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Yahoo
08-05-2025
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New Bern High School senior receives Marks-Taylor Scholarship
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The New Bern Historical Society announced that the Harriett Marks & John R. and Alice Land Taylor Scholarships for 2025 were awarded to New Bern High School senior Makenzie Richardson. Throughout her high school career, Makenzie demonstrated academic and athletic excellence. She was a straight 'A' student, played basketball and softball all four years of high school, won All State honors, and won Rookie, Offensive Player and Sportsmanship Awards. She is also a member of groups such as Project Unify, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the National Honor Society, and multiple projects in the community. Makenzie will be attending Campbell University in the fall of 2025, majoring in Special Education and minoring in Entrepreneurship and Christian Studies. The Marks Scholarship was created in 1968 under the terms of the will of Miss Harriett Marks as a memorial to the O. Marks family. A separate scholarship, the Taylor Scholarship, was made to complement and supplement the Marks Scholarship. It was created in 2015 by the North Carolina Community Foundation and is sponsored by their grandson to honor the memory of his grandparents. Both of these scholarships are annually awarded to a senior graduating from New Bern High School based on both scholarship and financial need. They contribute to the tuition, board, or lodging to help them receive a higher education at an accredited college, university, or other institute of higher learning. These scholarships can be renewed for three succeeding years if academic standards are maintained. The Marks and Taylor Scholarships further the Historical Society's mission 'to celebrate and promote New Bern and its heritage through events and education.' Offices are located in the historic Attmore-Oliver House at 511 Broad Street in New Bern. For more information, call 252-638-8558 or go to their website or Facebook page. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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26-04-2025
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Multiple historic buildings to be featured on 2025 Heritage Homes Tour in New Bern
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Established in 1710, New Bern is one of the oldest towns in North Carolina. It also served as the state's first capitol and is home to the first Governor's House, Tryon Palace. 'I was in Miss Sadie Dixon's fifth-grade class, in fact, that's the room that's open for the homes tour,' New Bern Historical Society Curator Jim Hodges said. For more than 100 years in New Bern, the building at 517 Hancock Street served as a grade school. 'It is a beautiful, old building,' Hodges said. 'This was built in 1884, amazingly at that time, it cost $8,821.' Philadelphia-based architect Samuel Sloan designed the building with eight large classrooms and 40 large windows. 'They called it the NB Graded School but because of the bell in the cupula, they called it the bell building,' Hodges said. Students stopped attending classes at the building back in the 1970s, leaving it empty for several years until a couple bought the building and transformed it into high-end apartments. This is just one of the historic buildings on the homes tour this year. 'New Bern is an extremely historic town with a lot of overlapping entities invested in telling New Bern stories,' Anthony Giardino with the New Bern Historical Society said. A total of 11 homes and five churches are opening the doors to let people inside, offering a glimpse into the history of New Bern and what it takes to preserve these pieces of the past. 'The Stanley building has gone through a lot of transformation,' Hodges said. 'During Union occupation, that was used by Union forces, a lot of the buildings, this was a medical hub during the occupation.' Unlike most military commanders of his time, General Ambrose Burnside didn't destroy New Bern when he left. 'That's why we still have such a wonderful representation, 18th- and 19th-century houses,' Hodges said. 'It's all about sharing those stories, the people, the events and learning what's taken place in these important places,' Giardino said. The tour is May 2-3 and it is self-guided and tickets are available here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
