Christmas in September - making your list

Some people might still be buying back-to-school supplies, but retailers are turning their sights on Christmas .

HIGHTSTOWN: Campers earn graduation gifts

HIGHTSTOWN — It looked like Christmas in August as 38 excited campers began ripping the tags off their gifts and spilling the contents all over the floor.

Deb Dion: Via Ferrata: Taking the High Road

Chuck Kroger used his special gifts to create the Via Ferrata, which can get even a non-climber or a novice climber to a breathtaking route high in the mountains.

Sheila (right) handing out gifts to kids from Pusat Jagaan Baitul Sakinah Wal Mahabbah and Pusat Jagaan Nur Salam

WITH the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations approaching, festive songs are filling the airwaves. From P. Ramlee’s Dendang Perantau to Datuk Sharifah Aini’s Nostalgia Aidilfitri, every beat and melody adds more excitement to the upcoming day.

News by location

Get local and national news updates via E-mail. First Baptist Church , 606 N. Walnut St., Lumberton, will hold the variety show, Rising Stars of Robeson, on Thursday at 7 p.m. Southeastern Hospice will benefit. Tickets are $10 and include refreshments.