With three major announcements of new industry in the past two months, Kinston and Lenoir County stand on the edge of an unprecedented - indeed, almost unimaginable - period of growth.

It's what's inside that counts. This axiom is borne out at the Winn-Dixie supermarket in Coral Way Plaza, smack dab in the middle of a heavily Hispanic section of Miami.

I am an accidental entrepreneur. The happy accident arose from a contract to work as intellectual property attorney for a global technology company. I was well prepared in education and experience and downright lucky to be at the right place at the right

Miguel Thames, a managing director of Prudential Fixed Income Management, Newark, was appointed head of its institutional business. He is responsible for consultant relations and for sales and client services.

Planned Parenthood officials cut the opening ribbon on their new clinic while a group of pro-life supporters stood aside and prayed in hushed voices in spiritual protest.