Current Press Articles For New Bern, NC

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17 Best Things to Do in New Bern, NC — Top Activities & Places to Go!

17 Best Things to Do in New Bern, NC — Top Activities & Places to Go!

Get a break from bustling metropolises and crowded attractions and instead opt for a more peaceful getaway by choosing New Bern as your next destination. In this riverfront city, you can enjoy many fun and laid-back things, like touring a museum, going on a nature adventure, viewing stunning masterpieces at an art gallery, and so much more… Read More

 

There & Back: Explore New Bern

There & Back: Explore New Bern

Lace-up your walking shoes, grab a camera, and get ready to explore New Bern. As the sister city to Bern, Switzerland — the word “bern” means bear in Swiss — the N.C. riverfront city adopted the bear as its mascot, and since 2010, artists and local businesses have partnered to install more than 70 whimsical bear statues located throughout the city… Read More

 

A Holiday Poem for the Ages

A Holiday Poem for the Ages

70 years ago, Elinor Hawkins’s professor asked her to choose a book she’d collect for the rest of her life. She picked “The Night Before Christmas”. Today, she has more than 1,000 copies…read more

Sweet Serendipity

Sweet Serendipity

Baker’s Kitchen has weathered storms — literal and metaphorical — to keep its community in baked goods and breakfast foods (with a side of butter syrup)…read more