Mount Olive Tribune
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Biden wants high gas prices
As Americans struggle to put gas in the tank, President Joe Biden appears to praise high gas prices as a necessary part of our historic shift from fossil fuels. “Here’s the situation,” Biden said at a Tokyo news conference on May 23, “when it comes to the gas prices, we’re…
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UMO students visit Ecuador
Eight students and six chaperons from the University of Mount Olive honors program recently took an eight-day trip to the central and eastern regions of Ecuador. “This wasn’t just a trip to a gorgeous country with beautiful cultures, but it was also a trip that pulled together different social backgrounds…
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Trash piles up around town
Yard waste continues to pile up around town as officials wait for the trash truck to be repaired. The 20-year-old vehicle has piled up more maintenance hours than work time. Residents have complained and inquired about when their trash will get picked up. “It should be back in operation this…
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Mount Olive’s Jones earns top awards
Mount Olive resident Luke Jones recently received two prestigious awards from Wayne Community College. He was presented the Outstanding Student Curriculum Award for the General Motors-Automotive Service Educational Program (GM-ASEP) and the Work-Based Learning (WBL) Student of the Year Award during the college’s annual recognition ceremony. Jones took some ribbing…
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Sidewalk project a go – finally
A local contractor has won the bid to complete the town’s sidewalk project. Jammie Royall, town manager, said he and Henry Fulghum, owner/operator of Concrete Specialties of Mount Olive, reached an agreement last week. Fulghum will receive $20,000 to complete one block of work from Franklin to Nelson streets. The…
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Clerk’s office receives clean audit report
GOLDSBORO – A recent performance audit of the Office of Wayne County Clerk of Superior Court Robin Radford, by the Office of the State Auditor, found that there were no identified matters that were considered reportable under Government Accounting Standards. According to the audit report, the routine audit was…
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Let’s keep children safe
Ideas. Some days, they flow freely. Other days, they’re jumbled into pieces like a jigsaw puzzle. You try to find the corner pieces and work your way inside. It’s a myriad of confusion, especially this week. Where to start? The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has weighed…
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This week in history: June 2-7
June 2-7, 1971 The Southern Wayne class of 1971 received grants, scholarships and work-study loans that totaled nearly $60,000. Martha Winifred Arthur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Arthur of Goldsboro, won the prestigious Peace College Honor Scholarship and the Tobe-Coburn Scholarship. “Valdez is Coming,” starring Burt Lancaster, was the…
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Farmers market is a necessity
Mount Olive needs a farmer’s market in the downtown area, and in these difficult times it would be a great service to citizens. Efforts are underway by town-elected officials to do just that, and the town-owned lot at the corner of South Center and Pollock streets is the ideal location.…
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Odds & ends
Here’s a welcomed follow-up to my May 13 column, “Orwell tried to warn us”: The Department of Homeland Security’s planned Disinformation Governance Board has been “paused” and Nina Jankowicz, who had dubbed herself “the Mary Poppins of disinformation,” has resigned. As soon as the formation of this board was announced,…
