Plans for a new hotel in downtown New Bern cleared an important hurdle this week with the approval of a special use permit by the city’s Board of Adjustment.  The board unanimously approved the permit during their May 30 meeting for The […]

Around Town CarolinaEast Health System will be hosting a non-clinical career fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the main lobby of CarolinaEast Medical Center located at 2000 Neuse Blvd. Events and Activities 1-3: Knights of Columbus 4th Degree […]

The meeting will be held on June 5, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Craven County Commissioners Meeting Room at the Craven County Administration Building in New Bern. View the agenda here. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVE AGENDA […]

The City of New Bern has received an appraisal of $2 million for the property that was formerly home to the Days Inn hotel, a site that has sat vacant since the building was demolished in 2017. According to Public Information Officer […]

The 2023 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Summer Games, to be held June 2-4 in the Raleigh area, will feature over 1,300 Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners, individuals without intellectual disabilities, from across the state competing in athletics, basketball, bowling, gymnastics, […]

Chick-fil-A, Inc. has confirmed a start date for a project to demolish and rebuild its restaurant on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in New Bern.  As reported last week by New Bern Now, a site plan for the project was submitted […]

RiverTowne Players is excited to present the musical Urinetown as its next production, which opens this Friday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. A satirical comedy set in a dark future where all toilets are controlled by a megacorporation, Urinetown is a little […]