Editorials
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...
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Show caution
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...
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Showing Arrogance
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 emo...
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Mobile menace
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...
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Crap shoot
With the coming of every hurricane season, the state of North Carolina rolls the dice on what could be a major environmental disaster.
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A real oxymoron
One would think that sitting on the North Carolina Board of Governors would mean that individual actually possesses some intelligence and, perhaps, even some common sense. Apparently, such is not ...
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Hip-hip phooey
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The dictionary tells us the definition of “sport” is: An active pastime; diversion; recreation. A specific diversion, usually involving physical exercise and having a set form and body of rules.
First quarter
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Today is the first Friday of the first quarter of the high school football season in Bladen County. Dividing the season into quarters is easy — the first few weeks are the first quarter, or pre-se...
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