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

May 18, 2019 No Responses

Silver linings

It’s just before sundown when a cool breeze cuts through the blazing heat that had, for the better part of the afternoon, consumed the hundreds who converged on the Wayne County Fairgrounds Friday evening. And for a moment, the gust...

May 5, 2019 No Responses

Her father’s daughter

For more than a decade, Berris Sweeney left an indelible mark on hundreds of Wayne County families. Now, it’s Miyabi’s turn. A little boy jerks his left arm skyward to protect his head from the swooping hand of his sensei,...

May 1, 2019 No Responses

Seeing red

RALEIGH — It only took a brief moment of reflection for the smile Mark Colebrook had been flashing as he extended handshakes and well-wishes to his fellow educators for the better part of Wednesday morning to leave his face. The...

April 27, 2019 No Responses

Jet noise and childhood joys

The afternoon session didn’t disappoint Saturday at Wings Over Wayne. If we didn’t see you today, we’ll catch you on the flight line tomorrow. Follow us @newoldnorth on Facebook and Instagram for more coverage.

April 27, 2019 No Responses

Always his co-pilot

Dillon Holt runs his finger along the hood of the red, white, and blue 1977 Corvette parked on the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base flight line. He looks back at his stepfather, Andrew, and smiles. “I want to drive,” the...

April 27, 2019 No Responses

ROAR!

High winds prevented the U.S. Army Black Daggers from opening the first day of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base’s two-day Wings Over Wayne Air Show, but the parachute demonstration team’s misfortune gave a victory to the home team, as four...

April 25, 2019 No Responses

Thunderstruck

A little rain didn’t stop hundreds of Wayne County residents from converging on downtown Goldsboro Thursday afternoon to watch the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds arrive ahead of this weekend’s Wings Over Wayne Air Show. For complete coverage of the ev...

April 18, 2019 2 Responses

Another reminder … heroes are everywhere

And we plan on telling every single one of their stories. We were on our respective bluetooth devices — trying to plan dinner as I, in one car, drove back to work, and she, in the other, headed home after...

April 18, 2019 No Responses

Jump. Throw. Dash.

Athletes from Charles B. Aycock, Eastern Wayne, Goldsboro High School, Southern Wayne, and Wayne Country Day competed during a track meet hosted by EWHS Wednesday afternoon. From the long jump: And the throwers: And, of course, the track: The teams...

April 17, 2019 3 Responses

Bigger than baseball

PIKEVILLE — Moments after he steps out of the dugout, Adam Brodgen pauses. He takes a deep breath, adjusts his cap and crouches over a pitcher’s mound he has stood on hundreds of times since his Charles B. Aycock baseball...

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