Above video was filmed by Diali Cissokho & Kairaba! on location in Senegal and edited by Adam Pyburn. Chapel Hill, NC/ M’bour, Senegal — based band, Diali Cissokho & Kairaba, will be playing the North Carolina coast July 13 and 14. Kairaba is […]

Reading award-winning novels, history & biographies First Reading: The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient). In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s […]

July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Young Adult Summer Reading Programs.  Each week a new program, with an emphasis on the night…dreams…creatures of the night…starry nights… Free and open to teens who have completed 6th through 12 grades.  Need more information?  […]

Caricature by: Jill Eberle; Designed by: Nina Randone There’s a new fudge in town!  Fudge That!™ is offering the decadence you desire in all butter made from scratch fudge. The exclamatory name of the new company came out of the frustration owner […]

29th: Fun Fridays, 9:00am – 12:00pm at Bright Star Farm in Trenton. For details call 252-349-0220 29th: Reptile Workshop, 9:00am – 4:00pm at Weyerhaeuser’s Cool Springs Environmental Education Center. For details, call 252-514-3533 or send an email. 29th: Wine on the Waterfront […]

Hosting an exchange student is a wonderful way for your family to give back together, while experiencing a new culture. Exchange students are between the age of 15 and 18 and come from more than 60 countries around the world. They come […]

Laura Johnson and I sat down with Bonnie Compton, President of Pals for Paws to find out more about her non-profit organization. Listen to Laura’s interview with Bonnie: https://newbernnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/NBN-Pals-for-Paws-073012.mp3 Pals for Paws has two missions. One is subsidizing the costs of spaying […]