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Safe Handling of Ground Meat
By: Sandra R. Cain For Better Living Ground meat has been linked to several outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States. The most notable was in 1993, when four children in the Pacific...
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It’s the law, vaccinate your pets
All pet owners are invited to the Bladen County Rabies Clinic. According to North Carolina law, “The owner of every dog and cat over four months of age shall have the animal vaccinated against...
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CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SECRET DEAL TO LIFT SANCTIONS ON...
CHARLOTTE – Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) had this reaction to reports President Obama made a secret deal to lift sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, which violates President Obama’s...
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Bladenboro Public Utilities announce wastewater overflow
Due to the heavy rain falls, Bladenboro Public Utilities Department experienced an overflow of diluted wastewater, on September 29th , 2016. An over flow of 5,620 gallons at the sanitary sewer...
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Bladen County Board of Elections Public Notice Regular Meeting
The Bladen County Board of Elections will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. located at the Bladen County Board of Elections office 301 S. Cypress St. Elizabethtown, NC. Bobby...
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Tillis & Burr Respond To IG Report On Fayetteville VA Medical Center Surgical...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) issued statements in response to the release of an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing healthcare...
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Utility scammers up their game
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROY COOPER ALERT Utility scammers up their game In this scam, crooks pretend to represent an electric or gas utility company. They threaten to cut off your utility service unless...
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MORE THAN TWENTY FACE FEDERAL AND STATE CHARGES IN AND AROUND SAMPSON COUNTY...
RALEIGH – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announce the arrests of five defendants...
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Free Concert: Bluegrass on the Blackwater Featuring The Parsons 7pm Thursday...
Free Concert: Bluegrass on the Blackwater Featuring The Parsons 7pm Thursday October 6 at the Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater 7pm Thursday October 6 Bluegrass on the Blackwater Featuring The...
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This Day in History – October 1
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch...
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Football, Wallace-Rose Hill 49, West Bladen 6
WALLACE- Wallace-Rose Hill, the top-ranked 1A team in the state, exploded for 43 points in the first quarter en route to a 49-6 Four County Conference football victory over West Bladen Friday night....
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Friday’s High School Football Results
Four County Conference Wallace-Rose Hill 49, West Bladen 6 Pender 24, Midway 7 Clinton at East Bladen 6 p.m. Saturday Heide Trask at Union 6:30 Monday Other Area Scores Wake Christian 42, Harrells...
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Bladen County Libraries will host Halloween fun
Bladen County Libraries will host Halloween fun Our local libraries in Bladen County are always a place for children and adults alike can go to enjoy themselves. This month there will be extra treats...
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Thoughts While Shaving
Weather is big news, for the eastern USA, North Carolina and Bladen County. We measured another inch and a half of rain yesterday, bringing our total at the Hester household to near 7 3/4 inches over...
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Bladen County Firefighters prepare for softball tournament
bladen-county-firemen-getting-baseball-field-3 bladen-county-firemen-getting-baseball-field bladen-county-firemen-getting-baseball-field-2 Bladen County still has standing water from all the rain, but...
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This Day in History – October 2
1789 – George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification. 1835 – Battle of Gonzales fought between Texan settlers and...
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Football, Clinton 19, East Bladen 7
ELIZABETHTOWN – Junior Kris Williams returned a pass interception 95 yards for the clinching touchdown with 3:49 remaining as Clinton held on for a 19-7 Four County Conference football victory over...
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Thoughts While Shaving
Another busy weekend in Bladen, local fund-raisers, high school football, college football, all with an eye further south as Hurricane Mathew as it begins to make a turn to the north. Mathew’s winds...
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Beast Fest planning moving along
bladenboro-beast-fest-platters-3 bladenboro-beast-fest-patters-2 bladenboro-beast-fest-committee-meeting October is a month many look forward too. The month has been the time for the Bladenboro Beast...
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This Day in History – October 3
1789 – Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on November 26. 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances;...
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