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Do you have any idea how much of the Lenoir County budget our commissioners actually control? At most, only 22 percent of the county budget is spent at the discretion of the commissioners. Seventy-eight percent of the budget is allocated to meet mandates.
The second Friday in September has become fixed … sort of … as the date for “Wings Over the Neuse.” “Wings” is the single largest fund-raiser each year for the CSS Neuse Foundation, caretaker of the full-size replica of the CSS Ram Neuse.
Neuse News columnist Mike Parker investigates why a quarter of North Carolina’s counties have not been represented in the U.S. House for months.
With a new school year beginning to day for a lot of kids, columnist Mike Parker would like to address an important group — the parents.
On Saturday, July 13, I was working as a docent on the CSS Neuse II. In times past, tour guides, aka docents, took people through the replica and told about the history and life of sailors in the 1860’s. As foot traffic has picked up through the years, the Neuse Foundation installed signs that give information guides shared on the tours.
On Tuesday, July 9, my wife and I attended “North Carolina and Gettysburg,” one of the presentations during the first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library. The focus is “Rediscovering the Civil War.”
Neuse News columnist Mike Parker challenges readers to take the same test 23 people passed to become new citizens on Independence Day.
As the Fourth of July comes later this week, we should use this opportunity to follow the advice of the North Carolina Constitution as we reflect on one of this nation’s most important founding documents, The Declaration of Independence.
Neuse News editor Bryan Hanks takes a look back at the first year of Neuse News.
Just like you, Neuse News columnist Mike Parker is sick of spam and ‘spoof’ calls.
Sometimes, things just work out right. When the Kinston Amateur Radio Society (KARS) sought its license to broadcast from the CSS Neuse II on Saturday, June 1, during “Museum Ships on the Air” weekend, one of the available call combinations was KN4RAM.
This year’s main event will be held from 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday at the Kinston Community Center.
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is hosting an adult summer reading program.
