Sunday, November 2, 2008
Wayne unemployment drops a bit
Wayne County's unemployment rate fell again in September, this time to 6.3 percent. It was the county's second consecutive drop since the rate reached a 17-year high of 6.9 percent in July. It was 6.7 percent in August. However,...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
City Council will consider annexation zoning shifts
Goldsboro City council members are expected to approve initiation of city zoning requirements Monday night for property along Buck Swamp and Salem Church roads that was officially annexed into city limits Sept. 30. All of the property in the area...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
County moving forward on school facilities
Despite a daily dose of roller coaster economic news, the county is not taking a "wait-and-see" approach to its $22 million school renovation and building project. Rather, it is continuing to lay the groundwork for it. "It is too...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
Remembered ... at last: Duplin honors Vietnam heroes
KENANSVILLE -- Edith Boney wiped her eyes. She had been holding back tears for hours, but when "Taps" started blaring from an 82nd Airborne specialist's trumpet Saturday afternoon, her emotions got the best of her. The solo marked the culmination...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
Veterans Day service at Woods Chapel Church
The public is invited to a special service on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. at Woods Chapel Free Will Baptist Church on New Hope Road to honor the military service of veterans, active duty and reserve personnel, guard troops...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
Regional water plant dedicated near Kinston
KINSTON -- A dedication/check-signing ceremony was held last week near Kinston for the $140 million Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority water plant. The state-of-the-art plant will boast a daily production capacity of 12.5 million gallons of water. The...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
Johnston Veterans Day Parade Saturday in Princeton
PRINCETON -- The Princeton Veterans' Committee will hold the sixth annual Johnston County Veterans' Day Celebration and Parade on Saturday in Princeton. Events begin at 10 a.m. with food, antique tractors and craft vendors, with the parade at 1 p.m....Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story
Attorney Lindsay Warren honored with endowment
Friends of Goldsboro lawyer Lindsay Warren have raised $35,000 to start an endowment in his honor. The former senator and past president of the N.C. Bar Association said it came as a complete surprise to him but that he...Published: Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM Full Story