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1 week ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Construct Inc. President Jon Barbee is not made of steel but was honored for his role as a pillar in the community during Tuesday morning’s Small Business Banquet Barbee was awarded the Wilson Chamber of Commerce Small Business Leader of the Year Award at Barton College, celebrating his nearly 26 years of running the metal fabrication company. “Without the structural […]
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2 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
The Wilson Chamber of Commerce has launched its “March to 250” with the goal of raising $250,000 by March. “We have set this goal in coordination with the country’s 250th anniversary of independence, recognizing that private enterprise, private business that local Chambers should be the voice of,” Chamber President Ryan Simons said. “To commemorate that, we want to put the […]
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3 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Christopher Long
ELM CITY — Town commissioners gave the go-ahead Tuesday night to move forward with the town’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget, which includes a property tax rate of 53 cents per $100 in valuation and pay raises for elected officials. The proposed budget would cut the town’s current property tax rate by 2 cents and decrease next fiscal year’s budget by $72,196 — from $1,056,071 to $983,875.
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3 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Wilson’s Planning and Design Review Board unanimously approved rezoning a historic Wilson landmark last week. Board members voted in favor of rezoning 401 Goldsboro St. E., which houses the Confederate Military Hospital No. 2, from urban residential zoning to neighborhood mixed use zoning in a May 6 meeting. “The neighborhood mixed use zoning was created to allow a pedestrian-scale mixed […]
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3 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Christopher Long
ELM CITY — Town commissioners voted 3-1 on Thursday to lower the town’s tax rate and raise the water and sewer rate for the 2025-26 fiscal year. “We’re going down on the taxes and increasing on the water,” Commissioner Vonica Carr said during Thursday night’s special called meeting held to set the town’s tax rate for the 2025-26 budget year. “In my personal opinion, we’ll be able to afford the water rate with going down on our taxes.
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Downtown nightclub The Station will close its doors May 18 after landlord Bill O’Boyle said the club broke the terms of its lease. “I shut the business down,” said O’Boyle, who owns North State Consulting and North State Cyber Security in downtown Wilson. “There were numerous lease violations and things going on there that were illegal. It was an absolute […]
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Minh Mai and business partner Anthony Vu are opening the doors to a unique dining experience in Wilson on Wednesday. Dae Gee Korean BBQ is an authentic grill-centric restaurant with all-you-can-eat and individual entree options. “This is a franchise based out of Denver,” Mai said. “We offer authentic Korean barbecue, Korean food — comfort food, soups, stuff like that. It’s […]
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Council in favor of $1.75M Fleming Stadium renovation Wilson Tobs President Greg Suire says he wished the team had a seat at the table as Wilson City Council members decide Fleming Stadium’s future. “It would’ve been nice to have one conversation with city leaders about their intentions with Fleming Stadium,” Suire said. “The Tobs have held a lease there via the Coastal Plains League since 1997. We have […]
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Lisa Boykin Batts |Christopher Long
STANTONSBURG — Police Chief Orlando Rosario intends on resigning after nearly 10 years with the municipal police force, according to Town Attorney Slade Rand. “He (Rosario) intends on resigning, I believe, with an effective date of April 30,” Rand said on Thursday. “I’m not 100% certain yet of that date.” Rand said there is no letter of resignation or termination […]
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Chris Long |Christopher Long
Interim City Manager Rodger Lentz will drop the interim tag from his title after the Wilson City Council voted during Thursday morning’s breakfast meeting to give him the permanent job. He will replace former City Manager Grant Goings, who retired at the end of January. Lentz has been with the city since 2007, first as the director of planning and development services, then as the chief planning and development officer and as the assistant city manager before becoming interim city manager.
