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Five FTCC faculty and staff members named to 40 Under 40 list
Five FTCC faculty and staff members have been named to The Fayetteville Observer’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2024. Nicole Knotts, coordinator of Culinary Instructional Events: https://bit.ly/3Sduj7d. Katey Morrill, painting and drawing instructor in the Fine Arts department: https://bit.ly/4d2KM6n. Tonette Sheree Johnson, cooking instructor in the Continuing Education division:...
Updated: Bladen We Care Supports Dream Works’ Mental Health Mission with Grant
In the contributed photo left to right is Katie Evans, Intern with Dream Works Counseling, Ann Warner, Bladen We Care Secretary, Mac Campbell, Jr., Bladen We Care President, Pastor Jason Williams with Dream Works, and Robert G Hester, Bladen We Care Vice President. Elizabethtown, NC—Bladen We Care has made a...
From the Editor: Introducing The Fayetteville Observer's 40 Under 40 Class of 2024
I’m excited to announce the winners of The Fayetteville Observer’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2024. This prestigious award, now in its 14th year, is designed to spotlight young professionals who excel at work and in service to their communities. Nominees must live or work in Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Robeson, Sampson or Scotland counties and be younger than 40 as of July 1, 2024.
If they had to live their lives over again, they wouldn’t have enough time
ELIZABETHTOWN – She changed the dress code for Whirlpool Corporation workers and waited on Henry Ford on Sunday mornings. He jumped out of airplanes and guarded nuclear missile sights. Together they have been married for 64 years as of May 7 and they reside in Bladen County. “My local...
Thoughts While Shaving For July 16
Guess I am beginning to sound like a broken record … Hot, hot, hot … High for our area yesterday … 99.1 degrees … Some areas of Bladen received rain … some little to none … 16/100th of an inch recorded at the local weather station … The rain was most noticeable in the western and northern areas of the county … possibly Tar Heel and White Oak … areas … much needed…
School board meets for July
ELIZABETHTOWN – The Bladen County School Board met last Monday and they received brief updates on the Franklin Covey leadership program and pushed through their resolution in support for prioritizing public schools. The School Board unanimously agreed to table the Franklin Covey leadership program for pre k through eighth grade until they receive more details on the cost and what the district has to pay out of their pockets.
Nakina man to lead supervision of criminal offenders in three-county area
Jamie Williamson of Nakina will oversee dozens of officers supervising nearly 2,000 criminal offenders, according to a Friday press release announcing his promotion within the N.C. Department of Adult Corrections. As the new manager for Judicial District 13 — which encompasses Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties — Williams will serve...
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