By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal Apparently not satisfied with his town having just the World’s Largest Frying Pan, Jack Frederick decided the town needed another Guinness World Record, so he built what he believes to be the World’s Largest Adirondack Chair. “It’s the largest we can tell from what we can find on the internet,” […]
By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal MAGNOLIA — The Town of Magnolia discussed water and sewer rate increases for the upcoming fiscal year during the board’s regular monthly meeting held on March 12. Town Manager Charles “Twig” Rollins told the Duplin Journal that the town’s water and sewer fund is struggling right now because rates have […]
By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE — Luciana Barksdale, who had signed up for public comment at the March 18 County Commissioners meeting appeared in front of the board to express concerns about the neglectful care her nephew Dyson Fryer, who is diabetic, received at the Duplin County Jail. “He stayed from [February] 18th to […]
By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal A Wallace street has been renamed in honor of longtime Wallace Council Member and educator David Edward Jordan. With 36 years on the town council, more than 30 years in education at Charity Middle School and Wallace-Rose Hill High School, and a heart for his community, many say they couldn’t […]
By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal Later this spring, a busy Duplin County intersection will be getting a new stoplight in hopes of easing traffic concerns. Work began last week to install traffic signal lights on NC Highway 41 at the westbound ramps entering and exiting I-40 just outside the town of Wallace. The new […]
By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal WARSAW — Wesley L. Boykin was one of the two residents who signed up for public comment at the March 11 town hall meeting in Warsaw. He said he and other community members would like an explanation of the uses of the wastewater fees billed to Warsaw homeowners in the […]
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