On the blustery morning of May 3, the sun was beaming into the front windows of Kind of Blue, illuminating the antiques:  perfect lighting for Craven Sketch Club’s first outing.  Customers shopping for furniture and tchotchkes through the store’s labyrinthine aisles were […]

When Shannon McCotter attended the 46th Annual Wooden Boat Show in 2022, he had no intention of buying a boat. That is until he saw the wooden race boat based on the 1950s design by John Hacker. “When the boat owner and […]

UScellular is encouraging New Bern residents to disconnect from digital entertainment screens during National Screen Free Week, taking place this week. The weeklong challenge invites families, schools, and communities to find alternative activities to connect with each other and disconnect from technology. […]

Craven Community College (Craven CC) and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina will celebrate students graduating from the Building Bridges program at the Volt Center this Wednesday, May 2, with a ceremony at 1 p.m. This partnership provided tuition, […]

The New Bern Historical Society has announced that Kadiatou Diawara, a senior at New Bern High School, has been awarded the Harriett Marks Scholarship and the John R. & Alice Land Taylor Scholarship for 2023. Miss Diawara was chosen from a group […]

The wildfire that started in the Great Lake area in the Croatan National Forest on April 19 is still burning. It’s not a surface fire, instead it’s burning vertically deep into the ground. It was contained at 30% on April 27 and […]

The annual Duff Fest celebration will return to New Bern this year with an expanded entertainment lineup for families to enjoy.  The 2023 Duff Fest will be held on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take […]