Craven County, NC – International Paper has generously provided the Twin Rivers YMCA with a grant of $5,000 to support its Summer Day Camp in Vanceboro. The camp, held at Vanceboro Farm Life elementary School, provides a safe space for youth in […]

Partners In Education was awarded $2,000 from Twin Rivers Artists Association to be used for grant money for art teachers in Craven County Schools.  The grants of $250 each were awarded to eight art teachers based on their imaginative and creative art programs for […]

Funds Raised by In-Store Paper Icon Program in the Aftermath of Hurricane Florence Dunkin’ announced that it raised $25,000 locally through their annual in-store paper icon program in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence that was donated to the Food Bank of Central […]

Jim Scott, a performer and song writer who Pete Seeger called a musical “magician”, will perform a concert at the New Bern Unitarian Fellowship on Saturday, January 4 at 7 p.m. Jim Scott compiled the “Earth and Spirit Songbook”, 110 songs of […]

Maritime Movie: Lincoln’s Secret Weapon In March 1862, opposing ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, battle to a draw but change naval combat forever. Monitor would eventually sink off the coast of Cape Hatteras during a storm and become the nation’s first […]

Here’s a list of Restaurants that will be open in the greater New Bern area on Christmas Eve (CE) and/or Christmas Day (CD). Please note the abbreviations next to their names as to what days they will be open. Also, some restaurants […]

Tryon Palace is pleased to announce the grand re-opening of the Pepsi Portal to History, Wednesday, December 18, at 9 a.m. in the North Carolina History Center. Senator Norman W. Sanderson helped mark the occasion by participating in a ribbon cutting ceremony with Rob […]