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Bartlett on Gardening: Club Med
A specially constructed spiral herb bed provides a suitable habit for Mediterranean plants, which can be hard to grow in our wet weather...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 17, 20172 min read
Library News: Don't Miss Thursday's Magic Show!
Last Thursday's Summer Reading performer, Tommy Johns (shown above with Derek Avans Prince) drew a big crowd (below). Photos by Kristy...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 16, 20172 min read
Sand Mountain Propane Explosion Injures Man
Dade County 911 Director Alex Case confirmed Friday that a 91-year-old New Home man suffered severe burns Thursday night after a gas...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 16, 20171 min read
GDOT Schedues I-24, I-59 Pavement Work for July
A Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) maintenance service contractor will begin in the second week of July to work on pavement...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 16, 20172 min read
Can You Gig It? Depends: TVN Announces Gig Rollout* (*some restrictions apply)
TVN's Audrey Clark, flanked by Adam Moore (left) of Adam Moore Construction and Lee Denton of Trenton Telephone, her coworkers in the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 16, 20174 min read
Letter To The Editor: I-59 looks like wasteland
V I E W P O I N T S Dear Dade Planet: Am I the only person in Dade who wonders why GDOT is cutting down all the trees along I-59 in the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 15, 20171 min read
“They’re taking away the books ...” Books New & Used to Close July 15
Anybody want to buy a bookstore? Has Danielle Hargis (above) got a deal for you. She wants to sell Books New & Used, the bookstore she...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 14, 20176 min read
Backwards and in High Heels: Library Manager Marshana Sharp Honored
Marshana Sharp recently celebrated her 15th anniversary as an employee of the Dade County Library, where she started in 2002 coordinating...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 13, 20172 min read
Burn, Baby, Burn: Trenton City Commission Asks Citizens' Help in EPD Brush Crisis
Trenton City Commissioners Sandra Gray, Terry Powell and Monda Wooten. (Commissioner Jerry Henegar was absent from the June 12 meeting.)...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 13, 20176 min read
B of E Hire/Fire/Promote/Retire List
At its special called meeting this afternoon, the Dade County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Randy Watson, Dade County...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 12, 20171 min read
DeKalb Deputy Injured in Head-On Collision
A DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department deputy was involved in a late-night head-on collision on Sunday. Three vehicles were...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 12, 20171 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Shady Lady
Here is a long border that runs from sun to shade with every degree of semi-shade Fair is the meadow, fairer still the woodland… Many...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 10, 20172 min read
Library News: Timothy Johns' Magic and Puppet Show June 15
I’m going to start with Summer Reading activities for adults this week, because we have two things going on: On Saturday, June 17,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 9, 20172 min read
Circling Around Dade: Sidewalks, Dams, Lakes and Other Kwazy Things
V I E W P O I N T S There’s something about breaking your leg that makes you think deeply about walking. This is not meant to be a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 8, 20178 min read
Dade's Dr. Harris Pitches for the Home Team
The Dade Planet is not set up to cover sports but is always delighted to cover the far- rangin' exploits of Dade's own Dr. Jan Harris,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Edgewood Baptist Shows Off Theology Grads
Pictured above are Pastor Jim Lilley of Edgewood Baptist Church (left front), graduation speaker Dan DeLong (front right), and the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 6, 20171 min read
DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Offers Free Training to Local Officers
Area officers gather for a free law enforcement training session at the DeKalb Sheriff's Department (contributed photo). The DeKalb...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 6, 20171 min read
Dade Commission creates new Economic Development Czar job, starts process for Nov. TSPLOST referendu
In addition to embarking on plans to build a dam and reservoir on Lookout Creek (see previous article), the Dade County Commission at its...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20174 min read
DeKalb officers recover stolen vehicle
The DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department reports that its deputies and local police departments have recovered a stolen vehicle. On...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20171 min read
Lookout Mountain Hit-and-Run Injures Two
Nicolas Caldwell Gravitt (left), 21, of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, was arrested last week in a serious hit-and-run incident on Scenic...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20172 min read
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