Seems to me a great deal of confusion on airlines over the past few weeks and months. No place for bad behavior, 30,000 feet above…
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Remember your graduation ceremonies? Remember how you celebrated? … I do and I do. Graduation ceremonies were at the Bladenboro High School auditorium and went…
First things first … Yesterday my ‘thoughts’ included info related to US military working on athletic fields as part of their training at East Bladen…
Bladen County Board of Education recently approved the hiring of an architectural firm to begin work on a new school in Tar Heel … to…
I enjoy BOL sports page … good articles and Ken Armstrong pics … great combination. I encourage you to check it out… Congrats to all…
Saturday was a beautiful day… Today … Church Day … Remember church services … many worshipping in their sanctuary’s, others in other facilities … many…
Ever forget you had ‘slipped’ a Hershey’s Kiss in your pocket, find it later … a mess. Weekend is here … A good time for…
Happy Birthday to my mom … She would have been 105 years old … born June 4, 1916 … Died April 10, 2004 … at…
The rain came down … thankfully. Rainfall totals will no doubt vary … Best I could tell, as of about 4 a.m., 1.7 inches of…
Recent hail caused some damage to some local blueberries … varied from one location to another … Checked some of the tasty berries recently, and…
This spring brings new life and many celebrations with the lull of the Covid Pandemic. Flowers and trees bloom, blueberries and strawberries are harvested, and…
I enjoy holidays, but resuming a normal routine schedule is not bad. Big weekend, met the newest member of the Hester family … our first…
Yesterday was a ‘stinker’ … weatherwise … cold, damp and smack dab in the middle of a 3-day holiday, weekend … On the positive side,…
WOW … it rained … Rainfall totals at the Curt Brown Airport weather station totaled just a tenth or two over 1 inch … No…
Memorial Day weekend, 2021 … Think back a year … so much has changed, but hopefully most of the bad is in the past. We…
Memorial Day weekend … and folks will be on the move … Memorial Day is always on the last Monday of May, this year Monday,…
Remember the expression from long ago? … Something is dry as shucks … (like corn shucks) … Our fields and yards are as ‘dry as…
The month of May is nearly over … Weekend, Memorial Day and June 1 arrives, Tuesday… This time a year ago, evidence of COVID-19 all…
We need rain!!!!! .04 inches at the Curtis Brown Airport between 11 p.m. and midnight last night … No evidence of any at the Hester…
Organizers and supporters of the White Lake Water Festival are being praised for a great effort and it is so deserved … Numerous changes, upgrades…
Church Day … No excuse for not attending church services this day … in person, online including Facebook. I recall what leaders years ago would…
WOW, what a festive occasion. Day 1 of the 2021 White Lake Water Festival has come and gone … One more fun-filled day to go……
By Dr. Mike Walden Both California and Texas have developed dominating economies in recent decades. The states are one and two in both size of…
The White Lake Water Festival begins today… 8 AM … Rotary Club Golf Tournament at Vineyard Golf Course. 6 PM … Classic Car Cruise-in. 6-9…
I have been around for a while … never the smartest … but enjoy keeping in touch … not a patient listener… Seems we, as…
Ever wonder how family members can have such varied interest, all growing up with same type upbringing… I have 5 siblings … One is a…
White Lake Water Festival set for this weekend … Could be the largest crowd in years … Everyone so ready to get out and go…
On April 19, 2021, the Bladen County Board of Education and the Bladen County Schools Superintendent, along with certain members of his administration, colluded to…
Today is the last day to file Federal and State forms for 2020 … without penalty. County Commissioners busy working a budget for the coming…
By Sonny Jones Wow! What a performance by East Bladen’s Zach Meares. A one-hit, 14-strikeout, 97-pitch 5-0 shutout of perennial power Whiteville on Friday. In…
Church Day … If you are a visitor, looking for a place to worship … at White Lake or any area in Bladen County, a…
Weather for today, perfect, unless you really wanted rain. Sunny, with a high near 78 and a breeze becoming north in the 5 to 7…
Donna Edge Beaty contacted BladenOnline about a recent water main break and the exceptional service provided by the water department. Beaty wrote on Saturday, “We…
Thought back to a time when gasoline was in short supply, in fact a few times, but most memorable, for me, was when Jimmy Carter…
by Trey Johnson Regardless of your beliefs, a house divided can not stand. Aw man, I hit a nerve that time. I can feel it.…
I enjoy thinking back to yesteryear, think of folks who survived with so little … seemed to get-by and enjoyed life… Will not call names,…
Had the pleasure of attending the naming of the Russell Priest Baseball Field late yesterday … So many longtime friends of the popular baseball coach…
By Sonny Jones Tuesday will be a very special evening at East Bladen High School. It’s when the baseball field officially will be named for…
Happy Mothers Day … A salute to all Mothers … If you still have your mom … great … for others of us … Wonderful…
With so much attention on Mothers … I think about my mom … Not sure how she could do so much with so little for…
By Dr. Mike Walden One hundred years ago a worldwide pandemic ended. Known as the “Spanish flu” – although the virus did not begin in…
A part of Bladenboro looks like a ‘bomb dropped’ … but all planned as a new downtown will eventually emerge … soon, like months away…
Friends ask me if I had no thoughts yesterday, maybe given up on shaving? Nope, used all my skills, produced what I thought was a…
By Jefferson Weaver There are those who find it maudlin, if not morbid, to write to someone who has died; after all, the intended recipient…
by Michael Nagowski, CEO, Cape Fear Valley Health System At Cape Fear Valley Health, we are very proud of our long list of accreditations, certifications,…
As I grow older, I think of moments, activities and individuals who made an impression on my life, some good, some not so good ……
Ladies and gentlemen, May 3 – May 7 is Teacher Appreciation Week. So let’s give our teachers a standing ovation. Come on we can do…
By Attorney General Josh Stein More than 3 million North Carolinians are now fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. This is a remarkable step forward…
May 3, 2021 … moving along as the pandemic hopefully continues to become less of an issue … Vaccine still available for those who continue…
Saturday was a good day for many at White Lake, including many associated with White Lake International, a Triathlon: Sprint. And, there were others, many…
Happy May Day, 2021. Remember in the lower grades of school, ‘humpteen’ years ago we celebrated May Day … Apparently in the 19th century, May…
Think I need a larger area to post upcoming doctor visits … check-ups … etc. Time to turn the calendar … May 1 tomorrow ……
Had a message in the past couple of days from a former neighbor, one that does not like snakes … frankly, don’t know many who…
Looking back at the weather, specifically at recent rainfall, best I can tell it has been a dry April. If my info is correct, we…
by Trey Johnson I am pretty sure that most people in Bladen County are aware of the events that took place at the last Board…
COVID-19 vaccine must be available, just about everywhere … Looking forward to day when wearing a mask is no longer necessary … Maybe then we…
Weekend is over, time to begin a new week … Missed much needed rainfall… Spent time at church, and later some time at White Lake…
Was hoping for some rain over the past few hours … none reported at the National Weather Service reporting station at the local airport ……
Should have a pretty good chance of rain today or tonight, or both … Forecast for today is for a chance of rain, then showers…
by Trey Johnson Everyone knows that success takes teamwork in some form. It does not matter what occupation you are in or how you earn…
By Dr. Mike Walden Income inequality, poverty, hunger, unemployment – these are all issues that have been with us for a while but became worse…
Elizabethtown Rescue Squad closing up shop as of July 1, 2021 … Sad, but not surprising … The local rescue squad was organized in the…
By Jefferson Weaver Happy Wade is my new hero. To begin with, that’s a great name. I’ve never met him, but I know folks who…
A reminder of Bladen County Stand Down 2021, today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Elizabethtown Baptist Church, Christian Activity Center, 1800 West Broad…
I have fooled around and ‘caught’ a head cold … not sure the proper term … feel like ‘crap’, but getting better. Wish mom were…
Spent some time recently reading various sources related to Bladen County elections … ‘sickening’ is the best way I know to describe … You can…
Hope you weekend was good! Our Hester family hopefully had a good time … 6 of us, all in fairly good health, especially when you…
Rainfall has been scare over the past few days and not much hope based on the current forecast … Planting time, a shower would be…
Checking our weather forecast as we move thru mid April … Partly cloudy, with a high near 71 today … tonight, mostly cloudy with a…
By Trey Johnson Everyone needs a hero and that is true now more than ever. Listen Up Bladen County Schools, we have been dealing with…
Thanks for the shared comments related to ‘Thoughts’… What do you know about cryptocurrency? Bitcoin? Robinhood? Just a few names tossed about more and more…
Remember this time of year when you were still in grade school? “Bout this time of the year, began thinking about getting to the end…
Ever take a few minutes and admire all the shades of green this time of year … I love fall of the year … orange,…
Monday was another beautiful day in Bladen County, NC. Today should be as well … Sunny, with a high near 77 and windy, gusts up…
I failed to mention yesterday that the National Weather Service weather station at the local airport recorded 1.6 inches of rainfall in the wee hours…
Just thinking about yesteryear … Remember when a visiting preacher delivered the sermon on Sunday and would be invited to share a meal with a…
First ever spring football season is most likely over after the Friday night match-up between East and West Bladen … Final score was 58-14 ……
By Sonny Jones East Bladen did its part with a dominating 58-14 win against West Bladen on Friday night. Was it enough to earn one…
In my first article in the series’It Takes the Entire Village’ I highlighted the fact that nearly 600 students who live in Bladen County do…
By Dr. Mike Walden There’s a concept in politics called a “trial balloon”. It’s a way to test the support for a policy idea before…
Is there a more beautiful place on earth than Augusta National Golf Course this time of year? The site of the Masters Golf Tournament ……
Many lawns still brown, due to recent cold snap, including a frost … One of my friends in the blueberry business told me they sprayed…
How about this weather? No complaints from this corner … and, more of the same is in the immediate forecast… Today, Sunny, with a high…
Searching thru files of the National Weather Service and discovered info from April 6, 2009 … About 10:40 AM, 12 years ago today, an EF-2…
Happy Easter … Should be a great day, weatherwise. Patchy fog early, otherwise sunny, with a high near 73 and a west wind in the…
The Easter season has arrived, a special time of the year for Christians … Churchgoers are likely to be in church tomorrow, even those who…
National debt is a huge topic right now … Thought I would do a little research, so I began to dig in the ‘fact file’…
Bladen County Community, please pay attention because this is probably going to be the most heart felt article I will write in this series of…
Believe it or not, we are into the second quarter of 2021 … Hopefully, a little more freedom to get out and move around ……
Weather may be the big story for the next couple of days. High temp today near 81, windy with gusts in the 18 mph range…
Weather for today should be just about perfect … High temp near 73 with intervals of clouds and sunshine. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a low…
This is not just another Monday … Last Monday in the month of March 2021 … Time waits for no man, woman or child ……
Eddie Madden, longtime Elizabethtown Town Manager, has departed the local scene, begins his new position in Whiteville as Columbus County Manager Monday. He left his…
Pictured: Practice session at Dublin Motor Speedway in 2016 By Sonny Jones Are you ready to watch the NASCAR Cup drivers do it on the…
NASCAR is doing everything possible to attract more fans, and this weekend in Bristol, the biggest experiment to date … The promoters have trucked 23,000…
By Dr. Mike Walden Although the main principles of economics were established decades ago, the discipline is constantly evolving. One of the most recent contributions…
Imagine me showing up to your home or business for the first time to discuss a very important matter with implications that will effect the…
Years ago, I mean many years ago we swapped labor, gathering tobacco, pulling peanuts, gathering corn, pickin’ cotton … When asked how he was doing,…
61 degrees at 5:15 a.m. today … Spring has arrived … Thursday is my favorite day of the week … My siblings and I, along…
I am a respecter of the ‘C’ word … Visited with 2 families this week, both who lost a family member due to the dreaded…