City of New Bern issued the following announcement on Sept. 30.
Here is the link to sign up for New Bern Alerts (powered by CivicReady), which was mentioned during tonight's Board of Aldermen meeting.
It is free to sign up for these mass notifications & emergency messages, as well as weather alerts from the National Weather Service and general info from the City (events, street closures, summer camps, parks & facilities, etc.).
And there's an app for Android & iOS users! www.newbernnc.gov/newbernalerts
Original source can be found here.