Thursday, June 16, 2011
Center Street Jam canceled
Downtown Goldsboro's Center Street Jam is canceled this evening, due to the chance of rain and thunderstorms this evening. The Band of Oz was scheduled to perform at the event, which this week, was sponsored by Frema Motors. Follow...Published: Jun 16, 2011 3:40 PM Full Story
Schools to operate on four-day workweek
With school officially dismissed for the summer, Wayne County Public Schools began its annual summer flex schedule this week. The district will operate on a 10-hour-day/four-day work week through Aug. 12. The central office on Royall Avenue will be closed...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Wayne, surrounding counties take part in search-and-rescue exercise
Rescue units from 14 agencies from Wayne and surrounding counties took part Wednesday in a training workshop and exercise at the Lane Tree Golf Club. The purpose of the exercise was to allow the various teams to interact with...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Public record
Home stolen On Tuesday, a 14-feet by 80-feet single wide mobile home was reported being stolen sometime between Jan. 4 and May 9. The home was stolen from the 100 block of BJ Drive. The value of the mobile unit...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Broken Saulston line causes brown water
After the second main break in three days in the Wayne Water District, officials received complaints from residents in the Saulston area whose water was coming out brown. A six-inch main broke near the intersection of Saulston Road and...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Senate to eye new bill to allow area to de-annex
Goldsboro's Phase 11 area will, essentially, be grandfathered into a bill in the General Assembly that outlines the process by which residents in an area to be annexed by a municipality can petition against the annexation. House Bill 196,...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Reading program begins
Kenya Copeland, 4, visits the Goldsboro Public Library Wednesday for the Summer Reading Program. The theme this year, "One World, Many Stories," explores stories from around the world....Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
School board can appoint for itself
The Wayne County Board of Education, for the first time in 20 years, has the authority to fill its own board vacancies -- a power it had surrendered to county commissioners in the 1991 agreement that merged the former county...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
County Planning Board approves three plats
The Wayne County Planning Board Tuesday night approved three final plats and delayed action on a preliminary one. The final plats are: *Emily Britt, owner/developer William Britt one lot on Manley Grove Church Road, Grantham Township *Beaman Family Estate,...Published: Jun 16, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story