Tim Thompson Presents at Historical Society Lunch & Learn The New Bern Historical Society’s September Lunch & Learn will highlight one of New Bern’s oldest and most interesting historic neighborhoods.  Riverside resident Tim Thompson will be the featured speaker on Wednesday, September […]

The North Carolina Community Foundation through the Craven Community Foundation, recently awarded Craven County Partners In Education $12,000 for a grant for West Craven High School for graphing calculators and $7,500 for a grant for Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary for audio equipment […]

Karen Dodd, the Quilting Mandarin, donates a quilt to the Promise Place Barn Bash Auction that will be held Saturday, September 8 at 5 p.m.. Tickets for the Bash can be purchased on line at PromisePlaceNewBernNC.org. The quilt displays an assortment of […]

Coastal Women’s Forum’s (CWF) New President Shows Us How It’s Done When Eileen Nonemaker was looking for a theme for her 2018-2019 term as CWF Board President, the idea of connections and how they shape our lives came to mind. When she […]

Help Us Redefine “Community News” Since inception in 2009, New Bern Now’s mission has been to promote the people, places, businesses, non-profits, events, and everything in between in the greater New Bern area. Fast forward nine years and our citizen media company […]

Celebrate the height of summer with a “Sun-sational Sidewalk Art Show” at Community Artists Gallery & Studios during New Bern’s Art Walk on Friday, August 10. The nonprofit organization’s 33 member-artists have been invited to contribute sun-themed works to display outside their […]

As school begins, school supply lists are made available to students and parents, but not all students are able to arrive the first day of school with the items required to put them on the road to success; some parents simply can’t […]