Art by Jerry Scott

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Do-It-Yourself

During the recent pandemic when most of us were hunkered down and trying to survive another day, staying at home was mandatory in many instances. So it was that I had to find something to keep busy or go stir crazy. Being […]
Sound River Swim Guide Report for June 11, 2021

Sound Rivers Swim Guide Report – June 11, 2021

The NEUSE sites of Oak Bluff Rd, Havelock Boat Ramp, Rice Creek, Cowpen Landing, Midyette St, Pierce Creek, Buffaloe Rd, Milburnie, Anderson Pt, Clayton River Walk, and Smithfield Town Commons and TAR-PAMLICO sites of Havens Garden, Masons Landing, Yankee Hall, Port Terminal, […]
North Carolina Symphony

North Carolina Symphony Returns to New Bern with Free Outdoor Concert

  Live music has returned in North Carolina—and this month the North Carolina Symphony is thrilled once again to perform free concerts in Chapel Hill and New Bern through the annual Concerts in Your Community series.  The orchestra performs on Tryon Palace’s […]
Buff City Soap of New Bern

Buff City Soap brings Plant-Based Products to North Carolina

Customizable, natural soap brand to open first location in New Bern Buff City Soap, a Southern-based lifestyle brand changing the way people buy their everyday soap by providing plant-based alternatives, will open its first soap ‘makery’ in North Carolina on June 17. […]
Lawson Creek Bridge

Between the Bridges – June 10, 2021

Happy Birthday: Breanna Gray (6/11), Angelina Doyle (6/12), Janis Stanley Mayo (6/12), Laura Snider (6/15), and Chris Segal (6/16) Congratulations: The Gladden Family is happy to share, Luke Gregory Gladden, of the Brice’s Creek area of New Bern, graduated with honors from […]
Hageman Nursing Scholars

CarolinaEast Foundation Awards 13 Nursing Scholarships to Area Students

The CarolinaEast Foundation recently awarded $46,500 in nursing scholarships to local students. These scholarships are made possible through the Foundation’s Joseph Hageman Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund, as well as a newly created fund, the Robert and Beatrice Honnet Nursing Scholarship Fund. In […]
Flag Day Ceremony

Flag Day Ceremony – Saturday, June 12

This Saturday, June 12, 2021, a Flag Day Ceremony will be held in New Bern presented by the Elks Lodge #764. Come learn or relearn the history of our flags from the Revolution to the present day. You will see the actual […]