New Bern, NC – CarolinaEast Medical Center has achieved the Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™.  This distinction recognizes CarolinaEast Medical Center as being among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for patient experience, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource […]

May’s Sellout Program Will Be Presented Again by Mark Sandvigen July 10 NEW BERN, NC, It has been 100 years since World War I, the “War to End All Wars”.  Mark Sandvigen will join the New Bern Historical Society once again at […]

As we celebrate our 10-year Anniversary, as an independent community news and information source, we want to thank everyone who has been a part of making New Bern Now a successful local online news and information website, community magazine, and local podcast […]

Updated: June 11, 2019 – As of 5pm today, New Bern Fire-Rescue is lifting the ban on open burning within city limits and the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) (Rocky Run, Sandy Point & Briarwood).  See our website update here. If you have […]

More than 450 educators, business leaders, community members, and elected officials will fill the Havelock Tourist and Event Center on Tuesday, June 19, 2019, for the SOLD OUT Partners In Education Spring Luncheon. This annual event supports and recognizes teachers who won […]

May 30 – June 12, 2019 The Bike Box Project, Pedaling for Parkinson’s is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. Since its founding by Bethany Richards in 2015, the organization has raised over fifty thousand dollars to date through a variety […]

New Bern, NC – CarolinaEast Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2019 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes CarolinaEast’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit […]