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Thousands attend annual Pig in the Park festival

Kate Daniels, president of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, did not have to kiss a pig after all. After winning the contest held by the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County to raise money for Saturday's sixth annual...

School board dealing with cost overrun

The bid for the pending facilities project at Goldsboro High School reportedly came in at $637,000 over budget, placing the Wayne County Board of Education at a crossroads -- reject the bid and start over or cut corners on...

John Tart dies at 87

John Tart, a Wayne County farm boy who rose by his own talents to become a community college president, county commissioner and legislator, died Saturday morning. He was 87. Tart served as a representative from Wayne County in the...

Heads shaved for cancer fight

Kirt Jarrett parted ways with a 31-year-old friend Saturday night. But no tears were shed. Only hair. Jarrett shaved his hair, beard and 31-year-old mustache off on Saturday night in the parking lot of The Flying Shamrock to raise money...

Scientist speaks at Martin Lecture

MOUNT OLIVE -- It has been more then 20 years since Dr. Santanu Bose walked the campus of the University of Mount Olive. He arrived in 1989 from Calcutta, India, as an undergraduate student interested in becoming an accountant....

Nutrition Outreach Program available until June

The Child Nutrition Outreach and Education Program is being held through June 7 at Dillard Middle School and Wayne Middle/High Academy. Meals will be served on Saturdays and Sundays during the period, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. All...

Modelers show April 18

FAYETTEVILLE -- The "Lifeboats for Warriors Project Modelers Exhibition" is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at the Kiwanis Recreation Center in Honeycutt Park at 352 Devers St., Fayetteville. Admission is $5 for the general public....

McAlister's Deli to hold grand opening on Monday morning

McAlister's Deli at 431 N. Berkeley Blvd. will open its first store in Goldsboro on Monday, April 13. Construction on the location began in early January in the building shell of what was formerly a Schlotsky's Deli. In celebration...

IMPulse gets big contract

MOUNT OLIVE -- The national economy stagnates, jobs are lost and there is no "future" without a strong surface transportation system, said Jeff Wharton, plant manager at IMPulse NC. The company has firsthand knowledge. IMPulse has landed a contract...

Hospital volunteers honored

Peg Cary was a nurse in Philadelphia for 45 years before becoming a hospital volunteer. "I've always volunteered at a hospital," she says. "My late husband was in the Marine Corps and wherever we were stationed, I would volunteer."...

Annual Goldsboro Road Run Saturday

The Sunrise Kiwanis Club will hold its 37th annual Greater Goldsboro Road Run on Saturday, April 18. The event is a one-mile fun run, 5K walk/run and 10K run will be held at Stoney Creek Park. Each race starts...

Ang Li to perform at Barton

WILSON -- The Barton College/Wilson Symphony Orchestra will present its spring concert on Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m.in the Kennedy Family Theatre on the Barton campus. The symphony welcomes to the stage internationally acclaimed concert pianist Ang Li, who...