DOWNTOWN

You’ve entered into prime season for being out and about in New Bern. We are trading our heavily air-conditioned living rooms for coffee from street side cafe tables, wine on friend’s front porches, and dog walks that linger on the sidewalk as we catch up with neighbors we haven’t seen all summer. By Autumn’s equinox, New Bern has opened up all the windows and we are living our lives fully outside for the next two months. Whether you’re a resident or a visitor, here are some

Thanks to a collaboration between the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter, NSDAR and the New Bern Chapter, SAR along with the support of the City of New Bern downtown has welcomed the installation of two new bears at Patriot Square. Between the two America 250 bears stands a 3000 lb granite stone with a bronze plaque honoring the 71 signers of the 1774 New Bern Resolves. Funding for the $49,000.00 project has been obtained though sales of engraved bricks to private citizens, civic