A year after the coronavirus pandemic put a damper on just about everything, Havelock announced the 2021 Freedom Fest, which will be held July 3.
The festival and show is being held on July 3rd this year because Independence Day falls on a Sunday. The Freedom Fest will take place at Havelock’s City Park at 5 p.m. and will include live music, vendors and games, followed by the fireworks bursting over Walter B. Jones Park at 9 p.m.
Mayor Will Lewis said the board of commissioners decided to have the event on Saturday because it would be easier on people who might have to work the following Monday, and they had family activities in mind.
You’ve just decided to sell your home and put it on the market. You haven’t so much as put the for sale sign in the yard when you notice pieces of siding falling off your neighbor’s house.
It could be old shingles, an even older car that isn’t covered up, a dead tree that needs removal, ruts from large trucks parking on a grass easement, or a huge spot of unsightly mildew badly needing a good pressure washing.
How is the best way to handle this situation that doesn’t lead to flaring tempers, resentments, a lower sale price, or legal action, which is usually the last course of action you want.
Religious Community Services of New Bern has been actively reaching out to cities around the New Bern area through their Operation Outpost initiative. The Havelock stop brought smiles from both volunteers and those in need.
Operation Outpost is a location rotating and traveling group of volunteers who bring food and clothing to those in need to Bridgeton and Havelock in Craven County, Pollocksville in Jones, and Alliance in Pamlico on designated days every month. The program is relatively new and is made possible by community donors and grants. Havelock s visit comes on the first Wednesday of every month.
The services are an extension from what is available out of the downtown New Bern center, according to David Kick, board of directors president, and the Havelock event was held at the Pregnancy Resource Center at 925 East Main Street in the East Professional Plaza.