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ELIZABETHTOWN - The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council will conduct a Special Called Meeting on Monday, June 23, 2025 at 12 o’clock Noon, in the Elizabethtown Municipal Building, 805 W. Broad Street, for the following purposes: FY 2025-2026 Budget Ordinance (FY 2025-2026 Proposed General Fund and Utilities Fund Budget Adoption); FY 2024-2025 Budget Amendment #2025-05-Final; FY 2025-2026 Lobbyist Contract - Electus Governmental Affairs; and Resolution to Authorize Interim Town Manager Pat DeVane to Sign Documents on behalf of the Town. Sylvia Campbell, Mayor

ELIZABETHTOWN - In a release sent to the Bladen Journal Wednesday, June 18 from Juanita Hester, Elizabethtown Town Clerk and signed by Elizabethtown Mayor Sylvia Campbell, information that the town had released town manager Dane Rideout and that the interim town manager would be Pat DaVane.

A 4-3 extra-inning win Monday assured Elizabethtown Navy of a berth in the Diamond Youth Baseball Majors state tournament.

Golfers were whacking it and smacking it until a thunderstorm sent the 144 players scurrying for the clubhouse.

Iveonna “NeNe” Ward was named Female Athlete of the Year and Davion Lewis was named Male Athlete of the Year during the East Bladen High School sports awards banquet held in late May.

Spaghetti pancakes!

ELIZABETHTOWN – In 1972 Neil Diamond came out with an album entitled “Hot August Night,” but it most likely couldn’t compete with the heat that came upon the Cape Fear Vineyard & Winery, June 7.