All tagged kristy bock
Picture this: You've been excitedly planning your first-ever cruise for months. You've picked out your outfits, researched shore excursions, and made a packing list. But as you gather the necessary documents to prove your citizenship, you make a startling discovery - your legal name is not the one you've been using your entire life.
2022 brought the best out of Magic Mile Media and Neuse News. While there were many highlights, a few moments stand out.
The term loan shark carries a negative connotation. On television, he’s the guy who sends his goons after people who don’t pay what they agreed to pay. In real life, he’s a business that lends money to high-risk recipients. Where there is a need for revenue, there will always be someone, somewhere, ready to lend it. The lender doesn’t loan money out of the goodness of their own heart. It’s a business decision made with profit in mind. The government has decided that all lending institutions must pay for the predatory loan practices of others.
The first interaction I had with law enforcement happened before I reached double digits in age. The sight of a police vehicle became synonymous with losing all that was familiar to me. While the fault was not the cops, they bore the brunt of my ill content. I spent years doing all that I could to never have to be in the same place as a cop.
2022 feels like it’s the year of violence for the small southern city I live in. As the world argues about inflation and gas prices, residents of the city of Kinston are being shot. The profound grief felt by residents of the city is a call unanswered by their leaders. I’m sure the weight of these deaths is heavy on their collective minds as they lead the city in prayer.
Heart racing and blood-pumping excitement, fueled by determination and ambition to get a good story, were how I was introduced to the world of journalism at a young age. My teachers were derived from fictional movies and comics like Louis Lane and April O’Neil, who were the reflection of journalism.
The first Artist Talk of 2022, hosted by smART Kinston, will be at 210 N. Queen Street in Kinston on May 5, 2022 at 6:00 pm. The smART Kinston City Project Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit committed to building Kinston and Lenoir County’s creative economy. Kristy Bock is the featured artist.
If you are hiring at minimum wage, you should expect minimum effort. The problem is that it has become commonplace for those who go above and beyond, often at their own expense, to be seen as the rule and not the exception.
The weaponization of fear has become the new normal, with both sides of a hidden war embracing a deadly virus as their flag. The left, the right, the conservatives, the progressives, QAnon and Antifa all have more in common than dissension.
Earlier this month, and for the third time, a fire ripped through a house in Kinston. A house on Glenwood Avenue didn’t even make the local news. However, this morning, as I sit here in my warm home preparing for Christmas, I can’t help but shed a few tears for the house on Glenwood. For the House of Hope that will no longer be built there.
Neuse News is excited to announce that Correspondent Kristy Bock has taken the position of Assistant Publisher. The new role will be a smooth transition as she has worked well in bringing local news to our readers over the last two years. "Kristy continues to prove her love of our community through her journalistic lens," said BJ Murphy, Publisher of Neuse News.
Sadly for the second year in a row, the Kinston City Council has sought these personal increases, yet this year's discussion is distracting from the fact that they are also raising property taxes. The cost to the taxpayers if approved would be $670,000. Despite the fact the Kinston City Council has already voted on their increases, they could amend the budget tonight, by stripping the salaries and allowances back to the FY20 funding and passing a revised budget.
My youngest son graduates from Kinston High School this week. While this is a momentous occasion in his young life, for me it's the end of a long chapter of mine. Though I have worn many hats over the years, the one that got the most wear was the mother hat. What do all the other parents do when their children transition to adulthood?
Poverty is a state of life that I have been intimately familiar with for the better part of my four decades on this planet. At first glance, Senator Mitt Romney’s Family Security Act sounds like a solution to elevate 5.1 million people out of poverty.
In partnership with NC Office of State budget & Management, Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne will build one new home with a recent disaster-impacted family. Interested parties must currently live or work in Lenoir, Greene, or Jones counties and were impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Florence, Michael, or Dorian with a verifiable FEMA number or verifiable attestation of impact.
