Literacy Connections helps adults' basic reading skills

Andi DeRoin spends a few moments staring at a sign-in sheet. The small organized lines that should create meaning are incomprehensible to her. Should she sign her name? Maybe a birthday? Or perhaps a phone number? She just can't...

Published: Apr 1, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story

EMS pay back on county agenda

The contentious issue of how the county calculates overtime pay for its emergency services employees will be back before the Wayne County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday when the commissioners review an Office of Emergency Services-prepared salary analysis. It has...

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Charles B. Aycock DECA chapter does well at national meetings

Charles B. Aycock's DECA chapter recently attended the 2013 N.C. DECA Career Development Conference and had its best year ever, said adviser Tammy Vail, a marketing teacher at the school. DECA, which stands for Distributive Clubs of America, is...

Published: Apr 1, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story

County elementary schools battle it out over reading lists

The annual Elementary Battle of the Books was held this year at Goldsboro High School, in two parts. Nine teams competed on March 20 and seven on March 26. The long-running event was taken over by Wayne County Public...

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