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Tuesday Roundup: East Bladen, West Bladen win baseball games
CALYPSO — Tyler Eason went 5-for-5, Jayce Hatcher drove home four runs and Davion Lewis homered Tuesday night as East Bladen routed North Duplin 18-6 in a Carolina Conference baseball game.
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Board votes to close East Arcadia School on June 30, 2026
The Bladen County Board of Education voted Tuesday, March 17 to close East Arcadia School effective June 30, 2026.
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Freeze warning issued for Wednesday morning for Bladen County
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Wednesday morning for Bladen County and surrounding area.
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Hood: Social disconnection is everyone’s problem
RALEIGH — I have a large and loving family, many cherished friends and colleagues, daily opportunities for meaningful work and enjoyable play, and countless other blessings. Still, on occasion, I feel lonely and disconnected.
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Wagner: Dear Crabby Answers Your Questions
The older ones among us doubtless remember. Back in the day, people would write in to advice columnists who would answer those questions in newspapers around the country. The most famous of them all, I am quite certain, was Dear Abby. People would write to her with short questions, and…
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Bladen recreation results/standings
The Mavericks won the Bladen County Recreation Department’s 10-12-year-old boys’ basketball championship, beating the Pacers and Knicks last week.
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Bladen County Hospital ‘looking to do even more’
Bladen County Hospital’s mission is “providing exceptional health care for all of our patients,” Spencer Cummings told a group of community and political leaders Thursday, March 12 inside Cape Fear Farmers Market in Elizabethtown.
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Senioritis
Seniors at East Bladen and West Bladen high schools are allowed to paint their parking spaces. Here’s a sample of some of their artwork. It varies between serious, silly, clever and cute. However, it’s clear that all of the students are excited about their senior year.
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Jones: News & notes on this & that
Well, Bladen County sent a nice little surprise in the mail. Our property is worth 117% more now than it was four years ago. That’s based on the Notice of Assessed Value received last week.
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Over 600 participate in Wine Run 5k at Lu Mil Vineyard
The T-shirts given to registered runners for Saturday morning’s Wine Run 5k summed up the atmosphere around the grounds at Lu Mil Vineyard.
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Bladen Schools go remote; Emereau, BCC closed Monday due to weather threat
Bladen County Schools announced Sunday that it will transition to remote learning Monday while Emereau: Bladen Charter School and Bladen Community College announced it has canceled classes Monday because of the threat of dangerous weather.
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McGill: A little talk with Jesus makes it right
Amongst the Bible’s most notable “Divine Appointments,” there is one that stands alone as Jesus takes a Detour to Deliver a woman who found herself – well, all alone. It seems that she had spent her whole life “Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places, lookin’ for love in…
