— Sept. 4, 1952: Clarkton said good-bye to well-known farmer and Democrat, William J. McEwen, 78, who has passed away earlier in the week. Services were held at Clarkton Presbyterian Church. — Sep...
Knights pointed in the right direction Henri Frédéric Amiel, a 19th century Swiss philosopher, described character like this: “Character is an historical fruit, and the result of a man’s biography.” In my mind, that means building char...
Wasteful Endorsement Within moments after losing the May primary to Ilario Pantano on the Republican ticket for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre in November’s general election, Will Breazeale made a knee...
Actions tell more than words Recently, I’ve been doing some reading that I had been putting off. Not that that the book I’m reading isn’t good, but it was reading that got me thinking very deeply about a subject few people th...
Taxing question On Nov. 2, voters in Bladen County will have several important decisions to make, not the least of which will determine whether the local sales tax is raised by .25 cents. Our neighbors to the sou...
New law would keep Tiger Woods single With the ink barely dry on his divorce papers, Tiger Woods now has every right to date as many strippers, skanks and porn stars as his heart desires. If the one-time-great golfer wants to become i...
Outsmarting common sense It was my intention to discuss the event being held tomorrow at the feet, literally, of Abraham Lincoln on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Within moments after losing the May primary to Ilario Pantano on the Republican ticket for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre in November’s general election, Will Breazeale made a knee-...
On Nov. 2, voters in Bladen County will have several important decisions to make, not the least of which will determine whether the local sales tax is raised by .25 cents.
Our neighbors to the sou...
We’re not sure how anyone couldn’t know that school started on Wednesday. If nothing else, the convoy of yellow buses ought to have been a sign.
And while we’re on the subject of buses, let us say...
Less than 10 years after New York City’s World Trade Center came under attack by Islamic terrorists, an attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, New York City is ground zero once again to an emot...
Bladenboro town officials and residents of the town’s Pine Ridge area have locked horns recently over the 8 acres that once belonged to the Bladenboro Cotton Mill. What becomes of that land is now ...
To the editor: My billing tax for my 2008 Ford Focus is dated July 30, 2010. The tax base is $10,310, so I called the county tax office to register my opinion that it was too high. I then had a m...
To the editor: Bladen County Board of Elections Chairman Ray Britt or News-3’s Ann McAdams withheld vital information from the Channel 3 news report regarding Bladen County Elections. Mr. Britt i...
To the editor: I was sent to prison in 2005 with a five-year sentence. At that time, I thought my life was over. But God had a plan for my life that had not been revealed to me at that time. Afte...
To the editor: I would like to commend and thank the East Bladen High School administration, including Mr. Batchelor, Ms. Hannah, Ms. Bryan, Ms. Bradshaw, Ms. Belle, Mr. Hill, Mr. Cox and all the ...
To the editor: Gen. Stanley McChrystal was replaced by General David Petraeus because of insubordination expressed by General McChrystal’s staff to a Rolling Stone reporter. Although extremely po...
To the editor: I am the interim pastor of Abbottsburg Baptist Church in Bladenboro. Recently on a Sunday after worship, my wife and several family members stopped at the China Town restaurant in B...
We’re not sure how anyone couldn’t know that school started on Wednesday. If nothing else, the convoy of yellow buses ought to have been a sign.
And while we’re on the subject of buses, let us say...
— Aug. 28, 1952: Plans are released for the week-long Bladen County Agricultural Fair to be held at the fairgrounds in Elizabethtown. — Aug. 28, 1975: Fourteen-month-old Chad Allen shows off a 105...
How many times have we heard a friend or loved one say, as they were packing their bags to leave, “I need to go and find myself?” And have you ever wondered for just one moment just what that consi...
Less than 10 years after New York City’s World Trade Center came under attack by Islamic terrorists, an attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, New York City is ground zero once again to an emot...
Building a mosque near ground zero would be like building a museum dedicated to the history of the trench coat in Columbine, Colorado. There's nothing technically wrong with it, but everyone with c...
The town of Mt. Olive may very well be known as the pickle capitol of the world, but it was the efforts of a Goldsboro-turned-Elizabethtown man who took the cucumber and turned it into the pickle m...
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Flowers whisper what words can never say, so the next time you want to say something nice to someone special and cannot find just the right words, let Whimsical Flo...