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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Hog waste moratorium advances in Legislature

With the House Agricultural Committee voting Wednesday to extend the current moratorium on hog farms and lagoons for three more years, farmers in Wayne and Duplin counties are taking the decision in stride and going about business as usual. After...

Community Crisis Center celebrates 25 years

In his early days, William "Pro" Atkinson did not think about where his life would lead. Caught in the mire of addiction in the 1970s and '80s, he never thought about change. That is, until he met the Rev. Adeen...

Renovations of old downtown fire station begin

Renovations have begun at the old fire station on Ash Street to convert it to business use. The Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation announced last year that the historic building had been sold to Ladder 39 LLC. DGDC Director Julie Thompson...

Rabies clinics to be held March 17, 24

Wayne County Animal Control will hold four rabies clinics at local schools over the next two Saturdays. Having a pet vaccinated is required by state law. Every dog and cat over four months old must be vaccinated. Those animals must...

Schools' social workers honored

Board of Education member Dave Thomas says he knows some of the challenges social workers in the school system face -- for several years, he was responsible for the truancy program. "I have been to homes before and it's mostly...

Public record

Investigations Goldsboro police are investigating these reports: * Tabitha Tynesia Williams of South Andrews Avenue reported Friday that her dog was taken by a known suspect from her home. She said that the man took the dog and called her...

Court records

Wayne County Superior Court These cases have been heard in Wayne County Superior Court: *Treecy Denise Bynum, 30, Adams Street, Wilson, driving while license revoked reduced to failure to notify Department of Motor Vehicles of new address, 30 days suspended,...