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Learn New Bern’s History — Port City, Tryon Palace, Civil War to Downtown Renaissance

December 29, 2022

Craven Community College’s Lifetime Learning Center is pleased to announce a new series of history lectures. Together with our partners, Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, James City Historical Society, New Bern Historical Society, Swiss Bear, Inc., and Tryon Palace, we will present five history lectures. Our goal […]

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Christmas lights at Union Point Park in New Bern, NC (photo by Elaine Rouse for New Bern Now)

Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 22 thru Christmas Day

December 22, 2022

Around Town If you’re looking for a place to eat on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day, we haven’t had a chance to call everyone. Here’s last year’s list of local restaurants who were open on one or both days including their phone

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Gazebo at Union Point Park (photo by Elaine Rouse for New Bern Now)

Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 16 – 18, 2022

December 16, 2022

Around Town Wreaths Across America honors and remembers our nation’s service members by placing live balsam wreaths on veterans’ headstones. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Dec 17 at 12 p.m. at the New Bern National Cemetery located at 1711 National

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Wheelchair outfitted to traverse Tryon Palace grounds

Robust Wheelchairs for Greater Accessibility on the Palace Grounds

December 13, 2022

Tryon Palace’s Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) committee have secured four new wheelchairs that are rated for up to 325 lbs., are branded with the Palace logo, have security features, and, most importantly, have mountain bike wheels to traverse the site

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AAHC Oral History Library Interview with Rick Fisher

December 12, 2022

On Nov. 30, African American Heritage and Cultural (AAHC) Center President, Carol Bonner Becton, welcomed an intimate audience of friends and supporters to New Bern Civic Theatre’s Studio for a moving and thoughtful interview about New Bern’s St. Joseph’s Catholic School and

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City of New Bern Board of Aldermen Retreat - Nov 3 2022 Screenshot

City of New Bern’s Workforce is Underpaid

December 10, 2022

Note: Article updated on Dec. 11, 2022 Foster Hughes, New Bern’s city manager and Sonya Hayes, the director of human resources told the Board of Aldermen (BOA) that 460 employees are paid 5%, 10% or 15% less than the market value during

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Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 8 – 11, 2022

December 8, 2022

Around Town The New Bern High School Bears will play in the 4A Championship game against the Grimsley Whirlies on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in Chapel Hill, NC. The 23rd Annual Holly & Ivy Homes Tour will take place on

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New Bern Now Navigator - Local Print Newspaper to hit the streets next Friday

Editor’s Corner: The Navigator Newspaper to Hit the Streets Next Friday

December 7, 2022

Oh, what a ride! We published a magazine for ten years but had no idea how different it was to design a broadsheet style newspaper vs. tabloid. Nor did we realize the amount of time it would take to learn how to

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Carpetbaggers, Scalawags & Spies: Clandestine Affairs at New Bern

December 7, 2022

Join the New Bern Historical Society as popular speaker and local historian Eddie Ellis pulls back the curtain to share intriguing stories of behind-the-scenes nefarious activities in Civil War New Bern. You’ll meet all sorts of controversial characters, from the businessmen who

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Festive Candlelight Celebrations — Fife and Drum Corps, Jonkonnu, Dancing and More

December 2, 2022

Held on the Palace grounds from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Candlelight falls on the two evenings of Dec. 10 and 17, this year. For several months now, our seamstresses in the costume shop have been stitching and beading the most beautiful

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Learn New Bern’s History — Port City, Tryon Palace, Civil War to Downtown Renaissance

Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 22 thru Christmas Day

Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 16 – 18, 2022

Robust Wheelchairs for Greater Accessibility on the Palace Grounds

AAHC Oral History Library Interview with Rick Fisher

City of New Bern’s Workforce is Underpaid

Things to Do Around the Greater New Bern Area: Dec. 8 – 11, 2022

Editor’s Corner: The Navigator Newspaper to Hit the Streets Next Friday

Carpetbaggers, Scalawags & Spies: Clandestine Affairs at New Bern

Festive Candlelight Celebrations — Fife and Drum Corps, Jonkonnu, Dancing and More

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