Earth Day Ceremony at Union Point Park – April 15, 2013 at 11am Less Means More, Craven County’s Water Conservation initiative is sponsoring 2013 Earth Day education activities for 5th grade students on April 10, 11, and 12. All activities take place at the New Bern Farmer’s Market, with the morning sessions from 9:00 am [...]
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Photo: “Courtesy of St. Paul Catholic School” St. Paul Catholic School’s Walkathon, October 19th from 9:00 – 11:00am. Please sponsor a student by laps walked (6 laps = 1 mile) or by a set donation. Walkathon Sponsorships are available at three levels: Bronze = $100, silver = $250 and gold = $500. A sponsorship guarantees your business name on the Walkathon banner [...]
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Mike Lentz Shows How To Shuck a Raw Oyster In this video, Mike Lentz shows us how to open up a raw oyster. Safety first. To make sure that the oyster alive, the shell will be sealed shut. If it is open at all, then don’t eat it. Clean it. Try to clean the [...]
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We are offering a talk on turtles that will focus on the Eastern Spotted Turtle on Wednesday June 27th from 4pm-5pm at the Cool Springs “Red House”. Chris O’Bryan is a Masters candidate at Clemson University and currently engaged in a study on Spotted Turtles with Weyerhaeuser. He will be discussing basic turtle biology, species [...]
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Artwalk New Bern, July 13 from 5pm to 8pm, Oil painting by Sally Sutton ARTWALK: stroll downtown New Bern on July 13th Art venues along with participating restaurants and shops open up in downtown New Bern on Friday, July 13th from 5pm to 8pm. On the walking art tour for creative enthusiasts, artists will be [...]
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8th: Artwalk Downtown New Bern. For more information call 252-638-2577. 8th: An Alphabetical Tribute – Connie Minneci’s Women Artists during ArtWalk at New Bern ArtWorks & Company, Gallery and Studio. For details, call 252-634-9002. 8th: Movie at the Park “Despicable Me”, 7:00pm at Union Point Park presented by Two Rivers Church. 8th: Ed Terry in [...]
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Listen to “Radio Laura” Johnson’s audio (aired on Radio Free ENC’s WNOS 105.9FM and 1450AM) about the upcoming events at Cool Springs: Weyerhaeuser’s Cool Springs Environmental Education Center, Askin, NC is now offering Life Long Learning Classes! On June 9th, there will be a Pine Needle Basket Weaving class taught by a local expert. The [...]
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Craven County Schools and Coastal Community Action, Inc. will be holding a registration for four year olds for the NC Pre-Kindergarten Program (previously called More at Four Pre-K) and Head Start Program for the 2012-2013 school year in Havelock on June 12, 2012, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m. at Graham Barden Elementary. Parents should bring their [...]
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Laura Johnson and I met with Candidate Tanya Roberts who’s running for the Craven County Board of Education, District 5. We wanted to find out why she decided to run and why people should vote for her. Listen to the interview here: The District 5 Seat is the only seat up for election in the [...]
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Today was my first trip to the Twin Rivers YMCA and I was very impressed! Board Member, Volunteer, and Owner of the UPS Store Pat Drake, told me about the special Water Safety Program and I had to see for myself. Every year, the YMCA provides free water safety training to 3rd and 4th [...]
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