Sounding the alarm
It is all about the kids. You have said it. We have said it. And Wayne County Public Schools has said it. Heck, it is even in their mission statement. But saying it is one thing. Living it is another....
Category: Commentary
Not voting is no longer an option
Those of you who have been with us since the beginning of our journey — since the day, back 2019, when we published our first story on newoldnorth.com — know that together, we have accomplished a lot. But the truth is, getting...
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...
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...
Wake-up call
Sometimes you just have to say it — out loud, without holding back and without a thought about fallout. So, we are going to say it. If you think that losing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would not have a...
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...
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...
Wanted: Real leaders at critical moments
Sometimes, it takes a leader to point out the elephant in the room. You heard it this week when Wayne County Public Schools’ new superintendent stated the obvious: many WCPS facilities are in extreme disrepair and there might have to...
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...
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?...