Sunday April 26th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that Lamont Marshall set a new Bermuda 10k record, five people becoming certified as Major Appliance Technicians, Patricia Brown being recognized for her 22-years of volunteer service, and the Bermuda U15 football team being named co-champions of the Open Cup in Alabama were all some of the positive news stories from the past week.
In addition, the women’s rugby team won in North Carolina, Global Finance named Butterfield ‘best bank,’ a group of Bermudian businesswomen laid the groundwork for a 100 Women in Hedge Funds location on the island, and Mark Anderson revealed that he had raised more than $3,300 for Kamala Smith.
Other good news stories included Clarien Bank donating saplings for Earth Day, Bermuda’s James Stout and his partner winning the British Open doubles title, sailors aboard the Lending Club 2 shattering the Newport-Bermuda sailing record with a time just over 23 hours, and Lance Furbert being named a ‘Hospitality Hero.’
We also posted various community photo galleries, including photos of TMR staff giving back to the community, the Town Crier Competition, the new ‘Eateries’ food court at Washington Mall, action from the YAO baseball league, CedarBridge’s Lumiére Fashion Show, the 100 Men & Women on Campus event, boxing and kickboxing action from Fight Night XVII, the Family Fun Festival in Dockyard, Warwick Academy’s International Day, and both Cornerstone and Clara Muhammad School’s Mini Ag Show.
In an effort to highlight some of positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, which strictly focuses on the positive news from the past week.
You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email here, and/or access the links below. In addition, for those who like positive news, please feel free to visit our sister site ForeverBermuda.com, which seeks to showcase the best of Bermuda as well as provide information and listings for visitor related services.
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
