New Bern business and commerce

For whom the Belk tolls

Belk, the North Carolina-based retailer that relies so much on holiday receipts to meet investor expectations, got into some hot…

6 years ago

New Bern makes the cover of Where to Retire magazine

New Bern has been selected as a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, the only magazine in America geared…

6 years ago

Aldermen 11/28 scorecard: 78 yes votes, 0 no votes

Counting down the days before a largely new Board of Alderman convenes in mid-December, the 2017-vintage board met on Tuesday…

6 years ago

Here they are: Downtown parking proposals

Click here, or, if your aim is good, click the bear at left to see the PDF of the Master…

6 years ago

NBPD deploys ‘Holiday Task Force’

The New Bern Police Department's “Holiday Task Force” has been activated and includes a special deployment of officers to provide…

6 years ago

All aboard on Union Station Train Depot project

The city and N.C. Railroad Company are extending an agreement to allow refurbishment of the disused Union Station Train Depot…

6 years ago

Parking committee trims recommendations by adding more

In its final meeting Tuesday before all hell breaks loose, the Master Parking Plan Advisory Committee (it only took me…

6 years ago

Bid in for long-vacant downtown office building

Saltwater Creek LLC, a real estate company that lists New Bern lawyer Kelly Greene as its manager, has put in…

6 years ago

Planning and ZZZZoning

The New Bern Planning and Zoning Board met Tuesday with two agenda items and one discussion item. 1 - Consideration…

6 years ago

Trash Plaza: Downtown’s dirty big parking lot

One item on the Master Parking Plan Advisory Committee draft list of recommendations that didn't make the cut on Tuesday…

6 years ago