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

March 1, 2021 No Responses

WCPS finds $1.3 million to use toward reducing $5 million deficit

The Wayne County school district remains more than $5 million in debt, but officials say they will pay off $1.3 million of that negative balance this month. Once that payment is made, the district will cut siginificantly into the $2...

February 11, 2021 one Response

Majority of WCPS K-5 teachers want to remain in Plan B

COVID metrics are improving across Wayne County. Local health care providers are under less strain than they were before what officials characterized as an anticipated post-holiday spike in positive virus cases and hospitalizations. Wayne County Public Schools...

February 1, 2021 one Response

School Board votes to send Edgewood students to Greenwood Middle

Students in sixth through eighth grade at Edgewood Community Developmental School will be moving to a wing in Greenwood Middle School over the next two years, with the first group set to change classrooms this fall. The move was first...

February 1, 2021 No Responses

Failure rate skyrockets for WCPS’ third- through eighth-graders

Members of the Wayne County Board of Education were notified Monday that Wayne County Public Schools has seen a significant increase in failing elementary and middle school students so far this year. The report was delivered by Caroline Brown, Title...

January 19, 2021 No Responses

Honeycutt asks for $425K in bonuses for “essential” county employees

Wayne County employees who were deemed “essential employees” and those who handled the sanitation requirements during the COVID-19 crisis this past year could receive a $500 bonus next month. County Manager Craig Honeycutt asked the commissioners to consid...

January 13, 2021 one Response

As COVID cases rise, School Board pauses on K-5 return

Increasing positive COVID tests, strains on the local healthcare system and concerns about logistics and staffing have resulted in another change to Wayne County Public Schools’ plan for K-5 students. The district reversed course and will stay in Plan B...