How to prepare for your Social Security disability interview
By: Brenda Brown When a person becomes disabled, it can be a very stressful time in their life. There are many questions and unknowns when you have to transition out of the workforce due to medical...
View ArticleFire in Bladen County takes home
Saturday, August 27th a family’s home caught fire on Fletcher Johnson Road in White Oak. According to Chase Lancaster, Deputy Fire Marshal, a mobile home caught fire towards the end of the home. No one...
View ArticleSewell, Boahn big winners in long night of racing at Dublin Motor Speedway
For Shawn Sewell and Andy Boahn, the long wait was worth it. Each won the featured races early Sunday morning at Dublin Motor Speedway. Sewell won the Late Model race and the $2,000 top prize while...
View ArticleHunting season coming soon
Bladen County hunters are cleaning their guns and getting ready for the fall hunting season. The season for Mourning Dove and White-winged dove opens on September 3 and runs thru October 8 and then...
View ArticleBladen County Headlines 35 years ago
A federal grant of $90,713 was awarded to the town of Elizabethtown to construct the Tory Hole Park. Long time Elizabethtown respected businessman Mac Campbell Sr. passed away. Hilton Britt was elected...
View ArticleSmith earns eighth hole-in-one
Elizabethtown resident B.C. Smith had the eighth hole-in-one of his golfing career Friday, August 26 at Land O’ Lakes Golf Course. Smith, playing with Richard Smith and Ron Tart, aced the ninth hole at...
View ArticleA Simpler, Fairer Tax Code
America’s tax code is longer than the Bible, but with none of the good news! With more than 70,000 pages, only tax lawyers and accountants can make any sense of it. House Republicans are committed to...
View ArticleTropical Depression forms off North Carolina coast
The National Weather Service office is keeping an eye on the Atlantic as Tropical Depression No. 8 has formed off the coast of the Carolinas. The tropical system is not expected to have a significant...
View ArticleThis Day in History for August 29
1758 – New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation. 1831 – Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer. 1854 – Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1861 – American Civil...
View ArticleSmithfield Plant evacuated due to chemical reaction
The Smithfield Plant in Tar Heel was evacuated at 3:30 a.m. due to a chemical reaction that ocurred between sodium hypochlorite and Acid while a cleaning process was taking place. The chemical was...
View ArticleWeekend crash on US 701 results in two fatalities
Kenneth Haselden The four-vehicle crash that ocurred on US 701 near the ATV Park on Saturday has resulted in two fatalities. According to NC Highway Patrol Sgt. Daniel Hilburn, Kenneth Gary Haselden,...
View ArticleFive Bladen Grads on College Football Rosters
Five former Bladen County football stars are currently on college football rosters and one will start the season Saturday, Sept. 3. Three of them started their 2016 season this past Saturday. West...
View ArticleThoughts While Shaving for August 29
A reminder, today is the first day of a new school year for youngsters attending public schools in our area. Life changing events include first day of school, securing drivers license, graduation day,...
View ArticleDublin Peanut Festival set for Sept. 17
Welcome To The 24th Annual Dublin Peanut Festival! It’s Salty, Plain, Roasted, Green and Boiled. It’s always the STAR of our show, better known to us as Bladen County’s finest gem, “ PEANUTS”. We...
View ArticleSewing Class scheduled for BCC postponed
The Sewing Class scheduled at Bladen Community College has been postponed. Classes are now scheduled for Thursdays, beginning Sept. 1, and continuing through Sept. 29, 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., on the main...
View ArticleSECU Awards BCC Scholarships
Pictured from left to right are BCC Vice President for Student Services Barry Priest, scholarship winner James Hunsinger, BCC Associate Vice President for Academic Services Cynthia McKoy, scholarship...
View ArticleBladenboro Rotary celebrates with a banquet
Bladenboro Rotary 6 Bladenboro Rotary 5 Bladenboro Rotary 4 Bladenboro Rotary 3 Bladenboro Rotary Bladenboro Rotary 2 Bladenboro Rotary 10 Bladenboro Rotary 9 Bladenboro Rotary 8 The Bladenboro Rotary...
View ArticleVolunteers needed at Bladen County Training Facility
The Bladen County Emergency Services Training Facility is still in need of repairs. There is a work day schedule for Tuesday, August 30, at the training facility. The new training facility is already...
View ArticleThis Week at N.C. Transportation: Students Head Back to School
Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson visited North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro and North Carolina State University in Raleigh to observe transportation-related classes, meet with...
View ArticleIphone/Ipad Tips: Family Time – Free App & Paid Service
Family Time–Free App & Paid Service I was looking around for an app that would provide some monitoring of a child’s phone when I stumbled on Family Time. It has a very low yearly service charge and...
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