Do You Know These Veterans?
UPDATE: To everyone who helped identify the veteran photos for the American Legion’s museum, thank you! Seven photos were identified through this series including. Names of identified veterans are below each photo. After completing a renovation project, Trenton’s American Legion War Memorial Museum reopened this Veterans Day, but the Legion is working on one more…
Read MorePublic Defender, Conservation Offices Moving to Train Depot
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County government is in the midst of four building and renovation projects: the old courthouse renovation, train depot renovation, animal shelter construction, and elections office construction. The Sentinel met with Ted Rumley (county executive) and Don Townsend (CFO and county clerk) to get an update on the train…
Read MoreDade Library Welcomed 404 New Patrons in 2023
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Public Library is beginning 2024 with another year’s worth of new patrons and titles added to the collection, as well as a pay increase for the library staff. A highlight of the year was hiring Lynn Arp as the YEC (youth education coordinator). The year saw 404…
Read MoreBridge Health Seeks Funding From County Commission, 2024 Election Cycle Approaches
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The first Dade County Board of Commissioners meeting of the year covered many annual memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and resolutions and included a presentation from Bridge Health. First, Tommy Bradford (chief deputy) requested approval of SPLOST expenditure for the purchase of two new vehicles for the Dade County Sheriff’s Office.…
Read MoreLady Wolverines Struggle To Score Against Darlington’s Lady Tigers
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Lady Wolverines basketball team was back in action last Friday when they hosted the Darlington Lady Tigers in their first game of 2024. Dade County got off to a really slow start as their shots would not fall against a good Lady Tiger team who came in undefeated in…
Read MoreWolverines Wrestlers Focused on Saturday’s Area Duals
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer Dade County Wolverine wrestling team was busy on the mat last week with matches at LaFayette on Tuesday and Trion on Thursday. The Wolverines lost a tight match to LaFayette Tuesday 39-36, and then beat North Murray 48-18. The team then traveled to Trion on Thursday to take on Pepperell…
Read MoreDarlington’s Tigers Blow Past Wolverines
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County Wolverine basketball team hosted the Darlington Tigers last Friday night in a region game to start off the New Year. Unfortunately for the Wolverines it was not a good night as the exceptionally good Tiger team was on their game. The first quarter was a fast-paced eight…
Read More1945 Fair Headliners Announced
Country singers T.G. Sheppard, left, and T. Graham Brown will be headlining this year’s 1945 Fair on July 4th. As the fair planning team continues organizing the Independence Day festivities, stay tuned for further details in later months.
Read MorePet Project “Speutered” Over 970 Animals in 2023
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor At the beginning of 2023, Monda Wooten set a goal for the Dade County Pet Project to “speuter” (spay/neuter) 1,000 pets by the end of the year. While the final number was slightly below that at around 970, Wooten and the team are still proud of the project’s achievement. When…
Read MoreWolverines Win Three, Drop Two at Devil Duals Wrestling Tournament
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine wrestling team traveled to Bryson City, N.C., on Dec. 23 to compete in the 10th annual Devil Duals at Swain County High School. The Dade Wolverines started the tournament off with a 42-39 loss to Enka High School. The second match up for the…
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