Monday, November 10, 2008
In shape for Christmas
LOOKING A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS ALREADY: Armando Ruiz uses a trimmer to shape up a Christmas tree on the Teri-Jim Tree Farm on Ruskin Road in Dudley last week. With the holidays coming up, tree farmers are hoping a sagging...Published: Nov 10, 2008 2:16 PM Full Story
FFA student earns national honor
Farming is all Rex Price has ever wanted to do. "When I get up and go to school, it's all I think about. I'd rather be out in the dirt," the 17-year-old Spring Creek High School senior said. "You might...Published: Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM Full Story
Local government offices closed for Veterans Day
Wayne County, Goldsboro and Mount Olive government offices will be closed Tuesday in observance of Veterans Day. In Goldsboro, all sanitation services scheduled for Tuesday will be serviced on Wednesday. In Mount Olive, sanitation services normally handled on Tuesday...Published: Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM Full Story
Street project ahead of schedule
MOUNT OLIVE -- Work is ahead of schedule on one long-delayed project here while another continues to experience difficulties getting out of the starting gate. The two projects have been on the town's to-do list for years -- renovations...Published: Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM Full Story
Carver High School Alumni receive surprise $15,000 donation
MOUNT OLIVE -- What Al Southerland found when he opened the envelope caused him to shout -- inside was a check for $15,000 for the Carver High School Alumni and Friends Association's building and scholarship funds. For Southerland, the...Published: Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM Full Story
Duplin leaders address planned meeting
KENANSVILLE -- Duplin County's commissioners might be a step closer to a meeting with the county's Board of Education and deeper discussion of a plan to improve school facilities. But a county commissioner says a community facilities committee's involvement...Published: Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM Full Story