Legal Advice, Forms, and Notary Service Available at Dade Library
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor One way the Dade County Public Library addresses patrons’ questions and needs is through legal help. First, Mindy Haworth (library manager) is a notary. For a $4.00 fee, anyone can use the notary public service. Haworth recommends calling ahead to make sure she is available. Second, Gale Legal Forms is…
Read MoreCounty Commission Hears Fire Department Needs and Concerns About a Short-Term Rental, Citizen Upset About $2.5 Million Property Listing
By LYDIA BERLGAR News Editor The September 7 meeting of the Dade County Board of Commissioners covered numerous updates and spending questions and also included two citizen appearances. As discussed previously at the county meetings (see the August 9 issue of the Sentinel), the fire departments are requesting ARPA funds for a fire training facility.…
Read MoreVolleyball Drops Matches to Lady Trojans, Wildcats
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine volleyball team traveled to Gordon Lee on Tuesday, Aug. 29 to face the Lady Trojans. Dade County got off to a bad start in the first set and they could not get things going their way early and dropped the set 25-7. In…
Read MoreTennessee Valley Net Discontinues TV Services as Streaming and Internet Take Over
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Several weeks ago, Tennessee Valley Net (TVN) sent out letters to 711 residential customers alerting them that the company’s linear television service will end on December 29 of this year. Adam Austin (controller at TVN and Trenton Telephone Company) explained that while the demand for linear television continues to decrease,…
Read MoreDade County Gets 3–2 Region Win Over Trion
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine softball team hosted the Trion Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, Aug. 29 in their second region game of the season. Being two of the better teams in the region, the game lived up to its billing – a close, hard fought pitcher’s duel that…
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The Call for a Special Session: An Explanation from Senator Colton Moore and Thoughts from Citizens
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor As many readers are aware, Senator Colton Moore has called for a special session to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis following the Georgia indictment of 19 individuals, including former President Donald Trump. In a phone conversation with the Sentinel, (printed nearly in full in this article), Moore explained…
Read MoreDCHS Softball Parents Address School Board, Coach Poston Calls for Unity
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The first Dade County Board of Education meeting of the school year covered many topics, including a proposed satellite Primary Healthcare clinic at one of the schools, shifts in the weight training/hitting facilities at the high school (as covered in the May 31 issue of the Sentinel), and a call…
Read MoreObituaries – Sept. 6 Issue
BRENDA ALEXANDER Brenda Louise Alexander, 83, of Trenton, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. She was born on March 9, 1940, in LaFayette to the late Andrew Morgan Young and Irene Kirby Young. She was a member of the Rising Fawn Church of God. Mrs. Alexander enjoyed taking care of children in and out of…
Read MoreCitizens Ask IDA to Consider Neighbors
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Will Dickerson attended the August 22 meeting of the Industrial Development Authority to express his concerns about the property recently acquired by the IDA which borders his family’s property. Melissa Faircloth also asked questions about this property and expressed her concerns in general. Dickerson explained that he is the father…
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