Thea Kincaid and I enjoyed meeting our Coastal Women’s Forum “friend and sister”, Karen Monroe during our video “Shout outs” for local businesses and non-profits. Karen Monroe is an “Independent Associate” for LegalSheild and she markets high quality “Legal Service and Identity Theft Plans”. Karen said, “After spending many years in construction office management, I [...]
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By Greg Sager, store manager for U.S. Cellular in New Bern When the skies threaten, people turn to their wireless device for weather updates. An Online Publishers Association report indicates that 47 percent of smartphone owners regularly use it to check the weather. Your mobile phone helps make life simpler and easier. During severe weather, [...]
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Habitat for Humanity of Craven County has made changes to the build schedule. As of June 1st the build site will not be open on Wednesdays. In addition, we will need to limit our Saturday volunteers to 8 – 10 people. If you have a group scheduled, please limit it to 10 volunteers. These changes [...]
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Do you have an Advance Directive? If you don’t have one or don’t know what one is, mark your calendars for May 28thfrom 2pm – 6pm! Please join us for a one on one clinic to assist you with the completion of your Advance Directive. Trained facilitators, notaries, and witnesses will be on hand. There [...]
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17th: Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tryon Palace Kitchen Gardens, 11:00am – 2:00pm at Tryon Palace. For details call 252-639-3500. 17th: Twin Rivers YMCA 2nd Annual Youth Triathlon at 5:30pm. For details call 252-638-8799. 17th: Taste of Fairfield Harbour, 5:30pm, Red Sail Park on Helm Dr. For details call 252-633-5500. 17th: Annual Reverse Drawing [...]
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The Dreamer’s Foundation mission is to give back to animal rescue groups through donations and event profits. Animal group volunteers work extremely hard to take care of forgotten animals. Often, their help includes long hours, no pay, and an unfettered determination. Your donation and sponsorship will help us give back to them in so many [...]
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Swiss Bear Downtown Development Corporation and the New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce are happy to announce the third Sunrise Business Update will be held Thursday, May 30th with featured speaker Willo Kelly, President NC-20 presenting information on recently approved homeowners insurance rate increases and changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. The lead speaker [...]
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Now’s your chance to spread the message about your non-profit or businesses and reach thousands! All you have to do is stop by the Doubletree by Hilton in Downtown New Bern on Thursday, May 16th between 10am – 11am and tell Thea Kincaid of Thea’s Ideas and I about what’s happening. We’ll capture it on [...]
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Fairfield Harbour, a residential boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, has announced that it will host the fourth annual Taste of Fairfield event on Friday, May 17 at 5:30pm at Red Sail Park on Helm Drive. Residents and friends of Fairfield Harbour will prepare dishes to be judged in four [...]
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The Rivertowne Ballroom will hold a Ballroom Tea Dance, in the Historic Stanly Hall Ballroom on May 19th and June 6th from 4pm – 6pm. Tea Dances were popular in the1800′s and featured dances like the Waltz and Foxtrot. Stanly Hall Ballroom built in1874 is a perfect place to enjoy this tradition from the past [...]
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