Bladenboro, North Carolina

• Phyliss Hester officially opens Quality Monuments today.
  

  For Phyllis Hester, today's move into the old Waverly Mills office's feels like a homecoming of sorts.

• Two candidates file for May primary
  

  The deadline to file for election ends today at noon. A total of --- candidates have filed for election in the May primary as of Wednesday afternoon.

• Fourth arrest made in 2009 murder
  

  A fourth person was arrested by Elizabethtown Police recently in connection with the January 2009 shooting death near McDonald's. The arrest comes several days after three others were arrested in the same case.

• North Carolina St.Patricks Day Pageant Applications Available
  

  Applications are being for the seventh annual North Carolina St. Patricks Day pageant.

• Fourth suspect arrested in Elizabethtown murder
  

  A fourth person was arrested Friday morning in connection with the murder of a teenager from Bladen County outside of a McDonald's restaurant in Elizabethtown in January 2009.

• Election filings in Bladen continue
  

  With one week left for candidates to file for public office for the 2010 May primaries and November's general election, only one person filed for office on Tuesday or Wednesday.

• Barbecue benefit planned for March 6
  

  BLADENBORO a ' A barbecue benefit is planned for Michael Kelly for Saturday, March 6, at the Bladenboro Historical Building, from 4 to 7 p.m. Plates cost $6 each and are eat-in or take out.

• Filing is fast and furious for the 2010 elections
  

  Dr. Darrell Pages was the first to file for a political office in Bladen County when the filing period began on Monday.

• Bladen employees honored
  

  Honored recently for 30 years of service to Southeastern Regional Medical Center were, from left, Maria Brown of Lumberton, Rhonda Carter of St.

• Ashley Carroll Williams fundraiser rescheduled
  

  BLADENBORO a ' The fundraiser for Ashley Carroll Williams was rescheduled due to inclement weather.

• County commissioners deal with number of issues
  

  ELIZABETHTOWN a 'A The first item of business on Monday for county commissions was a request from William Butler, president of the Bladenboro Historical Society, and John Hasbrouch, also representing the Bladenboro Historical Society, who asked for finical assistance to improve the front of the old Bladenboro High School.

• Black history celebration planned
  

  BLADENBORO a ' The Bladen County Black History Appreciation Committee will sponsor the sixth annual Black History Celebration at the Spaulding Monroe Cultural Center in Bladenboro on Wednesday, Feb.

• What's Happening for the week of Jan. 24
  

  TODAY Gospel music: The Lumber River Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. today at Butlers Baptist Church in Bladenboro.

• Bladen man gets prison for gun possession
  

  A man from Bladenboro will spend nearly three months in prison after being sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

• Haiti drop off points in Bladen
  

  Bladen County residents wishing to make donations to the Haiti relief efforts now have three location where they can drop off their items.

• Bladen County's first baby of the New Year
  

  Chasity Cannady, RN, Jean Collins, RN, OB Director, Wilma LeSane, NAII, Christina Hester, as she hold her new born, Dr.

• A short life, but a lasting legacy
  

  Melissa Cawaring peeks at her 2-month-old daughter Aubrey Ann Cawaring, who is hospitalized with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia at North Carolina Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Jan.

• Gloria Dove Allen moves from recycling to her own retirement
  

  Gloria Dove Allen speaks with Brandon Smith who will be taking over as scale house technician and operator.

• The top ten stories of 2009: Our choices for the year's biggest stories in the county
  

  Each year, the Bladen Journal takes a look back on the previous 12 months and recaps the biggest stories of the year.

City Description

Bladenboro is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,718. Development around Bladenboro, a farming community also known in its earliest days for its turpentine and lumber, began to take off after a railroad was built through the area in 1859. In 1885, two brothers, R.L. Bridger and H.C. Bridger, came to Bladenboro from Little River, South Carolina, to operate a turpentine business. Soon afterwards, they became involved in the timber business and operated a cotton gin. The brothers and their descendents would have a major effect on the shaping of the town and its economy for much of the next century. Major businesses, owned and operated by members of the Bridger family and which employed many area residents, have included Bridger Corporation (a farming supply company and general store no longer in operation), Bladenboro Cotton Mills (established in 1912 and later sold to become Highland Mills), and the Bank of Bladenboro (established in 1908 and now part of First Citizens Bank). The town of Bladenboro was incorporated in 1903. In 1954, Bladenboro received national attention for several mysterious animal

City Contained By:

• Bladen County
• North Carolina
• United States of America

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 5.69797384274 km squared

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