Clash Over CHI's N. Ga. Cancer Facility
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: This is a press release from CHI Memorial Hospital that I think requires a little explanation, and to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 27, 20184 min read
The Public's Right to Know (Or, Anyway, The Planet's Right to Tell 'Em)
V I E W P O I N T S There’s a woman out there mad at The Dade Planet for covering her trial last April. She feels that the DA’s office...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 27, 201811 min read
July 4: Schedule of Events
Here is a flyer announcing timetables for Dade's July 4 celebration next Wednesday, along with fees for entering some of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Historically Speaking: The Independent State of Dade--The LEGEND Still Lives
Holding a special edition of The Dade County Times which was published in the Confederate colors of blue and gray, announcing the return...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 25, 20185 min read
CHI Mammobile at Dade PHC July 10
CHI Memorial’s mobile health coach will provide mammography screenings at Primary Health Care of Dade County on Tuesday, July 10, from 9...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 25, 20181 min read
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