>”We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day”. ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce We hope you have a prosperous and healthy New Year in 2011! Wendy Card
Continue reading → > New Bern’s 300th Anniversary Committee along with the City of New Bern officials and many local media/non-profits were instrumental in the kick-off celebration to welcome our New Year – 2011! For the crowd who gathered at Union Point Park, you will be in a photograph that will go down in New Bern’s history! It will be [...]
Continue reading → > There’s a NEW Band in New Bern – Mike and the Wavemakers! I had the pleasure meeting Mike Upchurch, the band’s Leader, in his recording studio to learn more about Mike and the Wavemakers. The band plays progressive rock, classic rock, blues, and oldies music. They are currently recording their first original album. Band [...]
Continue reading → >St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church will celebrate “Feast of King Charles the Martyr.” Why him? He protected the Church of England, its traditional Faith and distinctive Book of Common Prayer(1549), and was martyred in its’ defense on January 30th 1649. St. Bartholomew’s is one of the few Anglican Churches which will hold this festival on Sunday, [...]
Continue reading → > Save the Date! Tuesday, January 11, 2010 Congratulations to all who participated and worked so hard on the National Night Out event in August. I’m pleased to report, for the third year in a row, the NATW (National Association of Town Watches) has selected “New Bern as a National Award Winner for its outstanding [...]
Continue reading → > Happy New Year everyone. The Tuscarora Landfill, Grantsboro Transfer Station and Newport Transfer Station will be closed Saturday, January 1st in observance of New Year’s Day. Our facilities are only closed 3 days a year; Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. All facilities will reopen Monday, January 3rd. Submitted by: Bobbi Waters, [...]
Continue reading → > Check out the wide variety of entertainment venues in New Bern on New Year’s Eve: Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar: Half price appetizers and drink specials all day with New Year’s Eve Trivia Contest from 9pm – 2am (252-637-8050). Attitude’s Pub and Grill: Prime Rib dinner seating: 7-9pm and DJ from 9am with a Champaign [...]
Continue reading → > On April 1, 1985 two brave, entrepreneurial young moms opened a consignment store on Trent Road and called it Twice As Nice. This was even before consigning became popular, which was not until the mid 90’s. Rick & Hilary Lang purchased the business in April 2006, which was by then fully established in Berne [...]
Continue reading → >Snap Fitness will be offering a Weight Loss Challenge to members as well as to non-members. The Weight Loss Challenge will provide prizes, 8 weeks of great weight loss tips, free body analysis and personal coaching. So give yourself the gift of health and wellness in 2011. Classes start Monday, January 24, 2011 at 5:30pm. [...]
Continue reading → > Now that Christmas is over and we have a few days before 2011 arrives, have you thought about your plans for New Year’s Eve? Do you have a family tradition? My folks always have shrimp cocktail and watch the “Dick Clark Show”. I’m not sure what they will do this year since “Jenny McCarthy [...]
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