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Monday, May 17, 2010

Goldsboro City Council will hear comments on budget

Goldsboro residents will get their opportunity to weigh in on City Manager Joe Huffman's proposed 2010-11 budget during a public hearing on the matter set for this evening. And while it remains unclear if Huffman has, as requested by several...

Workin' It -- Service ... with enthusiasm

The Job: Newspaper Carrier The Location: Goldsboro Going into this job I felt a new level of nervousness. All the other jobs I've worked, I knew that at the end of the day, I was leaving. Which means if I...

Family files suit against Cherry

The administrator of the estate of deceased Cherry Hospital patient Steven Howard Sabock -- who died while unattended in a chair at the Goldsboro state mental facility -- has filed a lawsuit on the family's behalf. Estate administrator M....

Public record

Suspect caught at scene of copper theft Goldsboro police allege that Rodney Lamar Coley, 32, of South Alabama Avenue, was found pulling copper off of the outside of a residence on Thursday morning. Samuel Rouse of Goosedown Court, Raleigh, the...

Wayne County unemployment down in March

Wayne County's March unemployment rate dropped from February of this year and matches the March 2009 unemployment rate. The rate, which dropped from 9.9 to 9.2 percent, is a good sign, but only a start, according to Bill Pate,...

Wayne County Commissioners to take up budget talks of their own Tuesday

Wayne County commissioners have had little to say about progress on the county's 2010-11 budget, other than instructing County Manager Lee Smith not to include a tax increase, but Tuesday morning they are expected to arrange a time for the...