May: – 31st: Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tryon Palace Kitchen Gardens, 11:00am – 2:00pm at Tryon Palace. For details call 252-639-3500. – 31st: Voci Allegre Vocal Ensemble Brings New Bern History to Life, 6:00pm, Cullman Hall, North Carolina History Center. For details call 252-638-2577 or 252-639-3500. June: – 1st – 30th: Tryon Civitan [...]
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Ghosts of New Bern’s extremely popular walking “ghost” tours of the downtown Historic District announces its summer schedule for the months of June, July, and August. Tours are offered at 7:30pm and 8:30pm (Wednesday through Sunday) starting at 235 Craven St. just next door to Morgan’s Tavern & Grill. Tours are $12 for adults and [...]
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When we heard about Soo’s Chocolate and Bakery, we wanted to learn more! It was a pleasure meeting Sophia Edgett, owner and baker of Soo’s Chocolate and Bakery. Sophia brought a goody bag with all kinds of sweet treats made of chocolate so we could enjoy them first hand. Instead of keeping the savory treats, [...]
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June 2, 2013 at 2pm Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center, 2000 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., New Bern Tickets: $7.50 in advance and $10 at the door. You can purchase tickets online: http://newbernballet.ticketleap.com/nbbco-present-sleeping-beauty/ or from one of the cast members. For more information, please visit the New Bern Ballet Company’s website. Submitted by: [...]
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Thea Kincaid and I really enjoyed talking with our friend, Stephanie Duncan, the Executive Director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce. Thea and I believe Stephanie has been responsible for rejuvenating the Havelock Chamber when she took over in 2008. Although she has the title of Executive Director, Stephanie considers herself more of a “doer”. [...]
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Find out more about New Bern Now and our team by listening to this audio being aired on Radio Free ENC’s WNOS 105.9FM and 1450AM: We are already working on the July – September 2013 Quarterly Publication of the New Bern Now Ledger. Please send us information about your organization or community group by June [...]
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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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