Grounded and Baked, a bakery and gift shop will open in August at 106 W Railroad St. in LaGrange. The bakery will include items such as cakes, pies, muffins, bread, cupcakes, cake jars, and scones. There will also be a coffee station in the shop as well. The gift shop will include outdoor decorations such as flags, bows, windmills, and pillow covers. The shop will also carry plants.
Congratulations to the following Woodington Middle School students:
John Lee Stucker, Jr., 66, of Kinston, NC, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at Howard-Carter Funeral Home with visitation following.
The confidence in a severe weather threat for eastern North Carolina has increased.
The following land transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
June is National Cancer Survivor Month. According to the CDC, over eighteen million cancer survivors live in the United States. This includes over 165,000 men, women and children living in North Carolina. A cancer survivor is someone diagnosed with any type of cancer who is still living.
Congratulations to the following Northeast Elementary School students:
Congratulations to the following Northwest Elementary School students:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development North Carolina State Director Reginald Speight today announced the availability of grants to help rural and Tribal communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disaster Hurricane Ian in calendar year 2022.
I spent the second semester of this past school year teaching English online for a Christian academy. My ninth and tenth graders were a mix of students enrolled in the virtual academy and students who attended other Christian schools that lacked sufficient numbers of high school students to justify the expense of hiring a teacher for each subject area.
Congratulations to the following Southeast Elementary School students:
Summer Reading is off to an incredible start! Locations across Neuse Regional Libraries are seeing record-breaking participation this year; after two weeks of registration we have 541 participants across all Neuse Regional Libraries locations.
Ronald (Ron) Charles Anderson, 80, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa passed away Friday, June 23, 2023 at Mercy Medical Center surrounded by his family. The family will receive friends at Teahan Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 28th at 10 a.m., followed by the memorial service at 11 a.m. A private burial will take place at Hala Cemetery in Amana, Iowa at a later time.
Congratulations to the following Moss Hill Elementary School students:
Congratulations to the following Early College High School students:
Join Rose Hernandez, Greene County Public Library Branch Manager at Neuse Regional Library System, on Tuesday, June 27, from noon to one for a Lunch and Learn event in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association.
Separate sealed bids will be received at the Lenoir County Public Schools Board of Education Building, ATTN: Mr. Nicholas Harvey II, located at 2017 W. Vernon Avenue Kinston, NC 28504 until 2:00 pm, on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Conference Room.
Fresh or frozen, blueberries are a favorite spring and summer snack; they also pack a lot of nutritional punch into one little bite. Blueberries are low in calories, but high in fiber, vitamin C and vitamin K. Blueberries are 85% water, provide 14% of your daily fiber, a boost of heart-helping antioxidants and are only 80-84 calories.
