If you heard and wondered why bells were ringing throughout the community in the late afternoon of Sept. 17, it was part of an annual Constitution Week “Ringing of the Bells” event held by the local Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter, National Society […]

The improv comedy group Walk-In Bathtub returns to the New Bern Civic Theatre (NBCT) stage this Saturday, Oct. 8, to host a MumFest After Party. As MumFest’s downtown street performances start to wind down, NBCT will open its doors for an After […]

Habitat for Humanity of Craven County invites women to get involved during Women Build Week November 1- 5, 2022. More than 18,000 women volunteers unite nationwide to build up their communities with Habitat homeowners. Habitat for Humanity of Craven County is engaging […]

The meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at 6 p.m. in the Craven County Commissioners Meeting Room at the Craven County Administration Building in New Bern. If you want to petition the board, you’ll need to sign up between […]

New Bern Now (NBN) is excited to announce that we will be printing a local newspaper to serve New Bern, NC and surrounding areas. NBN was founded in 2009 and our mission remains the same — to inform our community. We connect […]

The Anonymous Trust trustees have generously awarded the Tryon Palace Foundation with a generous charitable grant of $170,000 for their Palace Scholars program and for a new educational outreach program. Additionally, the Anonymous Trust has approved two challenge grants that have the potential […]

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced its award of $50,000 to the New Bern Preservation Foundation for the Preservation of King Solomon’s Lodge, North Carolina’s oldest African American Masonic Lodge. […]