March 7-13, 2021 is Severe Weather Preparedness Week in North Carolina. This week the National Weather Service and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety are teaming up to bring this severe weather safety campaign to all of North Carolina’s residents. With warmer weather quickly approaching, now is the time to prepare for the severe…… read more »
Yearly Archives: 2021
Severe Weather Preparedness Week In N.C.
SBA Loans Available In Eastern N.C. Following Disaster Designation
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and private nonprofit organizations in eastern North Carolina due to excessive rain from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Beaufort, Carteret,…… read more »
City Looks At Staggering Council Member Terms
The Goldsboro City Council is looking at staggering the terms for council members. At the Goldsboro City Council retreat in late February, Assistant City Manager Randy Guthrie explained the city’s charter would need to be changed in order to adjust when council members are elected. Guthrie explained there are two ways to change the charter:…… read more »
March Gardening Tips
March weather usually gives us a little taste of spring and gardens began to come alive as we near April. Below are gardening tips for March: Lawn Avoid that urge to fertilize your warm-season lawns. They should be fertilized in the summer when they are actively growing to avoid cold damage from late frosts. Also…… read more »
Volunteers Needed For Statewide Litter Sweep
The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to help clean up trash along roads during the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Litter Sweep from April 10-24. Each April and September, NCDOT asks volunteers to help remove litter from roadsides. Volunteers from local businesses, schools, non-profits, churches, municipalities, law enforcement and community groups play an important role in keeping…… read more »
Boys Soccer: Rosewood Beats Princeton For The Third Time This Season (PHOTO GALLERY)
Rosewood and Princeton met for the third time on the soccer pitch Thursday evening. And while it is always difficult to beat the same team three times in one season, Rosewood jumped out to an early lead and flew over the Bulldogs. The Eagles defeated their arch-rivals 3-0 and won their third game in a…… read more »
Greenwood’s Rahkeem Faison Wins Adidas Indoor Nationals Rising Stars Race
Rahkeem Faison, an eighth-grader at Greenwood Middle School, recently won the Adidas Indoor Nationals Rising Stars 60m finals. Faison, who runs with NC Flight Club, completed the race in 7.17, which was .16 seconds faster than Kobe Mack, who came in second place. “It felt good. I train a lot, and just knowing all that…… read more »
Sylvia Hassell Lee
March 3, 2021, 60, Mount Olive – Sylvia Hassell Lee, 60, a resident of the “Doodletown” community near Mount Olive, passed away suddenly at home in the early morning hours on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Sylvia was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Marjorie Robbins Hassell. While she had been employed in several different…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 5
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SATELLITE INTERNET NC to participate in satellite internet pilot for students RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Public school students in some of North Carolina’s most isolated areas could benefit from a new initiative that offers high-speed internet through low-orbit satellites. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says the pilot program will target young people in Hyde and…… read more »
James Russell Jones
March 2, 2021, 82, Mount Olive – James Russell Jones, 82, Mount Olive resident, passed away Tuesday morning, March 2, 2021, at his home, with his family gathered ’round. Graveside services will be Thursday, March 4, at 1:30 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park, officiated by Dr. Dennis Atwood, followed by the family greeting friends and…… read more »
