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The Craven County Board of Education to meet on Tuesday. The Craven County Board of Education will hold a work session on July 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. at Central Services, 3600 Trent Road in New Bern, NC. On the agenda Members […]
New Bern Board of Aldermen to tackle thirty topics at tonight’s meeting. The Board of Aldermen will hold will discuss several topics and hold four public hearings during the meeting on Aug. 8, 2025, at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 300 Pollock
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Is an old charter change decision coming back to haunt the Board of Aldermen? New Bern’s mayor could only vote to break a tie until the June 2011 charter change gave him the right to vote on all matters before the Board
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Several topics to be discussed Tuesday during back-to-back meetings at New Bern’s City Hall. The Board of Aldermen will consider several issues on June 10, 2025, including changing the electric rates, closing streets for events, authorizing orders for general obligation bonds, allowing
New Bern Planning and Zoning Board removed from major subdivision approval process which eliminated the requirement for public comment. The New Bern Board of Aldermen authorized text changes to the city’s land use ordinance that removed the Planning and Zoning Board from
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It was standing room only inside New Bern’s City Hall Courtroom during the Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday night. Many residents of Ward Six, some wearing “6” baseball caps, asked the Board of Aldermen to appoint Darlene Brown to the vacant
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Topics on tonight’s Board of Aldermen meeting agenda include changing the land use ordinance, approving the budget, moving forward with a $24 million bond referendum, selling real property and more. The New Bern Board of Aldermen will consider holding public hearings, restricting
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Several local government meetings will be held in New Bern this month. Here’s the upcoming meeting schedule: Craven County Commissioners The Craven County Board of Commissioners will reconvene on May 9 at 8:30 a.m. at the Administration Building at 406 Craven St.
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Board of Aldermen to discuss the budget on April 28. Here’s a recap of the first two meetings of the year. The New Bern Board of Aldermen discussed the vacant alderman seat, elections, infrastructure, parks and recreation, the audit and several other
“No Kings” demonstration draws hundreds. Over 400 people united at a “No Kings” demonstration in opposition to the Trump administration’s policies in downtown New Bern, NC on April 19, 2025. They lined Craven and Pollock Streets in front of New Bern’s City
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