Tri-County EMC visits North Duplin Elementary By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal Approximately 100 first-grade students at North Duplin Elementary enjoyed an exciting afternoon on April 12 as Lineman Lance Wise and Line Superintendent Ron Miller, both with Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation, visited the school to provide a safety demonstration. Miller spoke about the dangers of […]
By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal For the first time this year, Wallace’s premier event, the Carolina Strawberry Festival, will kick off a week early, with the Garden Gala on Saturday, April 27, from 1-6 p.m. The gala, a formal party, will be hosted by the Gardens at Johnson Nursery. The Gardens are located about […]
By Curt Simpson Special to the Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE — “I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no […]
Kids got a chance to ride a barrel train at the Easter in the Park event on Saturday, March 16, in Wallace’s Clement Park. There were also plenty of vendors, a bouncy house, the Easter bunny and of course an Easter egg hunt. Two-year-old cousins Myles Chasten and Kavonna Jones had a fun time at […]
Hundreds of kids excitedly filled their buckets with colorful Easter eggs at the Hop Hop Hooray Spring Fling held at the Warsaw Parks and Rec on March 16. The event sponsored by the Duplin County Partnership for Children featured bouncy houses, balloon art, games, food, a magic show and concluded with an epic Easter egg […]
By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal You may not know the name Christina Phillips, Ph.D., but the Wallace native is one of the driving forces behind Smithfield, the powerhouse corporation that helped put Duplin County on the pork industry map. She also spent the past year as president of the North Carolina Pork Council, a statewide […]