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Bryan C. Hanks Kinston Free Press November 14, 2012 The future of education is currently on display at Contentnea-Savannah K8 School. It’s in the form of a shiny new STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — laboratory at the school. The lab, which has been operational for seventh and eighth grade students since the beginning of the school year, was primarily funded by a $350,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. “I like this class better than a regular one because we don’t have to take down notes and the homework is already on our computers when we get…
Bryan C. Hanks Kinston Free Press July 26, 2012 Although hundreds of memberships have already been sold for the new Woodmen of the World Community Center, Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy may have made the most poignant purchase. In front of about 500 people at Thursday’s ribbon-cutting for the new center, Murphy handed his family application to WOW National Director Danny Rice. “I wanted to show the community it’s time to embrace this project,” Murphy said of his gesture, which received a wave of applause. “We need to commit to this, even more so than we already have. Our community has…
Justin Hill Kinston Free Press July 15, 2012 Over the past year, there have been countless tours of the Woodmen Center. What started with Bill Ellis, director of the Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Department, pointing to where the basketball courts or exercise equipment or locker rooms would be located has slowly evolved into tangible locations around the $13 million, 58,000-square-foot complex. With a week to go before the opening, the tours that have been scheduled for this week are perhaps the most important toward ensuring the long term stability of the Woodmen of the World’s first community center. Starting…
Justin Hill Kinston Free Press In the midst of the U.S. Congress’ late summer break, N.C. District 1 representative G.K. Butterfield has spent time in his district this week visiting constituents and presenting grants. On Wednesday, he made stops in Kinston and Snow Hill. “As many of you know, North Carolina has long, deep roots in music, dating back to some of the greats such as (Hamlet-born) John Coltrane,” he said. “It is only fitting that we commemorate the legacy of musicians from this great state with a landmark to the thread of African-American music, weaved into the rich cultural…
David Anderson Staff Writer Kinston Free Press Nearly two years after Spirit AeroSystems opened its doors in Kinston, the first glimmer of what state and local officials call an “aerospace cluster” can be seen in the form of CrateTech Inc. “I think what you’re seeing now is, hopefully, the beginning stages of what could be some pretty significant growth,” company President Ray Fricks said Tuesday. CrateTech Inc. was founded in the Seattle area in 1993 by Fricks and his wife Cherie. The company, which also has offices in Chicago and Wichita, Kan. — where Spirit is headquartered — specializes in…