Area News

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor A Hand Up Ministry, a faith-based ministry for people who have recently left the prison system, is in the process of building transitional cabins for the people who go through the program. There is currently a main house for people to stay at A Hand Up’s 100–acre campus, originally owned…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living (NWGA CIL) serves a 15 county area, including Dade County, providing services for individuals of all ages who have all types of disabilities. The NWGA CIL is based in Rome and has been helping people for 17 years. The CIL is both statewide,…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Both County Executive Ted Rumley and Commissioner Allan Bradford were absent from the Dade County Board of Commissioner’s Thursday, March 4 meeting. A short agenda, coupled with no guest speakers, resulted in a short meeting. Commissioner Robert Goff noted that Rumley was taking care of his mother. Bradford was also…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Special Use Permit Board held a meeting Feb. 25, to consider the permit application by NewTerra Compost, LLC. “The application is for the establishment of a composting operation, on Hummingbird Lane on a 20 acre field. The composting has actually been going on prior to the permit,…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Education heard the annual State of School report for Davis Elementary, presented by Principal Charity Barton, during the Feb. 22 meeting. “With such an unusual time, no one knew what to expect. It has taken a lot of leadership and a lot of planning to…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor In an announcement on Feb. 25, Governor Brian Kemp announced that vaccine eligibility would expand on March 8 to include adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their caregivers, parents of children with complex medical conditions, K-12 educators and school staff, and pre-K and Georgia Department of Early Care and…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor 911, what’s your emergency? These are words that people never hope to hear on the other end of a phone call, but Dade County citizens are in good hands. The county has recently entered a new ambulance contract with CHI Memorial Hospital, and Director of Emergency Services, Alex Case, is…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Members of the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority heard from William Back, Executive Director of the Industrial Development Authority, about possible projects in the county, during the Feb. 22 meeting. “We have four pending projects, three of them may have some impact with the Water and Sewer Authority,” Back…