Craven County Special Olympics

1st Polar Plunge for Craven County Special Olympics

Craven County Special Olympics will be having their 1st Polar Plunge on Saturday, January 21st at Courts Plus outdoor pool at 2911 Brunswick Ave in New Bern. This is a fund raising event for Craven County Special Olympics. The Individual entry fee […]
Coastal Women's Forum

Coastal Women’s Forum Dinner with Guest Speaker Michelle Benko

Coastal Women’s Forum will hold its next Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, January 3, at 6:00 PM., at the Chelsea Restaurant in New Bern. Informal networking will begin at 5:30 PM. It’s easy to get caught up in New Year resolutions, diets and […]
2016 Christmas Flotilla Winners

2016 Christmas Flotilla Winners Announced

New Text to Vote App launched to select crowd favorite The New Bern Grand Marina Yacht Club and Nicole Dewar, New Bern Parks and Recreation, presented the 2016 Flotilla winners with gifts and awards last week for their participation in this year’s […]
Weekend Events New Bern

Restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Day and New Year’s Eve and Day

Here’s a list of Restaurants that will be open in the greater New Bern area on Christmas Eve (CE), Christmas Day (CD), New Year’s Eve (NYE), and New Year’s Day (NYD). Please note the abbreviations next to their names as to what […]
Fall PIE Grant Winners 2016-17

Fall Cycle Partners In Education Grant Winners

The Board of Directors of Craven County Partners In Education recently announced the winners of the Fall Cycle PIE Grants for creative and imaginative programs in Craven County Schools’ classrooms. The school principals accepted the checks on behalf of their teachers at […]
New Bern Parks and Recreation

Intro to Drawing Life-like Portraits from Photographs Workshop

Are you interested in learning how to draw realistically? Then this workshop is for you! Intro to Drawing Life-like Portraits from Photographs is a workshop designed to teach inexperienced individuals the art of reproducing a photograph in graphite. We will learn how […]
Contributing Author: Peggy Walker Barnes

When the Holidays Are Not So Holly Jolly

The Christmas songs are screaming out lyrics of FaLaLaLaLa, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, while in your head you are screaming, “I can’t wait until Christmas is over!” Many people experience pain […]