TEACHEY — The town of Teachey is moving forward with plans for a new subdivision that will add 203 homes to the town limits. Mill Creek Meadows, as the subdivision will be named, is a 100-acre tract on US Highway 117. The front portion of the planned development was in the town limits, while the […]
KENANSVILLE — The Duplin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to appropriate funds to remove debris from the Northeast Cape Fear River in order to help alleviate flooding from Tropical Storm Debby and future potential flooding events. The decision was made during an emergency meeting held on Friday morning. Commission Chair Dexter Edwards […]
KENANSVILLE —Nearly 200 parents and children alike, gathered at the Duplin County Health Department in Kenansville last Thursday, Aug. 1, for a back-to-school vaccination event. “The kids need immunizations to go back to school so we are doing this event to help with that,” said Maury Castillo, a public health educator with the Duplin County […]
KENANSVILLE — Duplin County Emergency Management Services officials attended the County Commissioners meeting on Aug. 5 to provide a briefing on Tropical Storm Debby. “A stall in the system is expected and will cause increased rainfall amounts, resulting in widespread flooding. It’s going to be a prolonged event spanning three to four days,” EMS officials […]
WARSAW — July 29 marked a special milestone for James Sprunt Community College as approximately 100 guests including local, regional and state leadership gathered at JSCC’s WestPark Campus to celebrate the ribbon cutting ceremony of North Carolina community colleges’ first hydroponic smart farm container. The Box-to-Bowl smart farm is the product of a partnership between […]
During the month of July, seven of the planned 12 all-way stops throughout Duplin County were installed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT). The most recent all-way stops are at the intersections of NC Highway 11 and Bay Road, NC Highway 11 at Register’s Crossroads (Register Road and Stocking Head Road), and Charity […]