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They grow up so quickly. It seems like yesterday when Duplin County was relishing in their graduating classes. Starting on Wednesday, Aug. 25 the first day of school came quickly.
Wallace Elementary
Beginning the 2010-11 school year with nearly 820 students, Principal Susan Sellers was determined to start her school off on a good note.
Positive Behaviorial... »
Back to school
They grow up so quickly. It seems like yesterday when Duplin County was relishing in their graduating classes. Starting on Wednesday, Aug. 25 the first day of school came quickly.
Wallace Elementary
Beginning the 2010-11 school year with nearly 820 students, Principal Susan Sellers was determined to start her school off on a good note.
Positive Behaviorial... »
Advertiser News, Breaking News, Pender Chronicle, Wallace Enterprise, Warsaw-Faison News 
He was nicknamed “Jiggs” by an aunt who enjoyed reading the comic strip “Jiggs & Maggie,” and “Big D” by his friends, family and employees.
Daniel Jerome Fussell, Sr. passed away Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the age of 96.
A Duplin County Commissioner, mule-trader, former mayor of Rose Hill and wine connoisseur, to say Fussell was... »
Duplin Winery founder dies
He was nicknamed “Jiggs” by an aunt who enjoyed reading the comic strip “Jiggs & Maggie,” and “Big D” by his friends, family and employees.
Daniel Jerome Fussell, Sr. passed away Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the age of 96.
A Duplin County Commissioner, mule-trader, former mayor of Rose Hill and wine connoisseur, to say Fussell was... »
Advertiser News, Pender Chronicle, Wallace Enterprise, Warsaw-Faison News 
North Carolina’s U.S. Representative, D-Mike McIntyre made his rounds through many local counties over the past week.
Beginning in Robeson County on Tuesday, Aug. 17, Rep. McIntyre visited the Campbell Soup plant in Maxton then spent Thursday, Aug. 19 in Pender and New Hanover County.
While visiting Penderlea Health Center located in Willard, Rep. McIntyre received... »
U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre visits local counties
North Carolina’s U.S. Representative, D-Mike McIntyre made his rounds through many local counties over the past week.
Beginning in Robeson County on Tuesday, Aug. 17, Rep. McIntyre visited the Campbell Soup plant in Maxton then spent Thursday, Aug. 19 in Pender and New Hanover County.
While visiting Penderlea Health Center located in Willard, Rep. McIntyre received... »
Pender Chronicle 
Chef Theodore Alexander Fouros, usually called Chef Alexis, is at the Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market every Wednesday with his wife, Betsy. When not manning a booth to sell cookbooks, vegetable juice, and breadcrumbs, they host cooking classes in the plantation’s barn. Participants can jot down dozens of useful tips and recipes while enjoying an... »
Local chef brings gourmet lessons to farmers’ market
Chef Theodore Alexander Fouros, usually called Chef Alexis, is at the Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market every Wednesday with his wife, Betsy. When not manning a booth to sell cookbooks, vegetable juice, and breadcrumbs, they host cooking classes in the plantation’s barn. Participants can jot down dozens of useful tips and recipes while enjoying an... »
FEATURE STORY, Pender Chronicle 
The Pender County Board of Education last week finally finalized its 2010-2011 budget with a result the board chairman called “very scary.”
The total budget, including local, state and federal funds, is down about $8 million this year at $72.6 million compared with $80.89 million in 2009-2010.
Part of that comes from the completion of some... »
Pender school board adopts ’scary’ budget
The Pender County Board of Education last week finally finalized its 2010-2011 budget with a result the board chairman called “very scary.”
The total budget, including local, state and federal funds, is down about $8 million this year at $72.6 million compared with $80.89 million in 2009-2010.
Part of that comes from the completion of some... »
Pender Chronicle 
Recent events have given officials hope that the soap opera, “As the Health Department Turns,” may soon be over.
The department has been a hotbed of controversy in recent months, with charges and counter charges that the administration was guilty of mismanagement and discrimination and threatened to fire employees who did not toe the line.... »
Health Department board starts search for new director
Recent events have given officials hope that the soap opera, “As the Health Department Turns,” may soon be over.
The department has been a hotbed of controversy in recent months, with charges and counter charges that the administration was guilty of mismanagement and discrimination and threatened to fire employees who did not toe the line.... »
Newspapers, Pender Chronicle 
Quarter Moon Books and Gifts in Topsail Beach welcomed Marybeth Whalen to sign copies of her new book, The Mailbox, on Friday afternoon, July 23. “It is totally a work of fiction,” said Whalen of her fourth book and first novel, “but it is based on an actual place.” The place is an unmarked... »
Marybeth Whalen signs books at Quarter Moon
Quarter Moon Books and Gifts in Topsail Beach welcomed Marybeth Whalen to sign copies of her new book, The Mailbox, on Friday afternoon, July 23. “It is totally a work of fiction,” said Whalen of her fourth book and first novel, “but it is based on an actual place.” The place is an unmarked... »
Pender Chronicle
Jeannenne Harris named new Burgaw Middle principal
Jeanenne Harris has been named the new principal of Burgaw Middle School, replacing Major “M.D.” Coleman, who resigned last month. Prior to her appointment, Harris served as assistant principal at Burgaw Middle during the 2009-2010 school year. “I am excited about the opportunity to continue the success that Burgaw Middle experienced during the past school year,”... »
Pender Chronicle 
Music, song and scripture joined to celebrate the first Unity Day sponsored by the Pender County NAACP.
More than 100 swayed to the beat recently at the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church and heard Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP State Conference of Branches call for the unity of... »
Pender NAACP celebrates its first Unity Day
Music, song and scripture joined to celebrate the first Unity Day sponsored by the Pender County NAACP.
More than 100 swayed to the beat recently at the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church and heard Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP State Conference of Branches call for the unity of... »
Pender Chronicle 
Carl Lorenzetti had his leg amputated last July. Then, just before Thanksgiving, he fell out of his wheelchair and broke his hip.
He spent a lot of time in a nursing home trying to figure out how he could ever be able to enter his own house again – the house in Rocky Point he’d... »
Carl’s back in his house
Carl Lorenzetti had his leg amputated last July. Then, just before Thanksgiving, he fell out of his wheelchair and broke his hip.
He spent a lot of time in a nursing home trying to figure out how he could ever be able to enter his own house again – the house in Rocky Point he’d... »
