LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Greenlight expansion is good for Wilson County
April 20, 2021I was very excited to hear that the city of Wilson received an Economic Development Administration g...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
YMCA gives Wilson a do-over on missed opportunity
April 18, 2021I was delighted and excited to see your support through the printed word and the cartoon of the two ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
UNC’s Hubert Davis shares his Christian faith
April 18, 2021I am a three-time N.C. State graduate and am not a Carolina fan. However, I have always admired the ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
School crossing guard brightens day
April 18, 2021My drive to work each morning is brightened by the crossing guard at New Hope Elementary School! She...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Playing politics with city facilities?
April 16, 2021Can The Wilson Times find out and report how much Congressman Butterfield paid or reimbursed the cit...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Corporations, wealthy should pay their share
April 16, 2021Here the Republicans go again. The Biden infrastructure plan’s tax increases on the wealthiest Ameri...
Our Opinion: Greenlight growth a win for Wilson and nearby towns
THUMBS UP to the city of Wilson’s plans to extend Greenlight Community Broadband service to four nea...
Our Opinion: 'Impersonation' ban will punish protected speech
Before they vote to make online impersonation a crime, state senators should chew the fat with Jim A...
Our Opinion: Indoor pools will make a splash in downtown Wilson
THUMBS UP to the Wilson Family YMCA’s plans to include two indoor pools in its new downtown home, wh...
Our Opinion: Regulators wage a losing battle with drone pilots
Wilson city employees used drones to pinpoint stormwater system blockages. The Wilson Economic Devel...
Our Opinion: Federal benefits shouldn't delay return to work
THUMBS DOWN to staffing shortages at many Wilson restaurants that managers attribute in part to enha...
Our Opinion: Supporters bring home the bacon for 4-H showmen
Wilson County always comes through for its 4-H’ers. This year, generous supporters made up for lost ...
Our Opinion: Trash Bashers' first cleanup a Wilson success
THUMBS UP to the Wilson Trash Bashers, whose members and volunteers collected 31 bags of litter duri...
Read all about 'the other woman'
Forgive me, gentle reader, but I am about to take a moment of personal privilege. I’ve been married ...
Cold front brings chance of late-April frost
The most pleasant weather of the week in the Wilson Times area is forecast for Tuesday, but an activ...
Streamline your pancake breakfast
I love making weekend breakfast special at my house. Sometimes it’s as simple as buying our favorit...
Art paints new perspective of Wilson
After more than three years of dreaming big, artist Elizabeth Laul Healey opened her downtown Wilson...
Too many workers are sidelined
RALEIGH — The latest federal job report is out — and it shows North Carolina’s employment recovery s...
Roy and Phil’s ‘Excellent’ school adventure
Bipartisanship, like pollen, has been in the air in Raleigh lately. Both will be gone soon. Democrat...
Remembering Wilber's real barbecue, real hospitality
What really makes for a good barbecue restaurant? Barbecue expert John Shelton Reed and I have diffe...
Seasonable temps, minimal rain chances
Weather conditions in the Wilson Times area should be relatively benign Saturday through Tuesday, wi...
A comeback for campus kangaroo courts?
Whether or not Mukund Vengalattore dated a graduate student under his supervision, Cornell Universit...
Expand Medicaid to create 260 Wilson jobs
Last week, we recognized Black Maternal Health Week. Black women are three to four times more likely...
Wilson Community College launches apprenticeship programs
Did you know that you can work full-time (with an excellent starting salary and full benefits!) and ...
COREY FRIEDMAN COLUMNS
Supreme Court case pits schools against parents
Battle lines are being redrawn in a First Amendment case on the Supreme Court’s docket. What started...
Private flag, sign rules stifle speech
Mark Silverstein is seizing his chance to wedge a foot in the door for free speech. After suing a su...
Add student press freedom to the syllabus
In Indiana, student journalists say Plainfield High School prevented them from reporting a classmate...
Trigger-happy gun ban will backfire
A sweeping gun control bill stoking red-state resistance may prove more of a blessing than a curse f...
Fight conspiracies with amnesty, not blame
No one remembers the Affordable Care Act as H.R. 3590 or the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as H.R. 1. When C...
Black smokers don't need white saviors
When it comes to deceptive marketing, Big Tobacco is no match for big government. A coalition of 23 ...
Free broadcasters from political pressure
Voice of America can’t have it both ways. The broadcaster insists it’s not a government propaganda a...
Cawthorn cries freedom, then plays censor
His name may be a nod to the Founding Father and fourth president, but Rep. Madison Cawthorn is no J...
A solution for budget-busting hospital bills
If you’re scheduling a surgery or screening this year, break out the calculator along with your cale...
Tide turning against bias response teams
When an off-color joke or clumsy come-on is reported, the speech police swoop into action, threateni...
RATHER BE COOKING
Pretty cake has surprise inside
Who else loves a good cake mix recipe? I have an especially good one to share. Recently, my husband ...
Warm up the family with delicious vegetable soup
I thought our snowy day last month was the perfect time to try a co-worker’s vegetable beef soup rec...
Actress shares her journey to healthy eating
I enjoyed watching the sitcom “Sister, Sister” with my daughter when she was a little girl. I’ve alw...
Quick bread packed with goodness
When Christmastime rolls around, I start making lists of goodies I want to make. Alas, the list gets...
Baked French toast a morning treat
We had a special breakfast at my house recently, overnight French toast filled with fruit and pecans...
2020: A year of new favorite recipes
I love my annual tradition of sharing the year’s favorite recipes from my food column. Last week, I...
Marble cake worth the effort
Do you like to challenge yourself in the kitchen? Sometimes I do. Other times, I take the easier path. Last week, I flipped through the pages of “Martha Stewart’s Cake Perfection” and tried …
Peaches make coffee cake special
I know it’s basically the end of peach season, but I was lucky to find a few nice peaches at the grocery store Saturday to use in a cake recipe I had seen from the blog A Farmgirl’s Dabbles. I …
So many ways to use those summer tomatoes
My husband and I planted lots of tomatoes this year: cherry, Roma and big old slicing tomatoes. We grew some of the Cherokee Purple variety from seed and others from plants we purchased at a local …
Sweet potato muffins will remind you of fall
It’s amazing how a muffin can give you all the feelings of fall. I could smell the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves as my sweet potato muffins baked last week, and later I could taste the flavors I …
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