New Bern’s Current Events

>The “Printing Press” has come a LONG way since its concept dating back to the 1400s or earlier! We’ve moved into the “Digital Age”. Have you ever visited a printing plant? My memories date back to visiting a press in the late […]

  Thinking that I showed up early (6:45pm) for the special “Homecoming of WWII Veterans” from their Honor Flight to Washington, DC, I was shocked to see the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport parking lots were filled and cars lined the nearby streets.

>3rd Annual Lenoir County Neuse River Fall Float, Friday, October 1, 2010Fall Float – $30.00 our boat or yours!!! ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE A RESERVATION– Must supply your own paddles and PFD if using your boat, we will supply if using our boat

>If you OR your loved one is a Veteran or a Surviving Spouse of a Veteran please join us to learn what VA BENEFITS may be available! These benefits are: – Not dependent upon a condition related to military service – Available

>Yesterday’s Jubilee Parade wasn’t “just another parade”. Celebrating New Bern’s 300th Birthday, the parade was not only bigger than any other I’ve attended in New Bern, but it attracted and unified Foreign Dignitaries from Ghana and Switzerland! People from across the United

>Driving Downtown New Bern this morning gave me a snapshot of what’s to come…lot’s of local residents and visitors! Stores were decorated in Red, White, and Blue decorations and it was hard to find a place to park. I got lucky with

>The Elizabeth II replica sailing ship docked at the New Bern Hilton Marina yesterday in preparation of this weekend’s four day 300th Birthday Celebration, September 16-19, 2010. There are 21 events scheduled for New Bern’s massive 300th Birthday Jubilee! Chairman of the

>New Bern residents and visitors filled the New Bern Mall yesterday as they waited to meet the World Renowned Novelist, Philanthropist, and Resident, Nicholas Sparks! The New Bern Mall’s parking lot was packed. Readers lined up from one end of the Mall

>Ordinary men and women became extraordinary heroes when the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II. Servicemen watched comrades die terrible deaths on beaches and in foxholes, were wounded in body and spirit, and bore witness to horrifying inhumanity.