Sunday October 11th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that swimmer Lisa Blackburn broke the Masters World Record, Bermuda College signed an articulation agreement with the Savannah College of Art and Design, Bermuda basketball players Kieron Burgess and Caelin Peters earned full college scholarships, and Bermudian model Lillian Lightbourn being featured in ELLE UK were all some of the positive news stories from the past week.
Other good news stories included the first October Lights taking place on Front Street, Johnny Barnes receiving a doll made in his image,, Devwah Whaley being named an American football Player of the Week, and Rai Simons scoring for Chesterfield.
In addition, Marsh and Guy Carpenter donated $15,000 to three local charities, Bermudian Rodney Smith is offering free lawn mowing services and Tyler Butterfield finished 5th at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
We also posted various community photo galleries, including coverage of the Bermuda Dressage Group Show, the first October Lights event on Front Street, the Bermuda hockey season getting underway, Bermudian model Lillian Lightbourn’s feature in ELLE UK, the superyacht Musashi docked in Bermuda, the Police Gymkhana, as well as Gorham’s “Think Pink” and “Home Fair Too” events.
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:
