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Double dipping
There are numerous reasons to like the sport of auto racing, most especially that which is done under the NASCAR flag. It is, after all, the fastest-growing sport — fan wise — over the past deca...
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Patty Evers Evers is living her dream
A number of years ago, most girls at the age of 9 dream of being a candy-striper or a ballerina or, well … Farrah Fawcett.
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Time to move on
It took what felt like a lifetime, though it was only four months, but the decision last week by District Attorney Rex Gore not to charge Caleb Stoker in the shooting death of Ricky Carroll brings...
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Dianne Durante How to Curb Relational Aggression
Relational Aggression is a term that many parents are unfamiliar with but educators are reporting that it is now one of their top concerns with middle school students.
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Bladen Journal time Capsule for the week of March 8
— March 13, 1952: CP&L plans a contest offering $8,750 in prizes for “Carolina’s Finest” towns, which is judged by community improvements made during the year. — March 13, 1975: An ad s...
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Erin Smith Those "Murphy's Law" Days
Some days it just isn’t a good idea to leave the house. I’m talking about those dreaded “Murphy’s Law Days” when everything goes wrong and nothing, it seems, goes right. These are the mornings whe...
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A reminder to have your pet spayed or neutered
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As spring approaches we begin to see ads for free kittens and puppies. Yet, in just a few months, many litters will be unwanted. Most animals born in our region will not get lasting homes. More tha...
Carroll family says thank you
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I want to say thank you for all the time you and your staff spent writing articles or publishing others in reference to my husband of 18 years, Ricky N. Carroll. There is no doubt in my mind that ...
Family says thanks for the support
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We would like to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts. The churches, volunteers, supporters and committee and everyone that had anything to do with the Michael Kelly Benefit. The event was ...
New ministry beginning
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To the editor: I’m so excited about serving the Lord, and even more so to serve in Bladen County. I wondered what could God want me to do in Bladen County after being away from North Carolina for...
On press, heavy metal and the Olympic champion
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To the editor: Lately, the world press has noted some stories about famous people converting into Catholicism or entering into a religious order. For example, the italian magistrate Serena Riguzzi...
Writer says she had a good stay at BCH
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To the editor: I want to shout it from the rooftop what a wonderful place the people of Bladen County take for granted — Cape Fear Valley/Bladen County Hospital. I just completed a stay there and...
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Private Party
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Gov. Bev Perdue appears to be leaning toward taking the state out of the alcohol sales business and putting it in the hands of private owners.
ISLAND LIVING ON OCRACOKE AND THE HYDE COUNTY MAINLAND 
by D. G Martin, special to the Journal
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“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
My reward was a tiny smile
by W. Curt Vincent, editor@bladenjournal.com
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For five weeks I’d been itching to go to Tennessee. Not for college basketball, not for country music and not for more winter weather.
Unanswered prayers
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How many good ideas have been shot down by politicians? There’s no way to answer that, of course, but you can certainly add one more today.
Bladen Journal Time Capsule
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— March 6, 1952: Eloise Campbell of Elizabethtown High School is named “Miss Basketball.” In her three years of varsity play, she has scored 2,363 points and averaged 32.3 points a game. — March 6...
Still waiting
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Time marches on — while two families and a community continue to wait. But it’s the families that are suffering. It’s in their eyes. It’s in the back of their minds. It’s on the tip of their tongu...
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