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NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) – The clock at New Bern City Hall has been stuck at 4:07 for about two weeks.<\/p>\n
The city says public works found a stripped gear inside the clock. Officials are waiting on the repair company, with a cost and timeline expected this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t have clocks like this every day anymore, and so sometimes locating those parts and being able to get them here so that we can fix it is a little bit tricky,\u201d said Colleen Roberts, New Bern public information officer.<\/p>\n
Jim Allocco, a Pamlico County resident, said he hopes the clock is fixed soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t notice it, but the good news is time doesn\u2019t always fly. Sometimes things need to slow down in life,\u201d Allocco said.<\/p>\n
The clock was also repaired in 2019 as part of a $130,000 project to modernize it and add automated adjustments during daylight saving time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of money, but you know it\u2019s an icon here, so if it costs whatever it costs, it\u2019s got to run,\u201d Allocco said.<\/p>\n
Caleb Sanchez, a New Bern resident, said the pause is part of the city\u2019s charm.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Bern is a little quirky town, so it\u2019s kind of in the groove with it. I think it\u2019s quite funny,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd most people kind of had a good laugh over it, that at least it\u2019s right twice a day,\u201d Roberts added.<\/p>\n
The clock has been part of the New Bern landscape for around 300 years.<\/p>\n
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