Burgaw News

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:41 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:41 a.m. A nonprofit canine rescue organization has expanded its mission to offer no-cost spaying and neutering of dogs in the Burgaw and Rocky Point areas of Pender County.

Pender County Public Works employees Ronnie Huggins and James Turner man the trucks used to spray for the irritating insects.

Submitted by WWAY on 29 June 2009 - 5:47pm. READ MORE: Center makes it convenient to visit inmates Matthew Chapter 25 Verse 36 says, "I was in prison and you came to me.a By offering free housing, the Matthew 25 Center in Burgaw makes it easier for inmates' loved ones to do just that.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. BURGAW Pender Memorial Hospital recently released the following recommendations for a disaster preparedness kit to help residents prepare for hurricane season: Water: At least 1 gallon daily per person for three to seven days.

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. Construction of a nine-bed substance abuse treatment facility for adolescents in Burgaw could start by summer's end.

Submitted by WWAY on 26 June 2009 - 6:27pm. The historic train depot came to life in 1850, long before Burgaw was a town and Pender was still a general.

Last week, my husband and I tried to exchange our cell phones and it has taken longer than we anticipated.

Submitted by WWAY on 21 June 2009 - 9:44am. Sixth Annual Blueberry Festival Blueberry lovers to flocked to Burgaw Saturday for the North Carolina Blueberry Festival.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:14 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:14 p.m. Nothing tastes better with blueberries than ... barbecue? Despite the unusual flavor combination, the sixth annual N.C. Blueberry Festival began Friday in Burgaw with a barbecue cook-off pitting 11 teams from around the state against one another for the ...

Nabil Inaya of the Carribean Grill serves food during the 6th Annual North Carolina Blueberry Festival in Burgaw Saturday, June 20, 2009.

Pender cooperative extension director Wayne Batten grills up some of the Pender products on sale at the Farmers Market at Poplar Grove Plantation in a monthly eat-local promotional cookout.

Submitted by WWAY on 17 June 2009 - 4:52pm. Cape Fear Pride Burgaw: Sites around the courthouse This month, our Cape Fear Pride series focuses on Burgaw.

Shoppers browse a previous Burgaw Depot Antique Sale and Show, which returns June 20 as part of the N.C. Blueberry Festival.

Paul Sorrells is charged with three counts of first-degree statutory sex offense and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

Lindsay Spainhour in May 2006. File photo by Matt Born. I first interviewed Lindsay Spainhour back in 2004, and have kept tabs on her international doings ever since.

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 8:20 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 8:20 a.m. Blueberries bind Burgaw together during the yearly one-day festival that runs on volunteer labor and attracts up to 30,000 visitors.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. The Cat Adoption Team will have a tent at this year's N.C. Blueberry Festival, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 20 on the Courtyard Square in Historic Downtown Burgaw.

Submitted by WWAY on 12 June 2009 - 5:10pm. Cape Fear Pride Burgaw: Artist pushed by disease Ivey Hayes has been an artist as long as he can remember, but in 1986 he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

The director of a Raleigh children's center has been charged with embezzling more than $150,000 from the church that employed her.

Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 3:24 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 3:24 p.m. Penderlea Homestead Day, an annual celebration of the community's creation in the 1930s as a New Deal project under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will offer demonstrations and home cooking Saturday.