The Near Miss

May 26th, 2008 | webmaster | Sports

By Tommy Chandler

In golf it’s a lip out for the win on the seventy-second hole; in baseball it’s hitting the foul pole in deep left field for strike two, behind by three, bases loaded, only to be followed by a called third strike; in football it’s a field goal to win that hits the upright and bounces away; and in fishing it’s the big one that snapped the line just as it was being hauled in the boat. But, for the 1960 boy’s basketball team at Bladenboro High School it was The Near Miss! At least that’s what I’m going to call it!

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Used Car Lots

May 26th, 2008 | webmaster | Memory Lane

By Gene Norton

Do you remember the used car lots that were in and around the “Boro in the late 50’s, 60’s, 70’s right up until today? Here is what I remember.

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Ode to our Beast!

May 26th, 2008 | webmaster | Beast of Bladenboro

Beast of Bladenboro

By M. Elizabeth Mayes

Have you heard the news?
The Beast of Bladenboro is on the loose.

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