Climate Change

It’s Not Your Grandma’s Climate Anymore!

Increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, rising sea levels…crisis and disaster at every turn.  Weather extremes seem to be more common; the length of our seasons is changing. How will these affect our food supply and water security, our health and prosperity? What’s real? What […]
New Bern Ledger Magazine - 2nd Quarter 2016

New Bern Ledger Magazine’s April – June Edition available online!

Check out the Spring-Summer Edition of New Bern’s Ledger Magazine and find out if your business or non-profit are in it! You can download here or view by clicking here. This month, we’re celebrating The Ledger’s 6th Year Anniversary. The Cover and […]
Community Fabric Awards

2016 Community Fabric Award Winners

Linda Staunch is the recipient of the Excellence in Individual Leadership Award. Staunch is from eastern North Carolina and has steadfastly contributed to the common good of New Bern and Craven County for more than 30 years. Some residents may remember her […]
Walter Duffy House

Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour Expands

Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, 2016 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be a lot to see on this year’s Spring Historic Homes and Gardens Tour. On April 8th and 9th homeowners invite you into some of the most […]
Ms. Oleneack and Ms. Bondurant

Spring Cycle PIE Grants awarded to Diane Bondurant and Brook Oleneack

Partners In Education recently awarded Spring Cycle PIE Grants to Diane Bondurant and Brooke Oleneack at James W. Smith Elementary. The grant, “Camping with Critters,” for $1,491.50 for Ms. Bondurant will provide each K-2 classroom with a set of butterfly larvae in […]
Craven County Community Foundation

Craven County Community Foundation accepting Grant Applications

The board of advisors of the Craven County Community Foundation is currently accepting grant requests for projects funded from its community fund and its two component funds, the Richard Chapman Cleve Fund and the Nelson Family Memorial Endowment Fund, according to Alice […]
Weekend Events

Weekend Events and Things to do in and around New Bern

1st – 2nd: “Downeaster” Weekend presented by the Democratic Party at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center. 1st: 8th Annual Art at the Airport – Seven Outdoor Sculptures from East Carolina University, 1:00pm at the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport. Call 252-638-8591. 1st: Explorations: The International Film […]