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First-Ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Saturday In Mount Olive

First-Ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Saturday In Mount Olive

(GDN) — Relish in a DILL-lightful day in the Town of Mount Olive.  The inaugural Pickles, Pigs & Swigs is being held in Mount Olive this Saturday, November 20.  Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce President Julie Beck appeared on Jeff Farrow’s Morning Show on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits and says the town wanted to start…read more »

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Finalizes Plans For November 20

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Finalizes Plans For November 20

Pickles. Pigs. Swigs. It all comes together for the first time ever in downtown Mount Olive later this month. Set for Saturday, November 20, Pickles, Pigs & Swigs will benefit the Mount Olive Downtown Development Corporation. Featured, of course, are Mt. Olive Pickles, craft beer from Mount Olive-based R&R Brewing, and a North Carolina Pork…read more »

Tuna Relay Returns To Mount Olive

Tuna Relay Returns To Mount Olive

The Tuna Relay /200 will return to Mount Olive this Friday, October 22. Runners will be on Wayne County roads beginning at 12:30PM on Friday through midnight. The race starts in Garner, NC and runs through eastern North Carolina to finish in Atlantic Beach. Runners will approach Mount Olive from Four Oaks and the Bentonville…read more »

Cycle NC Riders Stop In Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

Cycle NC Riders Stop In Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

Mount Olive and the surrounding area were able to show off for hundreds of bicyclists on Friday.  The Town of Mount Olive’s historic train depot served as rest stop for Cycle NC’s annual Mountains to the Coast ride.  The cyclists left Sparta, NC on October 2nd and concluded their ride in North Topsail Beach on…read more »

Hundreds Of Cycle NC Riders To Visit Mount Olive Oct. 8

Hundreds Of Cycle NC Riders To Visit Mount Olive Oct. 8

Mount Olive will roll out the welcome mat to hundreds of cyclists expected to roll into downtown throughout the day on Friday, October 8. Mount Olive’s Historic Train Depot will serve as a rest stop for Cycle NC’s annual Mountains to the Coast ride, which starts Saturday, October 2 in Sparta and ends over 450…read more »

Local Labor Day Closings

Local Labor Day Closings

The following schedule changes will take place in observance of the Labor Day holiday: Goldsboro City Offices will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021 for Labor Day.  Monday’s solid waste routes in Goldsboro will be collected on Wednesday, September 8. County of Wayne Government Office will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021. Offices will…read more »

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Nov. 20 In Mount Olive

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Nov. 20 In Mount Olive

A new event will show off the best of Mount Olive this fall.  The inaugural Pickles, Pigs & Swigs is scheduled for Saturday, November 20th in Downtown Mount Olive.  Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce President Julie Beck is the chair for Pickles, Pigs & Swigs.  She appeared on Jeff Farrow’s Morning Show on Goldsboro’s…read more »

UMO Students Help Beautify Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

UMO Students Help Beautify Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

On Monday, over 230 first time, first year University of Mount Olive students completed a collective 462 hours of community service throughout the Town of Mount Olive.  The students were dispatched to various areas in the town to paint, stain, mulch, weed, create, cleanup, and landscape.  The students focused their efforts on several areas including…read more »

Workers Make Repairs Along Mount Olive Streets (PHOTOS)

Workers Make Repairs Along Mount Olive Streets (PHOTOS)

Last week, the Mount Olive Public Works and Water Department were busy locating some of the town’s old manhole locations that have been covered up over the years by street paving and maintenance.  This manhole was located at the corner of Breazeale Avenue and Henderson Street. It was under 14 inches of asphalt and will…read more »

New Mount Olive Fall Festival Seeks Cook Teams, Sponsors

New Mount Olive Fall Festival Seeks Cook Teams, Sponsors

Pickles, pork barbecue, and local craft beer, live bluegrass music, antique tractors and the Pickle Train. If all of this sounds like a fun way to spend a Saturday, mark your calendars for Saturday, November 20 in downtown Mount Olive. Organizers are planning the first ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs to benefit the Mount Olive…read more »

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