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Update: Congressman Graves' REP in Dade Tuesday Morning
Congressman Tom Graves, Dade County's voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. will hold office hours in Dade from 10 a.m. to noon on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 6, 20171 min read
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 6, 20170 min read
Dade County History: What about Dr. Gardner?
My mother, Mary Verenice Cooper, was born July 8, 1932, near Valley Head, Ala. She was brought into this world by Dr. Joseph Leonard...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 5, 20176 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: March Madness
The calendar says that it is almost spring, but frost won't be out of the forecast until mid-April. Fortunately there is plenty of work...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 4, 20172 min read
Library News: Read to Lead Gala March 18 on Square
Dade County’s third annual Read to Lead program will be Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Dade County Public Library and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 3, 20172 min read
Dade Passes Alcohol Ordinance: No Gin Joints in County, but Beer and Wine OK
It's official: Dade commissioners at their regular March meeting Thursday night held the first reading of an ordinance to allow...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 3, 20173 min read
3 State 3 Mountain Challenge Not to Come Through Dade This Year: Conflicts With Sheriff's Benefi
Finish line: In this file photo from 2013, a cyclist crosses the finish line of 3 State 3 Mountain amid torrential rains. Now is 3 State...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 3, 20172 min read
Don't Kvetch! Participate! Opportunities To Make Your Voice Heard
Dade Planet readers are hereby reminded that upcoming are a couple of interesting opportunities to participate in democracy. Most...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 2, 20171 min read
IDA Discusses Dream of CDL Testing Facility Here
Big aspirations and little money worries dominated Monday's monthly meeting of the Dade Industrial Development Authority (IDA), a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 1, 20173 min read
Dade Schools Closed Wednesday
Dade County Schools, which closed two days last week because of the flu epidemic which grounded school bus drivers as well as students...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 1, 20171 min read
Beer and Loathing in Dade County, Part 2: Sinners v. Aginners
The B&G Jiffway, the modern, spanking-new convenience store at I-24 and Hwy. 299 where Bea Haygood and Glenda Scott wanted to sell beer...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 1, 20179 min read
Join the Dade County Commission Thursday at Six for Cocktails -- On the Agenda, Anyway
After months of keeping it under the table, Dade County commissioners have liquor by the drink on the menu for their regular March...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Dade Chamber of Commerce Announces Awards Nominees
The Dade County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to its annual awards banquet on Saturday, March 18, from 6-9 p.m. at the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Dade History: End of Watch
A few months ago, I wrote a history article about my great-great Aunt Josephine Hawkins Parrish. She grew up in Dekalb County, Ala., and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 26, 20173 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: What's New?
Cupcake Cosmos (from the cover of Park Seed catalog) We all have pet peeves. At the top of my list is seeing the same tired annuals...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 25, 20172 min read
Make GREAT BIG copies at the library with our new GREAT BIG copier
If you have a picture to submit for our “Captured” project, please submit it this week, either electronically or by bringing it by the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 24, 20172 min read
Beer and Loathing in Dade County, Part I: The Lawsuit
On May 20, 1981, a tiny "filler copy" article on an inside page of The Dade County Sentinel--in those days, a well-written, newsy little...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 24, 20176 min read
Schools Closed for Rest of Week
Dade Schools Superintendent Dr. Jan Harris announced this afternoon that all county schools will close Thursday and Friday because of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20171 min read
Bd. of Ed. News: Gov.'s Office Honors Dade Elementary With 2016 Gold Award
DES students Ella Hawkins and Paul Phillips step up to greet Pam Williams, the governor's representative, with smiles and faultlessly...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20171 min read
Rep.Graves to "Rescue" Residents From Obamacare "Death Spiral": Will Be Here Mar
"Obamacare has failed, and Republicans are on a mission to rescue the families caught up in its death spiral." Thus begins a press...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20172 min read
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