CURRIE — Moores Creek National Battlefield may be across the county line into Pender, but Duplin County played a critical role in America’s first decisive victory in the Revolutionary War. The patriots’ only fatality in the battle at Moores Creek was John Grady of Duplin County, who died a few days later due to injuries […]
KENANSVILLE — Children across Duplin County Schools are now learning about the dangers of drugs thanks to the implementation of the Too Good for Drugs curriculum, which is being taught by 89 organizations in North Carolina. The program is one of the Opioid Response strategies for early intervention designed to mitigate risk factors associated with […]
WALLACE — Approximately 30 participants, including county and town leadership, gathered for the annual Opioid Town Hall at the Mad Boar Restaurant last week. “We are trying to get our towns to think about what we can do to help the vaping and opioid crisis and give examples of what other counties are doing,” said […]
CLINTON — Located on Faison Highway, only a stone’s throw from the town of Faison, the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton serves as a platform for agricultural research to bring new crop opportunities and provide farmers with proven methods of growing such crops for greater yields and desirable qualities. Approximately 20 area farmers and […]
KENANSVILLE — In preparation for the beginning of the new school year, Duplin County Partnership for Children along with nine other area organizations hosted a drive-thru Back-to-School Community Day in Kenansville on Aug. 19. “Over 1,400 backpacks were distributed today,” Christy Jones, Duplin County Partnership for Children executive director, told Duplin Journal. The event, which […]
MOUNT OLIVE — Agricultural roots run deep for NC Farm Families executive director, Chad Herring. The third-generation pig farmer who raises newly-weaned pigs on his family farm in Mount Olive has been championing to educate people about the pig industry. “My uncle got nine feeder pigs in 1965 on a 4-H project and over the […]
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