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Close out the year with fun events

It's time to wind down from the Christmas holidays - and gear up for the new year. We're continuing our popular feature, Our Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend. Here are The Record staff's suggestions for the Dec. 28 to 30 weekend.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: SOUP DANCERS

Good food, good friends and good music - our video of the "dance for your soup" day at Greens and Beans deli had it all.

We pick the city's newsmakers of 2012

New Year's Eve is fast approaching - and for those of us in the newsroom, what better time to pause, reflect and remember all that's happened in New Westminster in 2012.

Marking years past and present in the Royal City

Another great year has flown by. It seems only a short time ago we were all worrying about the new millennium and its scary implications and now here we are, heading into 2013.

Chip it up for charity

Firefighters to host tree chipping event in January

'Suspicious' death in city

Homicide team called in after death on Colby

New Westminster's Salvation Army Christmas kettle campaign raises $351,000

They were a bit short of their goal, but local Salvation Army volunteers are still happy with the final totals from their recently concluded Christmas kettle campaign.

News story of the year: Residents rally after city takes over financing

Civic centre makes news - all year Remember that scene in Miracle on 34th Street when the bags of mail get dumped out in the court room? The controversy around the city's civic centre loan might not have garnered quite as many letters as Santa did, b

Keep resolutions with the library

What's your resolution? Lose weight, get fit, or learn something new? We are always trying to improve ourselves and, while it's important to work on this any time, most of us make a push at the beginning of the New Year.

Trailblazer

There was a time when a girl in high school couldn't wear pants or take shop classes. The world has changed a lot since then, but there's still plenty of gender lines that don't often get crossed. When they do, we can't help but celebrate it.