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

February 28, 2021 No Responses

Drive-by shooting leaves man injured, neighborhood shaken

At just before 2 p.m. Sunday, the sound of gunfire rattled the residents of East Mulberry Street. Moments later, people emerged from their houses and ran to the aid of a man bleeding on the sidewalk near the intersection of...

February 17, 2021 one Response

District 1 petition raises questions

Two days after Goldsboro City Councilwoman Brandi Matthews accused four of her fellow board members of ignoring the will of District 1 by electing Hiawatha Jones to fill a vacant council seat, a public records request revealed details about the...

February 16, 2021 2 Responses

Matthews chides City Council for District 1 decision

Councilwoman Brandi Matthews took aim at four of her fellow City Council members Monday evening after they, in her view, “purposely ignored” the wishes of some two dozen District 1 residents by electing Hiawatha Jones to fill the vacancy created...

February 15, 2021 No Responses

City Council gives District 1 seat to Jones

Members of the Goldsboro City Council filled the board’s vacant District 1 seat Monday evening. Hiawatha Jones, who lost her 2019 bid for the post by 75 votes, will replace Antonio Williams, who resigned from the council late last year...

January 28, 2021 one Response

DGDC: $3 million residential investment nearly a done deal

After spending millions to restore buildings, construct a new Paramount Theatre and open restaurants and boutiques along Center Street, city leaders and residents have long agreed that the next step in the downtown Goldsboro renaissance is to eliminate the bli...

December 21, 2020 one Response

Late audit, vacant seat, mayor pro tem vote highlight final 2020 council session

Goldsboro’s 2019 audit has still not been submitted to the state — and won’t be until at least mid-January. Members of the City Council will take replacing former District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams into its own hands. And David Ham...

December 5, 2020 4 Responses

Goldsboro’s HUD funding in jeopardy

Goldsboro City Manager Tim Salmon told key city staff and members of the City Council Friday that funding from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development will likely be suspended. The move by HUD would be the latest repercussion...

December 2, 2020 3 Responses

City misses audit deadline … again

Despite assuring the Office of the State Treasurer that its long overdue 2018-19 audit would be submitted by November 30, the city of Goldsboro has still not handed over the financial documents to state officials. Officials at City Hall also...

November 16, 2020 No Responses

Goldsboro finance director defends costly 2019 audit mishap

Less than three weeks after they were informed that the city has had its bond rating withdrawn, more than $600,000 in grant funds frozen and is not currently eligible to borrow money, Goldsboro City Council members discussed what triggered those...

November 6, 2020 one Response

State Housing Finance Agency freezes funds for Goldsboro

The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency notified City Manager Tim Salmon in September that it was freezing funds that would typically find their way into Goldsboro coffers. In a Sept. 17 letter obtained by the New Old North, Michael Handley,...

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