Author: Renee Carey

Renee Carey has been an award-winning writer, editor and commentator in community newspaper markets for nearly 25 years. An Ohio native, she began her journalism career in high school, deciding then that storytelling was her calling. She honed her craft at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, earning a degree in journalism from the Honors Tutorial College. Since then, she has spent her career telling people's stories, commenting on politics and life and teaching others how to do the same — an avocation that has introduced her to thousands of people who have inspired her and taught her many lessons about integrity, courage, faith and happiness. Mrs. Carey resides in North Carolina with her husband and two dogs, Rush and Beau. You can reach her at rcarey@newoldnorth.com

October 15, 2023 No Responses

A growing problem

We were about to share our opinion in a very different way. It was hellfire and brimstone with lots of outrage and biting commentary. And we would have been justified in stoking just that sort of bonfire. It was hard...

October 8, 2023 No Responses

Time for new leadership

It is time for a hard truth. And what we are about to say should not be evaluated based on statements like, “He’s a Republican and we need to support him” or “I have known him all my life, and...

September 17, 2023 No Responses

Ds + Fs = Low-Performing District

It would be easy to hurl a scathing bunch of similes and metaphors to describe the shock and horror of the report card Wayne County Public Schools brought home this week. And it would be just as easy to start...

September 17, 2023 No Responses

School report cards are in — and they’re not good

The numbers are in, and they speak — loudly — for themselves. Wayne County Public Schools has been designated a Low-Performing District, according to standards set by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The district’s report card — rel...

September 10, 2023 No Responses

It’s time we heard from Larry Pierce

Confidence and trust. They are essential in any leadership position, but they are critical in a public official. When they are lost, or considerably shaken, that means something. And we think that is exactly what has happened at the Wayne...

August 27, 2023 No Responses

School board takes an epic roadtrip

Want to know what happens when there is no one holding a school board to account and a puppet chairman is being fooled into believing he is in charge while he and a self-important, wanna-be power broker get their egos...

August 20, 2023 No Responses

Time’s up! Without more city police, the criminals win.

Did you hear the one about the Aug. 5 shooting — the one involving two people who are so young, their identities cannot legally be released by law enforcement — that resulted in bullets penetrating Goldsboro Fire Station Engine 5?...

March 16, 2023 one Response

Our next chapter begins

We know we have been quiet for a while. It was done deliberately. We have spent that time thinking a lot about mission, about community and about journalism. We don’t have to tell you that the last item on that...

December 20, 2022 No Responses

Teen brings loaded handgun to Eastern Wayne High

A teenager brought a loaded handgun to Eastern Wayne High School today, according to several teachers with knowledge of the incident and an automated message that was sent to parents moments ago. The school was not locked down at any...

December 6, 2022 No Responses

WCPS superintendent announces retirement

Wayne County Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. David Lewis announced his retirement Monday evening in a letter to members of the district’s leadership team. “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the students, families, staff, and comm...

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