Speaker urges Barton graduates to ‘swing big’
May 12, 2024
The Barton College Class of 2024 celebrated with blue skies and sunshine at Saturday morning’s 122nd commencement exercises, with families and friends crowding into the grassy area just beyond the school’s Centennial Alumni Bell Tower. The 258 undergraduate and graduate students completed their baccalaureate degree requirements in December and May,...
Athletes shine at Friday’s Special Olympics
By Olivia Neeley
olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 | May 10, 2024
Hunt High School senior Nazire Williams couldn’t stop smiling as he carried the torch and lit the cauldron to signal the start of Wilson’s annual Special Olympics spring games. Nazire was one of more than 100 athletes who competed during Friday’s big event at Fike High School. Cheers erupted from...
Trail project takes huge leap forward
By Scott Bolejack
sbolejack@johnstoniannews.com | 919-424-1776 | May 10, 2024
SMITHFIELD — Plans for a trail in Wilson’s Mills have received a $3.3 million boost. Johnston’s Parks and Open Space Program learned in April that it had received a federal Carbon Reduction Program grant. “Last month, we came before y’all to get permission to put in the grant application,” Parks...
This Selma land is ready for industry
By Scott Bolejack
sbolejack@johnstoniannews.com | 919-424-1776 | May 10, 2024
SELMA — A 53-acre tract in Selma is shovel-ready for industry. The land, near Sysco, is Johnston County’s first Smart Site, meaning it’s certified ready to welcome an industry. “In today’s competitive landscape, the ability to offer shovel-ready sites for development is not just an advantage, it’s almost a necessity,”...
Wegmans acquires naming rights for Flaherty Park ‘fitness court’
By Justin Thompson
jthompson@wakeweekly.com | May 10, 2024
Town officials and local leaders will gather May 13 at Flaherty Park to celebrate the renaming and re-branding of an outdoor fitness center after its naming rights were recently purchased by a much-loved grocery retailer. The town says the Wegmans Outdoor Fitness Court, “allows users to leverage their own body...
May 11 is the last day to vote early in the 2024 Second Primary
From staff reports | May 10, 2024
Eligible Wake County voters have two more days to cast their ballots at any of the three available Early Voting sites. Visit WakeVotesEarly.com for an interactive map to the nearest site, full schedule, details about each site, a current wait time tracker and more. “Early Voting offers voters the flexibility to choose...
Crowds flock to Nashville Blooming Festival
Photos by Corey Friedman
cfriedman@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7813 | May 13, 2024
Like a flowering vine that escapes its planter, the Nashville Blooming Festival is growing beyond the two-day tradition that marks Mother’s Day weekend in Nash County. The street vendors and shows returned to downtown Nashville for the 26th time Friday and Saturday, but the expanded Blooming Festival schedule began Wednesday...
Ladybirds live on, get past Eastern Alamance
By Tom Ham
Special to The Enterprise | May 11, 2024
A base hit, a walk, an error, a base-running mistake or a mental blunder could have been the difference in Friday’s NCHSAA 3-A second-round playoff encounter between undefeated Southern Nash and Eastern Alamance, which won 3-A championships in 2019 and 2022, on the Southern Nash diamond. But Southern Nash avoided...
Stith to speak at women’s day
From staff reports | May 12, 2024
Doris Stith, a native of Tarboro, NC will be guest speaker for Timothy Darling Women’s Day on Sunday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. at 123 W McClanahan St, Oxford, She will share her testimony of surviving a seven bullet shooting as she speaks on “Behold the Door."
Community members join letter carriers, Food Bank to help ‘stamp out hunger’
From staff reports | May 9, 2024
May 11, letter carriers in the area will collect financial contributions and non-perishable food donations to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, along with regular mail pick-up and drop-off. Donations can also be made securely online at FoodBankCENC.org/StampOutHunger. Residents can simply set their non-perishable food donation next to the...