December 29, 2013 archives

View Archive

Sunday, December 29, 2013

WMH recognized by accreditation panel

Wayne Memorial Hospital was named recently as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. The hospital was recognized by the commission for exemplary performance...

Virginia Street rebirth: Desire to preserve history leads to home restoration

It took three years for Jay and Amy Bauer to turn their dilapidated house into a home. But this month, the couple opened the doors to the renovated home on Virginia Street to show what happens when an appreciation for...

City plans on public input on greenways

A Durham company has been chosen to work with the city to develop a greenway and bicycle transportation plan over the next few months with an expected finish date next fall. Alta/Greenways and the city are in the process...

Mentoring military children: Program creates new link

A $2.35 million federal grant obtained by East Carolina University is bringing to Wayne County a unique pilot program geared toward building connections between military families, the community and schools. Operation LINK is a new AmeriCorps mentoring program that...

Scout takes glasses to Cuba, has eyes opened while there

Sam de Araujo's Eagle Scout project to help people see better also helped to open his own eyes to the plight of others less fortunate than him. Sam, 15, and his father, Dr. Bill de Araujo, were in Cuba...

Man shot, killed in city Friday

Details are sketchy in two separate shootings that happened between noon Friday and early Saturday morning that left one man dead and another injured. Goldsboro police were called to the 700 block of North Virginia Street at 12:10 p.m....

Kwanzaa celebration at Rebuilding Broken Places

Greenleaf Christian Church in partnership with the Kindezi Rites of Passage group based out of Rocky Mount will be hosting a Kwanzaa celebration today starting at 5 p.m. Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a major...

Dalton's wish comes true

The Wallace family of Goldsboro knows that not every Christmas gift comes tied up with a ribbon and bow. Sometimes they are dreams that come true. * Stephanie Wallace, a teacher assistant at Tommy's Road Elementary, loves her family...