Area News

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Look carefully, and you might find painted rocks hiding in and around Dade County with a message on them: “Take Me to 1045 Brow Rd. Free Gift!” This is because Shed on the Brow is using the rocks to promote their gift shop, located on Sand Mountain at 1045 Brow…

Photos courtesy of Mike Cameron By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor On the morning of August 16, State Representative Mike Cameron received a call from Superintendent Josh Ingle about a hole on GA-301 in front of Magby Gap Church of Christ on Sand Mountain. Ingle informed Cameron that the school system’s transportation department had noticed a…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor On August 14, the Dade County Board of Education held two public hearings about the proposed millage rate of 14.000. No citizens (aside from the Sentinel) attended the meetings. Similar to the county’s millage rate, the school board’s rate has decreased in recent years while the dollar amount of taxes…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor As previously mentioned in the Sentinel, all water and sewer authorities in the nation are completing a pipe audit due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule Revision (LCRR), and the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority is requesting assistance from the public in order to collect…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioners held its third public millage rate hearing on August 17 before voting to adopt a millage rate of 8.000. See last week’s issue of the Sentinel for an explanation of the rollback rate, unincorporated and incorporated rates, and recent decreases in the millage rate.…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Some readers may recall that last year, the City of Trenton Board of Commissioners approved the use of $20,000 from SPLOST funds to purchase additional Christmas lights for the city. However, it was too late to order the lights in time for Christmas. At last week’s August meeting, Monda Wooten…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor On August 12, the Alliance for Dade hosted the second annual Plum Nelly Art Depot at Dade County High School. Nearly doubling in size from about 25 artists last year to just shy of 50 this year, the sale outgrew the Trenton community center. Artists showcased homemade jewelry, pottery, abstract…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Picking up where we left off last week, let’s dive into Jennifer Blair’s explanation of the seven Rs: Reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, repurpose, repair, and rot. One simple way to reduce single-use plastic waste is to never buy bottled water. Blair said, “People think bottled water is cleaner than tap…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Ryan Faircloth, owner of The Groovy Nomad, has been involved in conversations about two separate ventures which has led to some confusion between the two. He said, “People are thinking it’s one thing, but these are two totally different things. They just happen to be getting started at the same…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioners held its first two public hearings regarding this year’s millage rate on August 10. The third public hearing will be August 17 at 5 p.m. with a special called hearing to vote on the millage rate immediately following at 5:30 p.m. As a reminder,…