Area News
DCSO Continued Training And A Look At The New Facility
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Readers who have followed along with Dade County Board of Commissioners meetings will know that over a year ago, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) requested ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds to build a training facility. The commission first approved $100,000 for the project, but when all was said…
Read MoreLocally Owned Industry Grateful For IDA’s Assistance In Search For Property
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor While the Sentinel covers the Industrial Development Authority’s meetings and has reported on critiques of the IDA from several citizens, rarely do we hear directly from industries that have worked with the IDA. The Sentinel had the opportunity to sit down with locally owned and family run Chattanooga Industrial Motors…
Read MoreSchool Bus Fender Bender
At about 3:50 on Friday, August 16, two Dade County school buses were involved in a minor accident in front of the Dade County Water Plant, blocking traffic on GA-136 East. One bus rear-ended another that had stopped due to traffic in front of it, and while one student was transported for a precautionary medical…
Read MoreCounty’s Proposed Millage Rate Lower Than 2024’s
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioners held its first public hearing for the FY25 millage rate on August 15 at 11 a.m. and the second at 6 p.m. that evening. The third public hearing will be this Thursday, August 22, at 4 p.m. with the commission voting on the millage…
Read MoreBOE Approves 14.000 Millage Rate
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Board of Education held the third FY25 millage rate hearing on August 15 at 5:30 p.m. before voting on the millage rate at 6 p.m. Josh Ingle (superintendent) repeated the information included in last week’s article. During Public Input, Michael Tinker asked about money from the Georgia…
Read MoreServant’s Heart Ministries Collects And Distributes Donated Items
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor “Jesus Himself said, ‘I came here to serve,’ so we’re here to serve as well,” said Nelson Ferrer, executive director of Servant’s Heart Ministries. Ferrer and his wife, Amelia, see meeting people’s tangible needs by providing free food, furniture, clothing, and toiletries as a way to imitate Christ. He continued,…
Read MoreSeniors Request Extended Trenton City Pool Season For 2025
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The August 12 meeting of the City of Trenton Board of Commissioners quickly covered Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) expenditures and department reports before a group of senior citizens expressed their desire for a longer pool season and another citizen requested reports be made about animals housed in…
Read MoreAuthor/Speaker Morris Morrison Speaks To School District Throughout This Year
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor “My life was saved by educators,” Morris Morrison said at last Monday’s school district in-service assembly. “It was people who looked just like you who stopped me in middle school and high school and said, ‘Hey boy, you could be president one day, so act like it.’ I had educators…
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Read MoreInside A Board Of Tax Assessors Meeting
By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor One of the many local boards that meets regularly is the Dade County Board of Tax Assessors. The Sentinel does not typically attend these meetings, but with it being millage rate season and to learn more about how this board operates, the Sentinel attended the August 8 meeting. The board…
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