Last year at this time, I introduced our little corner of the world to The Next Chapter Literary Magazine, featuring local authors and artists and a theme of “Arts in Quarantine”, which I unashamedly stole right off the Internet. The success […]

Happy Birthday: Nicholas Glover, Author of “Davis Speaks: A Brother with Autism” (6/25), Dare Oliver (6/26), and Michael Gleason (6/29) In Memory of: Aaron Mitchell Curd, 35, New Bern (6/18), Tillman Woodard Harris, 81, New Bern (6/18), Clara Bell Credle Jones, 82 […]

Wendy Card, our editor-in-chief, informs me that there’s been a bit of positive feedback regarding my recent articles on New Bern personalities. I’m very glad to hear that and am planning on continuing along these same lines. At present, (full disclosure) I […]

Good morning, New Bern Now Readers! Here’s a snapshot of what’s happening in and around town. Pic of the Day: Maurice “Mo” Howland and Gator at Shop Class, DIY Community Workshop, in New Bern, NC Bear Outlook Via National Weather Service Today: Sunny, […]

Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the work of Samrae Duke in the Director’s Gallery for the month of July. Samrae Duke is a local illustrator who loves nature, fairytales, and all sorts of fantastic creatures and characters of […]

New Study: Half of Parents Think Remote Learning Negatively Impacted Their Child The COVID-19 pandemic created a tumultuous landscape in education for New Bern students and teachers who juggled the everchanging in-person, remote and hybrid learning models. These unexpected barriers led UScellular […]

Excitement builds for award winning festival Swiss Bear, Inc., the Main Street organization for the City of New Bern, is happy to announce that MumFest 2021 will be on Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10th. This year’s festival will return with […]