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

August 2, 2019 4 Responses

Life. Changing.

This wasn’t the ending he would have expected — taking his last breath while lying on his back in a helicopter in the skies somewhere between Goldsboro and Raleigh. But nothing about the several years before Arnold Jones was airlifted...

July 24, 2019 No Responses

Meadow Lane absorbs 32, but Edgewood remains open for all but new pre-K

After months of contentious debate, it appears that both Edgewood Community Developmental School and Meadow Lane Elementary will serve pre-K through fourth-graders who, not long ago, thought the latter might be their only choice. Mixed responses — and in 18....

July 19, 2019 No Responses

Fair set for Sept. 26-Oct 5; Official book released

Tears will likely fall when the queen is crowned. A group of rescued dogs will steal hearts and dazzle crowds with high-flying tricks. Mud and metal will fly during the demolition derby. And ribbon after ribbon will be awarded to...

July 15, 2019 No Responses

Lack of response delays Edgewood decision

Only 36 percent of the families of Pre-K through fourth-graders have indicated whether they want their children to attend Meadow Lane Elementary or Edgewood Developmental School this fall, school officials say. Wayne County’s Exceptional Children’s Program...

July 15, 2019 No Responses

Breaking News: Williams will not be censured

A contentious censure hearing that included the removal of two residents by the Goldsboro Police Department — several others were issued multiple warnings — resulted in a 4-3 vote to censure District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams, an outcome that fell...

July 15, 2019 No Responses

Foster asks for dismissal in Williams censure case; his motion fails

Within 10 minutes of the beginning of a censure hearing convened as a result of an investigation into District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams, Councilman Bevan Foster called for its dismissal. His motion, seconded by Williams himself, failed, but Williams&#8217...

July 13, 2019 No Responses

Not just for kicks

It’s Saturday evening and there’s a group of teenagers behind Faith Presbyterian Church. From a hundred yards away, you can hear their voices — and loud music blaring out of speakers. And when you round the corner of the building,...

July 11, 2019 No Responses

Jam session

Hundreds of Wayne County residents converged on Center Street Thursday evening for the latest edition of Center Street Jam. There were children jumping, blowing bubbles, waving paper fans, and cooling off with cups of shaved ice. Jam regulars shagged, did...

July 8, 2019 No Responses

Redistricting options provide glimpse of potential changes

Wayne County residents will have the opportunity to review the latest potential WCPS attendance zone maps for the 2020-2021 school year Tuesday, as work continues on a planned countywide redistricting effort that began in February when the Board of Education.....

July 3, 2019 No Responses

Records request yields Williams investigation exhibits

A records request fulfilled by the city resulted this afternoon in the release of more than a dozen exhibits that detail, in his own words, District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams’ attempt to have Community Relations Director Shycole Simpson-Carter fired ...

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