Kimberly Thi Tran Receives Four Year Scholarship NEW BERN, N.C. – The New Bern Historical Society is pleased to announce its Harriett Marks Scholarship for 2019 to New Bern High School senior Kimberly Thi Tran. Miss Tran was selected from among a […]

Families in Trent Woods now have a new playground called Cottle Park on River Road.  The Rotary Club of New Bern helped fund the $115,000 project started by a local non-profit, Give-Grow Foundation. The $10,000 gift made possible the purchase of a […]

CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Captain Douglas Stephens, U.S. Navy, Medical Service Corp, assumed command of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point (NHCCP), Friday, May 17, during a routine Change of Command ceremony held onboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Stephens, whose previous […]

NEW BERN, NC – Promise Place (formerly Craven County Council on Women) is partnering with Women Marines Association Chapter 2 for the 2019 Salute to Women of the Military: Her past and our present! The Salute consist of a luncheon to honor […]

Or… A Friendly Reminder to Family and Friends Who Can Hear I can hear. In fact, I can hear much better than my husband whose otosclerosis forced him to have stapedectomies in both ears several years ago. He wears over-the-ear hearing aids, […]

Monday evenings June 3 and 10, Simon Spalding performs acoustic music on instruments familiar (fiddle, 5-string banjo) and exotic (nyckelharpa, erhu, balalaika)… entirely unplugged, in the back room at Sara’s Big Apple on Broad Creek Road. The music is from 6:00 to […]

Some people think Memorial Day is a day to thank active duty, veterans, and retirees for their service. It’s not. To many, it’s a solemn day of remembrance of their fallen brothers and sisters who deserve to be recognized as they paid […]