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Top winners go on to Wilmington

Top winners The following winners from the 2011 Wayne County Public Schools Science Fair will go on to the Regional Science Fair in Wilmington on Feb. 12: 3-5 Division * Hannah Tyndall, Fremont Stars * Morgan Skinner, Carver Elementary *...

2011 Wayne County Public Schools Science Fair winners

2011 Wayne County Public Schools Science Fair winners K-2 Division * First: "Will It Float" -- Zyaire Webb, Meadow Lane 3-5 Division * First: "Batteries. Which Will Last The Longest" -- Hannah Tyndall, Fremont STARS * Second: "Electric Fruit" --...

Not waiting for Superman anymore

Mayor Al King steps away from his desk and walks across his office -- reaching into a cabinet before returning with a thick stack of paperwork. "Do you see this? Do you?" he said, pointing to the first of hundreds...

Projects help open students up to science

More than 50 teams of students from across the school district competed Saturday in Wayne County's countywide science fair. The students were vying for the 12 spots that will continue to the regional science fair in Wilmington on Feb....

Project planned to help patient, family

Paula Schultze wants to make sure that when David Burke comes home from the Atlanta rehabilitation center where he has spent the bulk of the past eight months, he won't have to sleep on the couch. Since the injury that...

Annual Carolina Games Summit to be held Feb. 5 at Wayne Community

Carolina Games Summit announced last week that Time Warner Cable's "Connect a Million Minds" will be the title sponsor of the sixth annual Carolina Games Summit at Wayne Community College. The summit will be held Feb. 5 at Wayne...

Wayne County Reads poetry contest open

Students who are considering participating in the Wayne County Reads poetry contest are encouraged to visit Wayne Community College's "Eastern N.C. to the Middle East" or the Arts Council of Wayne County's "A Country, A People" photo exhibits for...

Tax help for Wayne Seniors

For Wayne County seniors needing help with their taxes, Bobby Howell, with the help of AARP volunteers, will be coordinating tax help at the Wayne County Senior Center on Fridays. Taxes will be prepared by appointment only. AARP volunteers will...

Ready, aim, fire!

More than 100 students, instructors and staff from the mechanical engineering, machining and welding technology programs combined efforts to create a full-scale replica for Fort Macon State Park after reviewing 1840s-era drawings of the original cannon. Because of the threats...

Lee Hyundai bringing dealership to Goldsboro market

With plans to open in June, Lee Hyundai is moving to fill a void in Wayne County's automotive retail market. "We had such good success with our Hyundai dealership in a military market in Fayetteville, that when the Hyundai...

Chamber: 2010 tough, but successful

The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet was a somewhat bittersweet moment for Steve Hicks, 67, who is retiring after nearly eight years as Chamber president. The last two years have been marked by a Chamber that, like...