Many of you may be familiar with the photographs of Woody Spencer. If not, look him up on Facebook and you’ll be treated to volumes of great local images. Thinking it would be great fodder for photography, on Saturday I gave Woody a little tour of Bucklesberry. Nestled between Kinston and La Grange and so […]
By Jon Dawson It had been a long day for Jonathan Massey, 32, of Hookerton. A report he’d been working on for a week was deleted by his computer during its 37th update of the week. His dog chewed up all of his Slim Whitman albums, and he found out the entertainment at this year’s office […]
By Jon Dawson The Bucklesberry Gazette in association with Jon Dawson and his Tax Deductions are proud to announce their first television project, “Will Lucille Eat It?” “It’s a simple idea,” said Tax Deducion #1. “Food will be presented to our dog Lucille to see if she’ll eat it. We’re pretty sure she’s part goat, […]
By Jon Dawson Are you a homeowner? I share one with the bank. About four years ago The Wife and I passed a milestone: For the first time since we signed the papers on the bank loan for Dawson Manor, more of our mortgage payment went to the principal than the interest. While the bank […]
By Jon Dawson A double-burglary took an unusual turn last week when a father and his estranged son reunited for the first time in 13 years. “A residence on Idlewild Road, Kinston, was burglarized twice on the evening of May 13,” said Lenoir County Police Department spokesman Warren Haynes. “One suspect came in through a […]
By Jon Dawson The couple appearing to hoard gasoline in a widely circulated image is speaking out. Tom and Mary Bradford of Bucklesberry, N.C., say the photo of them making the rounds on social media has been taken out of context. “We have been living off the grid for a few years now,” Tom Bradford […]
By Jon Dawson One of the most controversial subjects of recent memory is the practice of vaping, which the Google machine defines as “the inhaling of a vapor created by an electronic cigarette that is filled with a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavorings, and chemicals”. For better or worse vaping is now commonplace, and a […]
By Jon Dawson Although this column usually has a humorous slant, a trip to the car wash turned into a 36-hour ordeal for a Bucklesberry man last weekend. Elmore Leonard, 89, of Echo Drive, Bucklesberry, told rescue personnel it all started last Friday when he mistakenly inserted a $100 bill into an automated payment machine […]
(Originally published in 2006) By Jon Dawson Oteil Burbridge has played bass in The Allman Brothers Band going on a decade now, and he also has his own band, Oteil & The Peacemakers, which will be opening The Allman Brothers show at Raleigh’s Altell Pavilion on Saturday night. Burbridge talked with Free Press interviewer Jon […]
Last week our beloved Tax Deduction #2 turned 11, but if you knew her it’d be tough to tell. Why? Because she doesn’t need something as trivial as a birthday to give her reason to wear a party hat. TD#2 is an entertainer first and foremost. Every activity she takes part in – no matter […]
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