An attorney for the Southern Wayne High School science teacher who was suspended with pay following an incident that unfolded on the Dudley campus Feb. 16 has released additional details about what Anthony Williams says transpired that evening. The Wayne…
Southern Wayne students stage walkout to protest teacher’s suspension
More than 150 Southern Wayne High School students staged a walkout Thursday in support of a teacher suspended after an incident at a Feb. 16 Southern Wayne basketball game. SWHS science teacher Anthony Williams was charged with having a weapon…
Preliminary boys basketball brackets released; Aycock, GHS, EWHS and Rosewood are in
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released preliminary brackets for the boy’s state basketball playoffs Saturday afternoon and three Wayne County teams made the cut. Charles B. Aycock, Goldsboro High School and Eastern Wayne will all begin their respective…
Dressed in camouflage, Aycock students honor lives lost in East Carteret plane crash
A week ago, they were strangers — the students who attend Wayne County’s largest public high school and the roughly 600 teenagers walking the halls of a facility that serves 13 “Down East” communities in Carteret County. In Pikeville, they…
McClary comes home, named new GHS football coach
A younger Ronnie McClary was wearing the blue and gold the last time the Goldsboro High School football team made it to the Regional Finals. It was 2003, and the Cougars found themselves a game away from a shot at…
Aycock slams West Johnston
Kam Prince took flight for the Charles B. Aycock Golden Falcons in a 68-43 blowout over conference foe West Johnston. For more photos, follow New Old North on Facebook and Instagram @newoldnorth
Enough is enough. ROD Constance Coram needs to go.
There’s a time to tell it like it is. And when it comes to the county’s ongoing debacle with the Register of Deeds office, it is long past time. So it was somewhat disturbing — but not at all surprising…
School Board eyes pay raises for classified employees, but district still won’t release expensive attorney’s bills — even to a board member
If you watched the live stream of the special called Wayne County Board of Education meeting Wednesday, you know that the board’s top budget priority — other than keeping the district’s budget balanced — is coming up with a way…
Daniels stepping down as Chamber president
After nearly a decade leading the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Kate Daniels is stepping down — telling the New Old North that she felt the Chamber was postured well for a change in leadership. “We have paid off debt,…
Thanks, Kate. For everything.
We held off on writing this until all hope was lost. In the back of our minds, we thought maybe she would have a change of heart and rescind her resignation. Well, perhaps it was less of a thought and…