Mortgage Refinance

Beth and Jason Hayes of Fuquay-Varina are the parents of a son, Ford Walker Lowery Hayes, born at 12:54 p.m. Jan.

Benita Jefferson, a Bladen Community College GED student, can hardly contain her excitement.

Prior to signing his federal "stimulus" bill in early 2009, President Obama warned, "If we do not move swiftly to sign into law, an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe." One year later, the debate over the stimulus bill's effectiveness rages on.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.