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New Bern Now is a community website and magazine for New Bern NC and beyond. It was founded in April 2009 to provide a “One Stop, Information Shop” to help people find out what’s happening in our community along with creating a free business listing to help business owners who couldn’t afford to advertise.

Memorial Day 30x30 Virtual Fitness Challenge

Hope For The Warriors to Host Memorial Day 30×30 Virtual Fitness Challenge

April 9, 2021

Virtual Fitness Challenge Aims to Motivate While Remembering Fallen Service Members Participants can now register for the Hope For The Warriors Memorial Day 30X30 Virtual Fitness Challenge. Kicking off May 1 and running through May 30, individuals can participate in the free virtual fitness challenge from anywhere in the world. The challenge is …

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Craven Smart Start

Craven Smart Start to hold Drive-In Screening of “No Small Matter” Film

April 9, 2021

Craven Smart Start, through their Advocacy Committee, will present a free screening of the feature-length documentary, “No Small Matter” at Lawson Creek Park on the evening of April 16th. The gates will open at 7:00 p.m. and the movie will begin promptly at 7:40 p.m., after a brief welcome. “No Small Matter” is …

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Greater Tuna

‘Greater Tuna’ Brings Grand Reopening for New Bern Civic Theatre

April 7, 2021

We have made it through one of the toughest times here at New Bern Civic Theatre (NBCT) and we are thrilled to announce our reopening in May with Greater Tuna, the theatre’s first live production since February 2020. Though we still have many challenges in the coming year, this two-man satirical comedy is …

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Screen shot of the Craven County Board of Commissioners meeting

Craven Schools partisan election bill passes on a party-line vote

April 6, 2021

By Randy Foster / New Bern Now Craven County commissioners voted Republicans against Democrats to seek local legislation that would change how local school board members are elected, from non-partisan to partisan. The legislation also seeks a change that will have school board members elected only by their districts, rather than in a …

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