Sunday November 8th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that Madelyn Moore won five gold medals and one silver at the USIP World Police Games, KFC Bermuda raised $6,000 for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, Bermuda, and more than 100 HSBC employees helped restore Cooper’s Island were among the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, Marie Ford was celebrated on her retirement after 18 years with the Bermuda Police Service, Big Brothers Big Sisters sold out of hotdogs at its Spooktacular Hot Dog Day fundraiser, and Butterfield and the Coalition for the Protection of Children launched their Toys for Tots campaign.
Other good news stories included Transitional Community Services announcing its new PIVOT programme for boys and young men aged 8–18, with referrals opening in January 2027, while five Bermuda professionals and two firms received Citywealth award nominations.
In sports, Miles Outerbridge ranked sixth in the 200 metres and joint eighth in the 100 metres on the Track & Field News U.S. high-school lists for 2025–26, Alondro Albouy qualified for the FIA Arrive and Drive World Cup in Malaysia, and Rachael Betschart won the 7.5m class at the WASZP EuroCup France event.
More sporting achievements included Cody Robinson scoring twice as Thomas College reached the NAC championship match, Logan Jiménez scoring in Hibernian Under-19s’ 3-0 win over Hearts, and Mia Fishel helping Seattle Reign secure a place in the NWSL Playoffs.
Darina Betschart and Lewis MacFarlane secured top-five golf finishes at the Optimist Tournament of Champions, while Jack Adderley helped Rollins College win the Lake Virginia Invitational sailing regatta.
We also posted community photo galleries of the Spanish Point reunion and Amber’s Wings 5K Walk/Run, which drew approximately 92 participants to support the charity’s programmes.
In an effort to highlight some of the positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, and also produce a highlight article which strictly focuses on the positive news about Bermuda and Bermudians from the past week. You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email by clicking 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 uplifting Bermuda news and visitor related services, or visit BermudaCovers.com, which offers an array of free Facebook and social media cover images, graphic designs and videos to assist you in showing off your Bermudian pride on social media!
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
