Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Teacher spots nearly all filled
With only a couple of weeks remaining before students return to the classroom, school officials say they are confident all teaching positions will be filled. Despite growing numbers of retirees each spring, not to mention anticipated cutbacks from the state...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
New director named for city Parks and Recreation Department
Beginning Aug. 22, parks and recreation will have a new face to head its department. Scott Barnard will serve as director of the department as interim director Sherry Archibald will relinquish her position to focus solely on her leadership...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Social Security office to close early as result of federal budget cutback
Federal budget cuts are forcing local Social Security offices to close their doors to the public 30 minutes early each weekday starting Monday. The Goldsboro office is located at 2605 Medical Office Place across Wayne Memorial Drive from the...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Water break
Wanda Parrish, 4, gets a cool drink of water while standing on the sidelines at the Mount Olive Hurricanes football team practice late Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures topped out at 97 degrees, and more of the same blistering heat was...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
First Carolina Postal Credit Union changing names, location
Patrons calling the First Carolina Postal Credit Union may be surprised when a voice on the other line greets them with "People's Credit Union, how may I help you?" That's because the Goldsboro-based banking institution has changed its name...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Norwayne gets $60,000 grant for computer lab
Norwayne Middle School is slated to receive a $60,000 grant to purchase software and lab furniture to improve its technology lab, officials say. The school is one recipient from a four-county region receiving the Golden LEAF Foundation STEM grant. The...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
New American Legion post looking to grow in Pikeville
They have served their country in Vietnam, Europe and Korea, and decades later they're still serving their community in Pikeville. Several local veterans got together and launched Pikeville Post 541 of the American Legion in February. Five months later,...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Retired Navy commander credits Wayne County for his successes
When Lewis Tew looks back at his life, the retired Navy lieutenant commander sees past his 30 years in the Navy, the ports he visited around the world, the wars he survived, past his time as a deep-sea diver...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Public record
Another A/C unit stolen A William Street business became the latest to report a theft to Goldsboro police, as Tuesday, employees at Genesis Beauty Salon told officers a $3,500 air conditioning unit that was last seen Saturday had been removed...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Landfill forced to expand, build new cell
DUDLEY -- Bids on a new $2 million, 22-acre landfill cell are expected back within the next month and once awarded it should take about five months to construct. The timeline is such that the new cell would open...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro to start challenger football league
While the Carolina Panthers spent the better part of July trying to secure a contract with quarterback Cam Newton, the number one pick in this year's NFL draft, the football organization was also selecting cities across the state to...Published: Aug 10, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story