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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Salvation Army to host Community Garden Day

Growing a garden and waiting for vegetables to pop out of the ground can be exhausting. But the benefits of gardening and eating natural food outweigh all of the pain from waiting on home-grown squash, cucumbers, rutabagas, tomatoes and...

Missing two

Rosewood High School graduated 130 students at its Wednesday night commencement ceremony, but two students -- Spenser Garrison and Malia Porter -- were absent. The two students, lost in a tragic double suicide in January 2014, would have graduated...

Council adopts design change

Downtown businesses that serve alcohol in outdoor seating areas will now have to add enclosures, based on changes to the city of Goldsboro's downtown design guidelines. The Goldsboro City Council approved the changes Monday, following a lengthy review process...

Advocates talk WATCH funding

Murray Porter, who helped found WATCH, Tuesday morning told Wayne County commissioners he wasn't at their budget public hearing to fuss at them. But he did bring a warning. "I want to let you know that without the funding...