Congratulations to the following La Grange Elementary School students:
Congratulations to the following La Grange Elementary School students:
A stretch of U.S. 258 in Lenoir County will be closed next week for a drainage project.
John David Taylor, Jr., 75, of Kinston, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at UNC Lenoir Health Care. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2022 at Maplewood Cemetery in Kinston.
Greene County Middle School (GCMS) has been named the recipient of a North Carolina Community Foundation Grant. The grant in the amount of $1200 was awarded to the school to help develop and fund their Community and Engagement Activities and Goals.
Greene County Public Works Department will repair a water line on Bullhead Rd. near the Pope Farm Rd. intersection on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Residents living in this area may experience water interruptions during this time. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Two hundred school districts and charter schools across North Carolina will benefit from more than $74.1 million in school safety grants announced today by the Department of Public Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools. Greene County Schools will receive $630,660.00, Jones County Schools will receive $499,134.00, and Lenoir County Public Schools will receive $282,600.00.
Following a contentious meeting in October that resulted in Mayor Mike Hill resigning, along with the clerk and the assistant clerk of Pink Hill, a meeting was held on Tuesday night to select a mayor to finish out the term Hill was serving.
Stuart Craig Smith, 53, of Deep Run, NC, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro, NC. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2022 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Howard-Carter Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at Jessie Howard Cemetery, Deep Run, NC with Pastor Joe Ard officiating.
A 24,975 square feet industrial building is for sale in Jones County. At 181 Industrial Park Drive, this building is 4,975 square feet of heated and cooled office areas, and 20,000 square feet of production area, also heated and cooled. The building has over five acres of land available for expansion in the industrial park.
On Saturday, the Kinston Police Department hosted community training sessions funded by the U.S. Department of Justice grant. The workshop is through a partnership with Polis technology and the You & Five-O training firm and part of the T3 – Tact, Tactics, and Trust™ training. The purpose of the training is to offer this innovative community trust building training to our citizens, so we can continue to build our strong connections within our community.
November 11 became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938 as Armistice Day. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice was declared between the Allied nations & Germany in World War 1. The next year, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration to honor the World War 1 soldiers in the United States.
Snow Hill Primary gives out a weekly award called "Terrific Kid" awards. Each teacher at SHP chooses a student who has been responsible, shows great character, or has reached a personal goal. On Fridays, these students are presented with an award and are congratulated for their hard work. Below are Snow Hill Primary's last Terrific Kids!
Our office is looking to hire a service plumber for residential and light commercial. Hours are 8-5pm Monday through Friday.
Alien Fizz is a small, family-owned shop bringing smiles and old-fashioned service with their out-of-this-world craft sodas, sweets, and novelties. The shop is owned and operated by Harry and Sarah Mahler, who originally operated a soda store called Soda Depot in Pennsylvania.
The citizens of Pink Hill will be voting on a Mixed Beverage Referendum to decide whether or not to permit the sale of mixed beverages in hotels, restaurants, private clubs, community theatres, and convention centers and the ‘on-premises’ and ‘off-premises’ sale of malt beverages and unfortified wine in qualified establishments. This referendum can only be voted on by registered voters of Pink Hill on Election Day, November 8, 2022.
Voters that use early voting, or by-mail ballot, will have the opportunity to go to their precinct on Election Day, November 8th, to receive the ballot that contains the Mixed Beverage vote.
Having lived a long and fruitful life, George Allen Byrd, Jr. passed away on October 28, 2022, at the age of 103. A service of love and remembrance will be held by the graveside at Pinelawn Memorial Park on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 3 p.m., with Pastor Doug Stokes officiating and the rendering of military honors.
Jack Copeland Schwartz, 51, died October 13, 2022, after suffering a heart attack at his home in New Bern, NC. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov. 12th at Centenary United Methodist Church at 309 New Bern St., New Bern, NC. Visitation will follow the service.