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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Board approves events fees

Organizers of most special events attracting 500 or more people in Wayne County will now have to secure a permit from the county. They will be required as well to pay a fee to cover the cost of county...

Pate, Gurley to lead board

The Wayne County Board of Commissioners have a new chairman and vice chairman, as commissioners Bill Pate and Joe Gurley were elected to the respective positions Monday morning. Pate had been serving since last December as vice chairman. Joe Daughtery...

Transportation Authority offers later bus route hours for residents

Residents interested in making evening trips to Walmart, Berkeley Mall or Wayne Memorial Hospital will get the chance with later bus route hours planned for the Goldsboro-Wayne Transportation Authority. Three bus routes, including two of the most popular, will...

Three sworn in to serve on board of education

The makeup of the Wayne County Board of Education changed again Monday night, as three members were sworn in and new leadership was elected. Judge Ericka James was on hand to install the recently elected members, all of whom...

Empty Stocking Fund

* Sadie Whitfield, $100, in memory of late parents and niece Marlene Whitfield Hill * William King, $25, in memory of Harvey and Mary McPhail * William King, $25, in memory of Eddie and Martha White King * William King,...

Laid to rest

When diagnosed with a life-threatening illness like cancer, a person must make a choice. They can give up, accept that their life is over and let the illness define them. Or they can fight, unceasingly and without apology, to see...

Some city bus routes to extend hours

Goldsboro residents interested in making evening trips to Walmart, the Berkeley Mall or Wayne Memorial Hospital will get the chance with later bus route hours planned for the Goldsboro-Wayne Transportation Authority. Three bus routes, including two of the most popular,...