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

June 21, 2021 No Responses

Council accepts Allen’s resignation

The Goldsboro City Council officially accepted Mayor Chuck Allen’s resignation, declared his seat vacant and set a course for replacing him during its work session Monday evening. But the vote did not come without incident. Councilwoman Brandi Matthews objected to...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

City Council passes budget, property tax increase

Despite opposition from two members of the board, the Goldsboro City Council passed a $68.4 million spending plan during a special called meeting Friday evening. Councilwoman Brandi Matthews and Councilwoman Hiawatha Jones voted against the measure. Noteworthy...

June 15, 2021 No Responses

Mayor Chuck Allen, citing health decline, resigns

Less than two weeks after his last public appearance, Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen submitted his letter of resignation Tuesday morning — citing declining health, as he continues to battle brain cancer. “The time has come,” the letter reads, adding...

June 10, 2021 No Responses

Council members battle over tax, water hikes

Should members of the Goldsboro City Council fail to pass a proposed 3-cent property tax increase and a 15-percent water rate hike, the city would find itself in a dire situation, Finance Director Catherine Gwynn told the board during its...

June 4, 2021 No Responses

Allen immortalized

Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen was honored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Friday morning during a ceremony inside the Wayne County Courthouse, where “Chuck Allen Highway” — a strip of the U.S. 70 Bypass, between North Berkeley Bo...

June 2, 2021 No Responses

Tax increase, utility rate hike included in proposed Goldsboro budget

When members of the Goldsboro City Council meet Monday to discuss the recommended 2021-22 budget, they will have to decide whether or not to approve a tax hike. The complete spending plan, which includes a 3-cent tax increase, can be...

May 10, 2021 No Responses

Chronicles of a comeback

Thousands have been distributed across Wayne County and copies are still available everywhere from Goldsboro City Hall and the downtown businesses that surround it to the public library, local schools, restaurants and bars. But for those of you who have...

April 22, 2021 one Response