Big Book Sale Opens With Bargains at New Bern Center
The bi annual event by Friends of the Library benefits the New Bern Craven County Public Library. Aug 16 17 9am 5pm and Aug 18 noon 4pm at the J Murphy Smith Center 508 Middle St New Bern. Free admission and thousands of donated books on sale. Assassins at Civic Continues at Civic Theatre Aug 16 17 7 30pm Aug 18 2pm at 414 Pollock St New Bern.
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New Bern-Craven County
New Bern
Friends of the Library
J. Murphy Smith Center
Middle Street
Gray Whitley
SUN Journal
Epstein dies in jail as abuse probe continues
Federal investigators launched a new probe after Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive in a Manhattan high security jail. He was pronounced dead from an apparent self inflicted act, while prosecutors promise to press on with the broader sexual abuse and conspiracy inquiry.
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Epstein
New York
Jeffrey
Federal Bureau of Prison
Manhattan
BOP
Abner Nash and North Carolina Governing Valleys
New Bern serves as a quiet graveyard for three governors including Richard Dobbs Spaight and his son, with Abner Nash among the lesser-known figures linked to early Carolina politics. A chat on a Channel 10 morning show touches on Nash’s Virginia origins, move to Hillsboro, and legal career before settling into North Carolina governance-era history.
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New Bern
Steve Tyson
Channel 10
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Jr
Assembly
People
Abner Nash
Joe
Virginia
House of Burgesses
North Carolina
Hillsboro
Eno
Halifax
House of Commons
Arthur Dobbs
William Tryon
Dobbs
Justina Davis
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Middle St
Civic
Gestachers
By Jim Mustian, Michael R. Sisak
and Michael Balsamo
The
Associated Press
Governors’ Graves
Nash
GateHouse Media
Maysville
Family Dentistry
Sue A. Minneman-Fowler
DDS
PLLC
Jenkins Ave
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!