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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Red Cross now offering tours, stories of hope

Everyone has a Red Cross story, local volunteers say, and they, and the staff at the Wayne County chapter, want the public to share them. It is all part of a new program in which small groups of people...

Families applying for help to pay for lunch

Barbara Ward can remember back to when the number of children receiving free or reduced lunch services in the school system hovered at 49 percent. "I didn't think we were ever going to hit the 50 percent mark," the director...

What's next for city's downtown?

The revitalization of Goldsboro's downtown district is expected to become tangible by late this fall as the first portion of the Center Street Streetscape is out for bids, with bids closing Aug. 29. The first phase of the renovations...