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Library News: Come Get Your Quilts! And Maybe Bring Us Some DVDs...
We have found three quilts here at the library, and we don’t know who they belong to. We had quilters working here for a long time, but...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 11, 20181 min read
Dade County Arrest Report May 4-10, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of May 4-10. All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty....
Robin Ford Wallace
May 11, 20182 min read
Confessions of a Half-Assed Hottie: Throwin' in the Towel at Mid-Century-Plus (Who’s Counting?)
My late mother once insulted the way I dressed, saying: “You wear all those tight clothes, trying to look sexy.” (Mothers say things like...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 10, 20188 min read
Sidewalks! Sidewalks! Sidewalks! (Do You Hear Me? Sidewalks!)
V I E W P O I N T S One of the patterns of my life has been noticing some weird facet of life that I find insane but that those around me...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 8, 20189 min read
The Happeningest Dade Commission Meeting Ever. Not.
Nothing happened. Well, that’s an overstatement, but the regular meeting of the Dade County Commission on Thursday was in fact more...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 7, 20185 min read
Bryant, Trenton, Wildwood Residents Arrested in Big Alabama Meth Bust
On Saturday May 5, a joint investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, SBI/ADETF Region F and U.S. Postal...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 7, 20182 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports on Domestic Violence Scene
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. Today, May 7, he reported as follows: On May 1, at...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 7, 20181 min read
Historically Speaking: Godwinks and the Unsung Howard's Waterfall Hero
Georgia awarded LeRoy Coxwell a medal for his valor in the Howard's Waterfall Cave tragedy of 1966. Howard's Waterfall Cave Tragedy, Part...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 6, 20185 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Alligator Pears
Today is Cinco de Mayo, May 5, a celebration of Mexico’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla. The victory became a symbol of...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 5, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report April 27-May 3, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Department for the week of April 27-May 3. All arrestees are innocent until...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 4, 20182 min read
Here's Your Chance for a Piece of 1945
This year will be Dade's first ever 1945 Fourth of July festival. Kids' games, live music, cornhole and horseshoe tournaments, Miss Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 4, 20181 min read
Public Health Dept. Warns of Hepatitis, Offers Screenings Online
ROME, Ga.--May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and the Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District urges people to...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 4, 20182 min read
Library News: Sign Your Kid Up For Summer Reading!
We’re in a flurry here at the library getting ready for Summer Reading. Staff members are packing the bags that the kids will get....
Robin Ford Wallace
May 3, 20182 min read
May 22: The Rules of Engagement
V I E W P O I N T S My neighbor had what she called a “rental kid,” a bright 12-year-old whose parents would send the girl out here to...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 2, 20189 min read
Dade 4-H Invites All to Ag Day May 10!
Dade County 4-H Gardening Club and Community Club members with their wildflower wheelbarrow garden, which will be on display outside the...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 2, 20181 min read
Dade Honors Favorite Cops
Today was Dade County's 12th annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, hosted by the Trenton Dade Optimist Club in cooperation with the...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 1, 20184 min read
B of E News: Special Called Meetings, Book Signings, Et Cetera
There’s been a little, ahem, extracurricular Dade County Board of Education news here and there recently, between formal board meetings,...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 1, 20183 min read
Congrats to Dade County Shotgun Team!
The Dade County Shotgun Team competed in the Union County District Shotgun Match on April 21. Pictured left to right are: Coach Austin...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 1, 20181 min read
Dade County Arrest Report April 20-26, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of April 20-26. All arrestees are innocent until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 30, 20182 min read
Library News: Southern Living Names Cloudland Canyon Best--Go Free With Our Pass!
Southern Living magazine’s May issue has an article about the best state parks in the South. For the best state park in Georgia, SL chose...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 30, 20181 min read
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