Dade County News

An ordinance regulating subdivisions that had preoccupied the Dade County Commission for months passed without a squeak at the bodya s regularly scheduled November meeting last week.

Veterans Day activities kicked off Tuesday morning with the annual program Soldiers in the Classroom.

The Dade County Commission held a special called meeting Oct. 29 to call dibs on over a million federal stimulus dollars for economic development before a Nov.

Jurors were chosen and a few cases went to trial last week in Superior Court but this week all is quiet as the District Attorneya s office cancelled the second week of court due to a lack of cases to try in Dade County for this session.

Pumpkin carving has become a tradition in Dade County with the annual pumpkin lighting on the square in Trenton.

For the third time in two years, state legislators from the Georgia's 9th Congressional District will, on Wednesday, decide who will represent the district on the state transportation board.

When Phyllis Powell graduated from high school in Trenton, Ga., in 1976, she didn't have far to travel to land her first job.

What: A three-day music festival sponsored by the Lumpkin Coalition to raise public awareness and generate funds to help save the Eastern and Carolina Hemlock trees.

Opening the Long Branch Trail on Lookout Mountain is only the beginning, said project manager Mike Pollack at opening ceremonies Friday.

Dade County detectives have been investigating reports of prescription forgery in the City of Trenton over the last few weeks.

Many Dade County residents were surprised by the streetscape renderings presented by Better Hometown Manager Peter Cervelli at the Sept.

In 1949, if you lived in Dade County and you wanted to make a call - " and if you were lucky enough to have one of only 65 telephones in Trenton - " picking up your receiver and turning the handle would put you through to Tommy Gray's gas station on Highway 11, where the switchboard of the local telephone exchange was housed.

With Walker, Catoosa and 15 other counties declared disaster areas and flood warnings in effect until Tuesday afternoon for many areas, Dade County residents can count themselves lucky to have avoided many of the problems caused by recent rain storms.

At the Trenton City Commission's regularly scheduled September meeting Monday night, Better Hometown Manager Peter Cervelli presented drawings and proposals for the Downtown Development Authority's Streetscape project, which is paid for by a grant from the Department of Transportation.

A Dade County resident has been approved for membership in the National League of American Pen Women, Inc.

On Sept. 2 Dade County authorities and Georgia parole officers went to Castleberry Lane in Rising Fawn in order to arrest Anthony Castleberry for a parole violation warrant.

Several people have been complaining - " loudly - " that purebred dogs are being stolen in the Dade County area.

At least one former state representative wants to be considered as the new 9th District representative on the State Transportation Board following the resignation of Dalton attorney Steve Farrow.

Those who like looking for a great deal or just hope to enjoy a day of treasure hunting will be happy to know that tomorrow starts the Worlda s Longest Yard Sale.

Q: With the possibility of Lake Lanier becoming off limits for a metro water source, what is happening with the effort to relocate the northern border of Georgia to include a portion of the Tennessee River as called for in the original survey documents? - Jerry Titshaw, Hampton A: A Senate resolution signed by Gov.