Area News
Georgia Promise Scholarship Details Still Being Ironed Out
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Readers might remember the announcement that came out in mid-December about the Georgia Promise Scholarship which was established by Georgia Senate Bill 233. While Dade County students qualified for the scholarship according to the original list, an updated list has not yet been posted on the program’s website, mygeorgiapromise.org. The…
Read MoreNational Park Service Awards Matching Grant For Dade County Community Forest
Submitted article. Editor’s note: As a slight adjustment to this announcement, Noel Durant with Trust for Public Land noted that while Dade has been selected for this grant, TPL must provide supporting documentation to the National Park Service before the project is awarded the grant. Dade County, Georgia, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from…
Read MoreWith Bar Addition Completed, Canyon Grill Is Ready To Serve Alcohol
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Now that Canyon Grill has completed the addition of its new bar, it will be the first restaurant in Dade County outside of the Trenton City limits to serve liquor. Before adding liquor and cocktails, however, the team is focusing on beer and wine. In addition to some interior renovations,…
Read MoreKudzu Country Swing Brings Swing Dancing Nights To Trenton
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Photos by Lydia Berglar – Dance partners practice their moves at the first night of Kudzu Country Swing. Sean and Savannah Park fell in love while swing dancing, and now, they’re bringing their favorite pastime to Trenton in the form of Kudzu Country Swing. Every Thursday night, the couple teaches…
Read MoreOverdose Calls To 911 Decreased In 2024, But Addiction Remains Major Problem
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Drug abuse is still a key issue in Dade County, in Georgia, and in the United States as a whole, but one hopeful data point is that overdose calls went down from 2023 to 2024. Calls about overdoses that came through dispatch numbered 47 in 2023 but only 33 in…
Read MoreLake Hills Community Brings Water Issues Before Water Company, Engineers Called In To Find Solution
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor A large group of residents from the Lake Hills neighborhood attended the Jan. 28 meeting of the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority to voice their frustrations and urge the water company to find and fix the issues that are causing water outages in the neighborhood. Alex Case (City of…
Read MoreInside Wildwood Lifestyle Center’s Holistic Approach To Health
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Wildwood Health Institute has been a fixture in Dade County since 1942 when members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church established a rural sanitarium and medical missionary institute at the north end of the county. The institute’s 147-acre campus has a number of different departments, one of which is the…
Read MoreHOSA Students Assist Blood Assurance Drive
On Jan. 27, the Dade County High School HOSA chapter hosted one of their three annual blood drives through Blood Assurance. The next one is scheduled for May 5, and these photos are from the August 2024 drive.…
Read MoreTwin Sisters Raise Money For Animal Rescue
When the Ridge twins (Reese on the left and River on the right) decided they wanted to make homemade treats for their dogs, they realized they could also sell treats to raise money for an animal rescue program. After several days of baking and selling the treats, the girls raised $300 to donate to Luck’s…
Read MoreDade/Davis Elementary Test Scores Are On An Upward Trajectory
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Before the Dade County Board of Education’s regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 27, the board recapped the information about the HB 581 exemption and voted to opt out of the exemption. No citizens spoke at the hearing. During the hearing, Jennifer Hartline (Sand Mountain representative) said, “[The state has] never,…
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