Thoughts While Shaving
What a performance by the West Bladen Pre-Major baseball team playing in the World Series in Guntersville, Alabama. Yesterday, they defeated the Virginia state champions 11-1 and move on. Today, they...
View ArticleEating Healthfully on the Run – For Better Living
By: Sandra R. Cain Breakfast from the drive-thru at McDonalds, lunch out of a vending machine and dinner at your favorite sit-down restaurant. Sound familiar? Whether it’s fast food, take-out or a...
View ArticleThings that made me smile and take a moment to think
Last week I had a lot of resting and thinking to do. Time to reflect is always time well spent, even if it doesn’t seem like it at the moment. I wanted to share some of the things I pondered about and...
View ArticleHomegrown North Carolina Concert Series announced for the 2015 State Fair
RALEIGH — Since its beginning, the North Carolina State Fair has showcased the best the state has to offer. This year the State Fair takes it up a notch with its “Homegrown North Carolina” concert...
View ArticleMonday’s Scorecast: West Bladen vs. Ozark, Alabama, 8 p.m. ET
Here are links for Scorecast for Monday’s Dixie Pre-Majors World Series baseball game in Guntersville, Alabama, between West Bladen and Ozark, Alabama. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Eastern...
View ArticleDixie Pre-Majors World Series: North Charleston, South Carolina 10, West...
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View ArticleThis Day in History—-July 28
1866—Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US. 1898—City of Miami incorporated. 1900—Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut. 1914—Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof...
View ArticleThoughts While Shaving
A hearty BladenOnline salute to the West Bladen Pre-Majors baseball team, coaches, parents and supporters. You made us proud… Everyone loves to win and this team began strong by winning their first...
View ArticleDixie Pre-Majors World Series: Ozark, Alabama 11, West Bladen 1
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View ArticleAugust Announcements For First Missionary Baptist Church
August 09 – First Missionary Baptist Church Ushers Anniversary at 3:30 P.M. Reverend Pia Jessup, Pastor of Miller AME Zion Church in Clinton, NC will be the guest speaker. August 10 – 12: Pastor...
View ArticleHeustess with Economic Development speaks to Elizabethtown Optimist Club
The regular Elizabethtown Optimist Club meeting was last night, Monday evening and Chuck Heustess with Economic Development was their speaker. The club meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:30 pm...
View ArticleUpcoming Non-Profit Seminars
Register online or call: 910-879-5572 Starting August 11, the Second Tuesday of each month will have a Non-Profit seminar at East Arcadia campus East Arcadia Campus The Business Side of Operating a...
View ArticleBCC has Representative on Local High School Campuses
A Bladen Community College employee will soon be a familiar face at East and West Bladen High Schools. Cierra Griffin will serve the community as the College and High School Programs Coordinator. The...
View ArticleFather Found Guilty of First-Degree Sexual Offense
John Owen Jacobs was found guilty in Bladen County Superior Court today after a week-long jury trial for one count of First-Degree Sexual Offense with a Child Under the age of 13, which occurred on...
View ArticleThis Day in History—-July 29th
1773—1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mountains completed, Schoenbrunn, Ohio. 1786—1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pittsburgh Gazette. 1844—NY Yacht Club forms. 1847—Cumberland School of...
View ArticleThoughts While Shaving
Rain, rain, come today or soon…. Baseball season at the local level is over….it is time for fall sports….bring them on….. For NFL fans….Thoughts on Tom Brady suspension? Deflategate…… If you were the...
View ArticleBladen Unemployment Rate For June Was 8.6 Per Cent
RALEIGH — Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 95 of North Carolina’s counties in June, decreased in four counties, and remained unchanged in one county. Graham County had the...
View ArticleHarmony Hall received large donation from McDuffie Pest Control
By: Charlotte Smith The “Let Freedom Ring” Fundraiser for a new roof for Harmony Hall is on a roll. The Pre-Revolutionary War historic plantation home located on the Cape Fear River in White Oak is in...
View ArticleWest Bladen Mini- Cheerleading Camp
Huge thank you to Samantha Carroll Beyer and Madison McLamb for contributing the photos. Coach Mary Todd and the West Bladen Cheerleaders are practicing all summer long. Some of the school’s alumni...
View ArticleGingersnaps, ugly ties and unsplashed puddles
By: Jefferson Weaver Everybody needs a bright spot on a dreary day. I call mine Gingersnap. She has bright red curls that rebel with all the feistiness a natural redhead can muster, and the mischievous...
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