Sunday, April 3, 2016
New W.A. Foster Center to open Monday
The new W.A. Foster Center is the future for community recreation in Goldsboro. The gym floors are unscuffed and newly painted in brilliant blue, green and orange that shine under the vaulted barrel roof. The roof itself an homage...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Saying goodbye to an old friend
The W.A. Foster Center postures on the corner of Leslie and Corney streets, a jazz eighth swinging in the fold of barrel maples and public works concrete. Most days, the building is lively. It is voiced over by fast-breaking...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
School board to hold special meeting
The Wayne County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting Monday to discuss, among other things, the annual audit for fiscal year 2014-15, after several bristled at the March meeting over the idea of "rubber stamping" something they...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Council to decide on rezoning
A decision regarding the development of an 80-unit apartment complex behind Goshen Medical Center will be left up to the Goldsboro City Council at its meeting Monday night after a public hearing held on the matter drew sharp criticism from...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Zeta Phi Beta Blue Revue Pageant April 9
The Zeta Chi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will sponsor its Miss Blue Revue Pageant and the Junior Miss Blue Revue Pageant on Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre. Admission is free. Six...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
WorkKeys tests being offered
The WorkKeys tests for the National Career Readiness Certificate will be offered four times in April. The Wayne Occupational Readiness Keys for Success (WORKS) program will provide testing sessions 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on April 5 and April 19, 12:30-4:30...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Veterans march for unity
Dozens of veterans took to Center Street on Saturday morning to march in honor of the American Legion Post 215's Walk for Veterans. Among those taking part was 90-year-old World War II veteran Freddie Lee Jones of Goldsboro. Jones,...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Tryon Palace welcomes garden lovers
NEW BERN -- An assortment of multicolored tulips and diverse spring blooms will be on display for visitors at Tryon Palace during its semi-annual Garden Lovers Weekend, April 8-10 in historic downtown New Bern. "These gardens are here for...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
For safety, slow down for farm vehicles on the road
We've all been there. You're cruising down one of North Carolina's many rural highways or secondary roads, perhaps off to vacation at the beach or in the mountains, when all of a sudden you come up on a tractor...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Rain doesn't slow down Daffodil Festival
FREMONT -- Alayna Johnson raced up and down the street, occasionally leaping into the air, as she tried to pop bubbles being churned out by a bubble-making machine. Dressed in her brightly colored raincoat and rain boots, the 5-year-old...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Rabies clinics April 23, April 30
Rabies vaccination clinics will be sponsored by the County of Wayne on the dates and at the locations listed below. The cost will be $10 per dog or cat. The owner of every dog and cat over four months...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Plonk Disability Walk set for May 4
The 20th annual Hal Plonk Disability Awareness Walk, sponsored by the Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities, will be held Wednesday, May 4, starting with registration at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 202 E. Chestnut St., at 9:30 a.m. The...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
North Carolina receives federal funding for early childhood
The United State Health Resources and Services Administration announced approximately $3,289,101 in funding to North Carolina to support the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Nationally, $345 million in funding was awarded to 55 states, territories, and nonprofit...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Dudley resident Edward Best honored
Despite their shortcomings, Edward Best loves people. So much, in fact, that the Dudley resident was named a Citizen of the Year by the United States Deputy Sheriffs Association and a Donor of the Year by Help Hospitalized Veterans in...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Cures for Colors banquet held Friday
More than 500 people of various ages and backgrounds packed into the First Pentecostal Holiness Church on Friday night, all with one thing in common -- survivorship. Each with a story to tell about living through cancer, some still battling...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
County to discuss insurance
Wayne County commissioners Tuesday morning will once again discuss the county's self-insurance plan that could experience a 9.3 increase unless they can settle on an option being offered by the county's insurance broker. Inflation and a nearly 31-percent jump...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Coldwell Banker honored with award
Officials with Coldwell Banker say they are proud to share that their company was recently awarded the prestigious Cartus Masters Cup for its residential relocation services and performance last year. Presented by the Cartus Corporation, the worldwide leader in employee...Published: Apr 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story