ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen Dry Cleaners, owned and operated by Wendy Barkley and Jean Hudson, celebrated with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Friday. The company is a full-service cleaner that does everything on premises. It also [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — Despite the wind and the late afternoon drizzle at Saturday’s third annual Pork & Beats Festival, all the barbecue was sold out Saturday mid-afternoon with folks coming in a steady stream. Plates were [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — The list of teachers from the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching for its inaugural Beginning Teacher of the Year Award includes a representative from East Bladen High School. Lara Johnson is [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County has a regional finalist for Teacher of the Year for the first time. Dr. Frederica Renee Steele, instructor of seventh-grade social studies at Elizabethtown Middle, is one of two finalists for [...]