East Bladen vs West Bladen high school football ‘kicked’ down the schedule again … Now re-scheduled for Tuesday, September 28… Clarkton School of Discovery vs…
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Enjoy the last few days of summer … Autumn (Fall) arrives Wednesday, September 22… Looking back, was a busy weekend, but good… Bladen County Commissioners…
Sunday … Church Day … In Person, Facebook, Radio, TV… College Football results: Wake Forest 35 – Florida State 14 … (Deacons are 3-0) Duke…
All systems are on GO for the Dublin Peanut Festival … Parade steps off at 10 a.m. sharp this morning … activities continue all day…
COVID-19 is playing havoc with sporting events in the area … more later… NFL game was played last night … Washington 30 – NY Giants…
By Sonny Jones When is a rivalry not a rivalry? When one team dominates its in-county opponent. Welcome to the Bladen County rivalry between East…
100 days remaining before Christmas, about 14 weeks … if my Bladenboro Bulldog math is correct … One more important thought … about 6 1/2…
A reminder of the Dublin Peanut Festival … Saturday, September 18. Festivities begin with a parade at 10 a.m. Google Dublin Peanut Festival or check…
Late NFL score … Las Vegas Raiders 33 – Baltimore Ravens 27 (OT) The 43rd Ryder Cup matches upcoming September 24 to 29 … Captains…
Days getting much shorter … Fall (Autumn) officially arrives September 22. 2021-22 NFL season officially underway … Carolina Panthers defeat New York Jets, 19-14 ……
Church Day … Worship at the church of your choice… High School Football results from Friday night… West Bladen 26 – East Columbus 20 (overtime)…
Spent last night tossin’ & turnin’. Frustrated at the world around us … How our distinguished leaders and our political parties are busy taking care…
By Dr. Mike Walden During one of my recent early morning workouts at the local YMCA in Raleigh, I met an impressive young person. He…
Interesting match-up in NFL opener last night. Super Bowl winner Tampa Bay eeked out a 31-29 win in the season opener over the Dallas Cowboys,…
Checking rainfall at the local airport weather station … 12 hundredths of an inch recorded … Think we had more but not sure … Late…
By Sonny Jones The last time Tom Brady played in the NFL’s kickoff game it didn’t go well. The future hall of famer and, arguably,…
Do you remember where you were and what you were doing 20 years ago on September 11 (9-11), a day many will never forget? Saturday…
COVID-19 continues to be a concern for many area residents … despite the fact we don’t want to believe stats released by the county, state…
Labor Day – 2021 … Enjoy… Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first…
Today is Sunday, September 5, 2021 … Church Day… Fall (Autumn) begins September 22… Grandparents Day a week from today… College football is underway ……
Ever heard someone say … “I’m waiting for my ship to come in” … I recall hearing that from folks who congregated around some country…
60 degrees at 6 a.m. today … GREAT … Forecast for today in our area … Sunny, with a high near 84 and a northeast…
By Sonny Jones Let the hyperbole begin! The much ballyhooed North Carolina Tar Heels are set to open their season tonight at Virginia Tech. UNC…
Labor Day weekend approaching …Should draw a crowd to White Lake, maybe Jones Lake, water park and golf course, places where people go to have…
I am a ‘dream machine’ … had another ‘weird dream’ last night … I was in this area (Bladen County), suppose to be some other…
August 31 … can you believe?… I pray for Trump haters, for Biden haters … He (or she) who is without sin, let them cast…
Dear Community, I want to take a moment to thank you for all that you have been doing to help keep our community safe. We…
If you have never had to bail a child out of jail, give thanks … Thank you dear Lord… Wonder how my dad would have…
Count down to September 1, 2021 is underway … August 2021 is slipping away… ‘Bout this time of the year I think of years gone…
High school football teams are having a difficult time … COVID-19 has forced numerous high school football cancellations, re-scheduling … you name it … coaches…
By Dr. Mike Walden Just when we thought things were getting better, could they go the other way and get worse? For most of…
By Sonny Jones Legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice in 1927 wrote “For when the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that…
Update on high school football games scheduled for tonight… East Bladen was scheduled to play South Columbus this evening … The Sourh Columbus team is…
Seems everybody is down on somebody … Hear, I hate so & so … more and more often … Decided I would check the ‘good…
Latest COVID-19 Update … as of Tuesday, August 24, 2021. (Bladen County) Positive cases: 4,507 Positive: 18.4% Recovered: 4,039 Bladen County Deaths: 68 Statewide ……
High School football Monday night … Wallace Rose-Hill 62 – East Bladen 16 … WRH continues an old tradition … East Bladen lost 5 fumbles…
The older I get the faster I turn the pages on my calendar … Time for ‘Homecoming’ at many churches and Labor Day is fast…
NFL late yesterday (Saturday) … Baltimore Ravens 20 – Carolina Panthers 3 … Next game, Friday, August 27 … Panthers vs Pittsburgh Steelers … game…
The 2021 high school football season is underway … or will be soon … East Bladen was scheduled to play Wallace-Rose Hill last evening (Friday).…
By Sonny Jones It’s been awhile since I’ve tried picking football games … if you consider more than two decades awhile. It used to be…
Thoughts While Shaving For August 20 I love fooling around with statistics … thought with all the ‘noise’ related to Afganistan … I would take…
One inch of rainfall recorded yesterday at the NWS site at the nearby airport … hopefully not enough to greatly hinder gathering corn … Amounts,…
By Sonny Jones With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, who wrote “A Visit from St. Nicholas” in 1822, let’s get ready for high school football…
Here are three things to know for Thursday, Aug. 19: 1. Bladen County Schools Open House: Today, East Bladen High 1-6 p.m., West Bladen High…
There appears to be a renewed interest in folks getting vaccinated for COVID-19 … Good news … The medical professionals in Bladen, North Carolina and…
Nation still in turmoil … From one issue to another … I decided to look up previous wars and their length … Length of U.S.…
By Sonny Jones Uh-oh. It’s the dreaded Q word again. Q as in quarantine because of COVID-19 protocols. Haven’t we been down this road before?…
Bladen County Public Schools will all have Open House this week … Check their website for times at all locations … Teachers are returning to…
High temp yesterday was 94 degrees … 90 plus from about 1:15 p.m. ’til about 6 p.m. Forecast for today is for showers and thunderstorms,…
Sometimes I feel like we are losing our way as a nation … Not speaking politically, but everything is so political … Whatever was approved…
By Dr. Mike Walden It has become common to hear economists and others say the post-pandemic economy will be different from the economy prior to…
If you liked yesterday’s weather, more of the same is in store … High yesterday at the local NWS reporting station was in the 92/93…
By Sonny Jones Let’s start with a confession. I’ve never seen “Field of Dreams.” Really. Yep, I’m the one. As a lifelong sports fan, baseball…
Yesterday’s high temp was 94 degrees mid afternoon yesterday … more of the same today and tomorrow. Today … Sunny, with a high near 94…
Checking our weather forecast for the next few days … High temp today, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday … in the low to mid 90s ……
Tossed and tumbled last night … but woke up thinking about Dick Hilburn … I looked back and realized I wrote about Dick in 2016……
Did you see the closing ceremonies of the most recent Tokyo Olympics? Time to go home… Looking back at the local weather … 1.5 inches…
Keep seeing news releases related to upcoming shortage of doctors … May already be … I recall the same issue about 50 years ago ……
5:30 a.m., and it’s raining … So happy I cut my weeds yesterday… We received about 3/4 of an inch of rain Friday afternoon ……
A quick look at the weather forecast indicates a strong possibility of showers and thunderstorms today … a slight chance of showers between 8 a.m.…
By Sonny Jones A mere 133 days after East Bladen beat West Bladen 58-14 at the Castle to end the COVID-19-delayed and shortened high school…
By Sonny Jones Remember playing handball as a youngster? You would get a tennis ball and slap it against a wall, then try to do…
It’s been a few years since we, my bride and I, had children in the local school system … I was just fooling around, checking…
By Sonny Jones Less than two weeks ago the Riegelwood All-Stars were rolling through the North Carolina Dixie Youth Baseball Division II Major League state…
Some days are better than others… Rain just about all day long yesterday … Best I could tell, rainfall at the airport measured nearly 2…
221 active cases of COVID-19 in Bladen County as of yesterday … 36 more than on Friday. COVID-19 kills and I am a coward, don’t…
Health professionals are warning again of worse days ahead related to COVID-19 … I hope not … but I have my shots, I wear a…
Interesting weather forecast for the next few days … Showers and thunderstorms likely after 5 p.m. today. Mostly sunny with a high near 94 and…
Nothing more fun for me at my age than to meet up with a friend that I haven’t seen in a long time … Enjoy…
By Dr. Mike Walden Fifty years ago, I was sitting in a summer school class studying microeconomics. I had just switched my major from architecture…
Few things frustrate me more than traveling the highways and a vehicle ‘jacked’ up, riding my back bumper and headlights in my rearview mirror ……
Congratulations to East Bladen soccer coach Jay Raynor. He has been named head coach of the East boys team in the 2022 East-West All-Star soccer…
The best part of any trip for me is pulling into my driveway … I love calling Bladen County, NC home… Rain came down ……
By Cara Beth Lewis BladenOnline conducted video interviews with two Bladen County residents: Mattie McLaurin, nurse and parent, and Wayne Schaeffer, Chairman for the Bladen…
Sadly, COVID-19 is still alive and well in Bladen County … Not much being said, but understand deaths are on the rise … locally… Youngsters…
Browsing thru the Internet this A.M., checking to see when fall sports (mostly football) begin practice and regular season play begins… This info is from…
By Sonny Jones And on Sunday, they rested. After nine days, 42 games and an opening ceremony that involved 23 teams comprised of more than…
Sometimes I enjoy thinking about days gone by … yesteryear … about times and places … activities that shaped our lives, (my siblings and I)…
Worked hard for a short time yesterday … cutting weeds … Thought I should reward myself … a few extra cookies, an extra soft drink,…
Elizabethtown Dixie Youth team suffered their first loss in the local double-elimination tournament, being played at Leinwand Park … West Robeson 9 – Elizabethtown 6……
by Blake Proctor Still only a thin dime for 12! We live in an era in which it is important to have an opinion. Not…
Elizabethtown Dixie Youth Baseball team wins again, 14-3 over previously unbeaten Fairmont … Home team trailed early, but came roaring back … Congratulations … to…
Anyone plant radish? Why? Not sure what prompted that question … Do you still plant a garden? I haven’t planted a garden in 50 years…
Dixie Youth baseball tournament continues despite the weather … Well, sort of … The games are being played in Elizabethtown … Last score I saw…
Dixie Youth baseball playoffs were interrupted by rain Sunday afternoon … but resume at 3 p.m. today at Leinwand Park in Elizabethtown … both Division…
If you want to draw a crowd, schedule youth activities… Filing for municipal elections is over, ended noontime Friday, July 16. The election will be…
Welcome to NC Dixie Youth Baseball State Majors, players, coaches and supporters, to Elizabethtown … Hundreds will be in town this weekend for the playoffs…
Overslept and discovered Microsoft has hijacked my computer… Expect temps in the low 90s for the next few days… Checking forecast … A chance of…
We are enjoying the warm (hot) weather we dreamed about last winter … 90-plus temps for the last few days, more in the forecast ……
When I see a tobacco patch, my thoughts go back to the days when tobacco was ‘king” … Most farmers had a ‘patch of tobacco’.…
Some days I would love to have a few minutes with my Grandpa Hester. He died many years ago. He seemed to be able to…
Congratulations to Garrett Melvin, named to 2A All State Soccer team … Saw it earlier and failed to mention… Did you see the article about…
Thanks to Larrell Murchison and his friends for making so many youngsters happy yesterday … Murchison, a former East Bladen Eagle, played his rookie season…
As we age, seems the only time classmates get together is when another passes … The Bladenboro class of ’56 met on a regular basis,…
Don’t know about others, but I thought we dodged some bad weather over the past 24 to 48 hours … Checked rainfall at three locations…
Weather forecast for today, showers and thunderstorms: some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 80 … Windy, with a southeast wind 9…
Ever have a day when all day long the mood swings were from high to low and back again? Met with noontime friends for lunch,…
by Danna Martínez The big apple, the city that never sleeps, the capital of the world, New York City! I was always interested in understanding…
The holidays are over for a while … Labor Day is next. Keep an eye on the mailbox … Local tax notices should begin to…
I hope your July 4th was good … We (my bride and I) enjoyed the day at White Lake with some of our best friends…