Got to Be NC Festival

Got to Be NC Festival Welcomes Guests Back May 20 – 22

The Got to Be NC Festival marks its eagerly awaited return to the state fairgrounds in Raleigh May 20 – 22 following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Antique tractors, a barbecue buffet fundraiser on May 21, North Carolina food […]
New Bern Board of Aldermen Meeeting - May 11 2021

Lobbyist Hired by City of New Bern has Ties to Aldermen

Update: After this article was written, Old North Strategies removed the Morehead City Marlins logo from their site.  While reading the minutes from the May 25, 2021 Board of Aldermen (BOA) meeting, I noticed the city entered into a consulting agreement with […]
Victoria and Taij Cotten and children

Garden Lecture Series: Flowers, Farming and Family

Join us for our May 2022 Garden Lecture Series featuring Victoria and Taij Cotten, farmers at Perry-winkle Farm, a cut flower and vegetable farm in Chatham County, North Carolina, on May 14th at 10:30 a.m., Cullman Hall, North Carolina History Center, 529 […]
Dr. Dudley Marchi and cover of his book

Historical Society Presents: The French Lost Colony of Eastern North Carolina

Did you know that there is a significant French heritage in Eastern North Carolina? The first European explorers to this region in the early sixteenth century were French. Local legend has it that there was even a lost colony of French Huguenots […]

Winners of the Carolina Long Bay Wind Energy Areas

The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind sale off the coast of North Carolina in the Carolina Long Bay area. These results are a major milestone towards achieving the Biden-Harris […]
Lawson Creek in New Bern, NC

Weekend Happenings in and around New Bern: May 12 – 15, 2022

Arts & Entertainment It’s ArtWalk Weekend! The Warrior and the Artist Exhibit and ROY G BIV Exhibition at the Bank of the Arts, 317 Middle St. “Emerging Artist” Ben Lindemann at Community Artist Gallery & Studios, 309 Middle St. “Bees and Blooms” Exhibit […]
Craven County Commissioner Mtg - Screenshot from May 2 2022

Craven County Commissioners’ Meeting Agenda — May 16, 2022

Monday, May 16, the next regular session meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Craven County Administration Building, 406 Craven St., New Bern. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVE AGENDA 1. CONSENT AGENDA A. MINUTES OF MAY […]