Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Large shops planned for Berkeley Blvd.
Plans are under way for a large shopping center on Berkeley Boulevard. The development would have 137,764 square feet of floor space and 551 parking spaces. The Goldsboro Planning Department has received site plans for "Goldsboro Commons" to be built...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:02 PM Full Story
County considers housing code for rural areas
Wayne County officials are considering whether to adopt minimum housing standards for the first time in rural areas. Talks are still in the preliminary stages, but if the county does so, it will gain the ability to condemn dilapidated housing...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:01 PM Full Story
Parents to get report cards on schools
Report cards on how the schools are doing were mailed this week to parents across the state, including those in Wayne County. This is the fourth year for the state-generated report card designed to serve as a snapshot of how...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:01 PM Full Story
Fremont board approves radio station tower
FREMONT -- Fremont now has its own radio station. But the station, WFWC-LP, broadcasting on 99.3 FM from the Fremont United Methodist Church, will have an expanded listening audience in a few months for its programs of church services, music...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:01 PM Full Story
Fremont to apply for $620,000 grant
FREMONT -- The Fremont town board agreed to seek a $620,000 grant to remove dilapidated homes on Black Street. The town's share would be $35,000 over three years. David Harris, the town's grant project manager from R.S.M. Harris Associates of...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:00 PM Full Story
Duplin has full EMS staff
KENANSVILLE -- Duplin Emergency Medical Services Director Curtis Brock has hired the rest of the employees needed to provide countywide emergency medical service. The county has 34 paramedics, 17 EMTs at intermediate level and four basic EMTs. "We have our...Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:00 PM Full Story
Secretary of Air Force resigns
Secretary James G. Roche today submitted his resignation as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Roche had advised Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in early October of his intention to complete his service at the end of the first Bush administration....Published: Nov 17, 2004 2:00 PM Full Story
Briefly
Sirens on base Residents and others near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base have been hearing lots of noise. But it's nothing to be alarmed about. The base is conducting training exercises, said 1st Lt. Tana Stevenson with the base's public...Published: Nov 17, 2004 1:59 PM Full Story
Public records
Robbery Goldsboro police Investigator Dale Foster has charged Dwayne Lee Hardy of Goldsboro with robbery with a dangerous weapon. These charges are in reference to a robbery in the 300 block of Brownrigg Street on Nov. 2. Three people were...Published: Nov 17, 2004 1:59 PM Full Story
Teachers get grants for innovation
Lauri Drosendahl's home school has expanded along with her family. She began teaching when her first child turned 4. Rachel is now 14 and has seven siblings, the youngest being a year old. This morning, Mrs. Drosendahl was presented one...Published: Nov 17, 2004 1:59 PM Full Story
Local digest
Hospice to hold open house Home Health and Hospice Care Inc. will hold an open house Thursday in Goldsboro. The event will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 2402 Wayne Memorial Drive. State Sen. John Kerr and...Published: Nov 17, 2004 1:58 PM Full Story