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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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.  

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…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a national nonprofit with a Northwest Georgia branch covering four counties: Chattooga, Catoosa, Walker, and Dade. Called “Lookout Mountain CASA,” this branch is looking for additional volunteers to serve in Dade. CASA volunteers (referred to as CASAs) are appointed to cases by juvenile court…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor As we begin the new year, the Sentinel wants to know: What do you think about our newspaper? If you would like to offer input, please email editordadesentinel@gmail.com, bring letters by our office (385 Church Street), or mail letters to Dade County Sentinel Editor, PO Box 680, Trenton, GA 30752.…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Some readers may have followed along with the Industrial Development Authority’s purchase of the Price Farm and the ensuing concerns from residents adjacent to the property. (See the October 25th, November 1st, and November 8th issues of the Sentinel.) One of the concerned residents, Shan Anderson, has found apparent discrepancies…

Contributed article. McBride’s Bookstore collected books and donations to purchase books for those most in need in the Dade County and surrounding areas this holiday season. From Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, the store gave customers the option to either contribute a book or to make a donation to one of the three groups of needy…