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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Wednesday, May 29, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm Township 7 Fire Department, 1705 Old Cherry Point Highway Voice your concerns with Craven County Commissioner Steve Tyson, New Bern City Alderman Denny Bucher, and Board of Education Member David Hale. Please come out and address your problems or concerns regarding local schools, County Government, and City Government. [...]
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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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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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Internationally known Forensic Anthropologist and Writer Kathy Reichs joined Writer and Producer, Michael Peterson, for a visit to New Bern, NC, to raise awareness for New Bern Cares to Cure Neurofibromatosis (NF)! Since meeting Michael’s parents, Carolyn and Charles Peterson, last year and learning about their granddaughter, Natalie’s struggle with Neurofibromatosis, we’ve been on a [...]
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New Bern Parks & Recreation is hosting its annual Hook a Kid on Golf program. This program is for any child between the ages of 8-14 that would like to learn how to play golf. The purpose of the Hook a Kid on Golf Program is to introduce the sport to youngsters in the community [...]
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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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Tryon Palace to Host ‘Shaping a Culture’ on Thursday, May 16 The Tryon Palace African American Lecture Series continues on Thursday, May 16, with “Shaping a Culture: African American Cooks and the Making of Southern Food.” Conducted in Cullman Performance Hall by Dr. Rebecca Sharpless, this free event is the latest installment of Tryon Palace’s [...]
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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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