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...
Author: Kenneth Fine
Kenneth Fine is an award-winning journalist who resides in Eastern North Carolina. His early work covering the military saw him travel to New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and Afghanistan in 2009 to cover the Global War on Terror. More recently, he co-authored an investigative series that earned national acclaim and was republished in The Guardian and Saveur Magazine.
Fine has received dozens of honors from the North Carolina Press Association since 2005, but his most prestigious awards include the 2018 Phil D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, a 2018 Society of Environmental Journalists award, a 2018 Society for Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award, and a 2018 Society for Features Journalism award.
You can reach him at kfine@newoldnorth.com
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 be...
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
With Fiscal Accountability Agreement, LGC puts Goldsboro on notice: Fix your finances, or face potential takeover
Should Goldsboro fail to comply with the terms of a Fiscal Accountability Agreement sent to Mayor David Ham, City Manager Tim Salmon and Finance Officer Catherine Gwynn Jan. 7, the Local Government Commission could take control of the city’s finances. ....
State Treasurer: Goldsboro finances ‘might be in disarray’
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has instructed State Auditor Beth Wood to conduct a “thorough audit” of Goldsboro’s books amid concerns that “its finances might be in disarray and therefore vulnerable to mismanagement or misapprop...
County Officials: Register of Deeds misused county funds, violated labor laws
As if a sprawling complaint filed with numerous state and local agencies, including District Attorney Matthew Delbridge, was not enough, Wayne County Register of Deeds Constance Coram allegedly misused county funds and violated labor laws this summer. Despite ...
Eastern Wayne, GHS, Rosewood and Princeton make football playoffs
Four area football teams have made the 2021 NCHSAA Football Playoffs, according to preliminary rankings that were released earlier this afternoon. Here’s what we know: • Rosewood is a 5-seed and has a first-round bye. • Princeton is a 1-seed...
Gaylor appointed to City Council
Goldsboro’s District 5 has a new representative. Wayne Community College Associate Vice President Charles Gaylor IV was appointed to fill the seat, which was vacated by Mayor David Ham, Monday during the City Council’s final meeting of the month. Of...