Rotary Day at the Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina in Lake Waccamaw
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View ArticleThis Day in History – February 13
1566 – St. Augustine, Florida, founded. 1693 – College of William and Mary opens in Virginia. 1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina. 1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US...
View ArticleBladen County Headlines…35 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bordeaux and Mr. and Mrs. Dannie B. Lewis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries. The Town of Elizabethtown hired Nelson Brinkman as their new Town Utilities Director. The...
View ArticleBladen County Recreation Youth Basketball Schedules
Here is the Bladen County Parks & Recreation Department’s basketball schedules. For information, call 862-6770. BOYS’ AGES 9-12 Tournament Tuesday, Feb. 14 5:45 p.m.: Game 1: No. 3 seed vs. No. 6...
View ArticleLil Knights Basketball League Completes Week 4
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View ArticleThoughts While Shaving for February 13
This is February, despite a record breaking high of 80 degrees yesterday, more cold weather is on the way. Today’s high near 60. The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement,...
View ArticleIncreased Fire Danger today
There is an increased fire danger today according to the National Weather Service office. Gusty northwest winds at 15 miles per hour along with gusts up to 25 mph and low relative humidity this...
View ArticleCulvert Damaged by Matthew To Be Replaced in Bladen County
Raleigh – Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation will replace a culvert damaged by Hurricane Matthew in Bladen County starting next month. The Tara Group of Lumberton will replace the...
View ArticleBladen Commissioners to hold planning meeting at 5:30 pm in Powell-Melvin...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will meet this afternoon (Monday, Feb. 13) at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Powell-Melvin Agricultural Center in Elizabethtown for a planing session. The...
View ArticleAgency committed to the ongoing work of elections administration and ethics...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement met for the first time Friday after the N.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday afternoon temporarily reinstated...
View ArticleBladenboro Town Board to meet tonight at 7 pm
The Bladenboro Town Commissioners will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Bladenboro Town Hall and is expected to recognize the Bladenboro Middle School Beta Club for their accomplishments at the Jr. Beta...
View ArticleBoard of Education set to meet tonight
The Bladen County Board of Education will meet tonight (Monday, Feb. 13) at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at the Bladen County Board fo Education located on US 701 South in Elizabethtown. Spotlights and...
View ArticleHaywood County jury convicts double voter
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Haywood County Superior Court jury on Thursday convicted 52-year-old Dewey George Gidcumb Jr. of voting twice in North Carolina’s March 2016 primary, a Class I felony. Gidcumb, a...
View ArticleDrawing to be held Tuesday, Feb. 14, for Most Eligible Bachelor/Bachelorette...
There is excitement in the air here at bladenonline.com as Tuesday marks the drawing in for our “Most Eligible Bachelor/Bachelorette Contest” brought to you courtesy of Bob’s Jewel Shop of Lumberton...
View ArticleTillis Discusses Bipartisan Immigration Reform On Fox News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) appeared on Fox News Channel over the weekend to discuss the prospects of bipartisan immigration reform. Senator Tillis recently laid the groundwork for...
View ArticleLower Cape Fear Hospice donates to Bladen County Hospital Foundation Gala
Lower Cape Fear Hospice has donated $1,000 to the Bladen County Hospital Foundation in support of the foundation’s annual gala. The Bladen County Hospital Foundation’s Masquerade Ball is planned for...
View ArticleFebruary is American Heart Month; Cardiac Rehabilitation Week is Feb. 12-18
February is American Heart Month. During the month, many activities and celebrations occur across the nation spotlighting efforts to reduce deaths due to cardiac disease. Cardiac Rehabilitation Week is...
View ArticlePeanut Festival committee 4th Annual “All You Can Eat” Oyster Roast and Fish...
The Dublin Peanut Festival committee will host its 4th Annual “All You Can Eat” Oyster Roast and Fish Fry on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. The event will be held at Lu Mil Vineyard in The General Store...
View ArticleBladen County Board of Education meets for regular session in February 2017
Bethany Stephens The Board of Education met this Monday for their regularly scheduled monthly session. After approving the minutes of last month’s meeting and of last week’s special meeting to discuss...
View ArticleThis Day in History – February 14
1778 – “Stars & Stripes” arrive in foreign port for 1st time (France). 1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted to James Davenport, Philadelphia. 1803 – Chief Justice John Marshall declares...
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