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Henry’s House brings relief to North Carolina caregivers
A new facility designed to give caregivers a temporary break while supporting youth with complex needs opened in Burgaw Thursday after years of planning.
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Warsaw native named Veterans Day Parade grand marshal
WARSAW — Perhaps it’s fitting that a Warsaw native and graduate of James Kenan High School, who served decades in the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserves, and curated the Duplin County Veterans Museum, would be named the grand marshal of the 106th Veterans Day Parade, the longest running Veterans Day celebration in the United States, and the pride of his hometown. “I lived in Warsaw all my life, except for my military time,” Earl Rouse said. “I graduated [James Kenan] in ‘64. I went to work for Quinn Wholesale for a year, and then decided I knew everything. I went out to get a bigger paying job, a more important job, and after I’d interviewed that morning, I came back to the house and opened the mailbox. There was a selective service notice.” From then on, you could say, Rouse’s fate was sealed. He decided to go to the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting office in Morehead City, and found that only a Coast Guard recruiter was in the office at the time. That recruiter took him and his friend to lunch. “We got back and I said, ‘I do,’” Rouse recalled. “That was that.” Since the Vietnam War was
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Leland awarded $973.6K for South Navassa Road multi-use path
LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - Leland has been awarded $973,600 to help pay for engineering and construction of a multi-use path along South Navassa Road. The planned 10-foot-wide path will extend around 0.29 miles to Loop Road. It aims to improve connections and provide safer, more accessible travel options for pedestrians and cyclists.