In the Community

The Community Centred College for the Retired is offering a number of courses starting in January – and is always on the lookout for new programs to offer.

SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 22

Got LEGO to spare? If you're getting tired of stepping on all those pieces, if Santa Claus maybe brought one too many LEGO sets to your child this year, or if you're still hoarding all that great old LEGO from your childhood, then here's one for you.

The new year arrived in New Westminster in 1881 with lots of typical announcements, advertisements, mentions of daily events, and comments on the river, steamboats and the weather.

Wednesday, Jan. 9 Community kitchen for parents of young children, nine sessions on We4nedays from Jan. 9 to March 13, 10 a.m. to noon, Early Years Centre at Qayqayt Elementary School, 85 Merivale St.

Thieves who recently broke in to a local thrift store may have stolen from the very place they ended up going for help.

Family members hope to carry on a legacy left by the recent passing of Bud Sage. Born in the Kootenays, Bud Sage moved to New Westminster with his family in 1955 when he was five.

As we look through the history of the Royal City, we can safely say that year by year, from this community’s 1859 start right up to the present day, local citizens have marked the new year that the past year certainly seems to have gone by quickly.

1. Support local programs and enjoy some entertainment at the New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society’s annual tree-chipping event on Saturday, Jan. 5 and Sunday, Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Canada Games Pool parking lot.

Graduating students at New Westminster Secondary School want your empty cans and bottles. On Saturday, Jan.