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No tax rate increase in proposed city budget
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (745+ words) City Manager Rodger Lentz presented his fiscal year 2026-27 before the Wilson City Council Thursday, May 22, with a $287, 632, 000 budget that includes expenditures for infrastructure needs and rate increases for municipal services. "We will hold the tax rate steady," Lentz said. However,…...
Wedgewood's new Champion Bermuda greens draw raves as they u. ..
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1454+ words) According to the description offered by Wedgewood Public Golf Course head golf professional Brady Pinner, last summer's process of renovating the greens at Wedgewood was "the most primitive thing you've ever seen for this day and age of big technology....
City Council yields to activists" divisive agendas
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (396+ words) The Wilson Times City Council yields to activists" divisive agendas A Wilson resident argues the City Council has bowed to activist-driven resolutions that sow division, saying the city"s diversity and existing anti-discrimination laws make such measures unnecessary. I attended…...
Council approves dual Fourth Amendment resolutions
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (778+ words) Wilson City Council members came prepared with statements, speeches and fully formed opinions to the Thursday, May 21, meeting before confirming parallel resolutions affirming different levels of support for constitutional rights. Council members voted unanimously in favor of Johnson's resolution first…...
Our Opinion: Wilson City Council should hear from the public. ..
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (603+ words) Councilman James Johnson seemed to sense something was askew in the order of operations. Before the Wilson City Council voted to adopt a pair of resolutions " one "in support of all communities and the protection of constitutional rights," which passed…...
The words matter: Resolutions dominate public comment
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (505+ words) Alberto Herrera approached the Wilson City Council podium to give his public comment wearing his graduation gown from North Carolina State University and a stole embracing iconography of pride for his Mexican heritage. Herrera told council members Thursday, May 22, that…...
Students "dance the night away" at Sidekix prom
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (385+ words) It was a night to celebrate, dance and have some fun at the Sidekix prom Saturday, May 16. The event, held at The Surge at Farmington Heights, brought together students in grades 8-12 for an evening filled with laughter, dancing, friendship and…...
Flag display honors those who've served
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (407+ words) Each flag waving proudly at Toisnot Park through Friday, May 29, tells a story. As you drive past the hill at the corner of Corbett Avenue and Ward Boulevard, it is hard not to slow down and take it all in....
Opinion: NC legislators must restore Legal Aid funding
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (445+ words) The Wilson Times Opinion: NC legislators must restore Legal Aid funding After NC lawmakers froze IOLTA grants, Legal Aid lost $6. 3 M, closed offices in several communities and says about 8, 000 people went without services; an advocate urges restoring the funding. As…...
Opinion: American media fails to correctly report on Taiwan
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (704+ words) In 1978, I was returning with my family to the U. S. from teaching three years at Hong Kong International School. We were spending a week in Taiwan en route home. As we approached Kaohsiung, a city at the southern tip of Taiwan,…...