The Mermaids Performing Arts Fund is transitioning from being a part of the Students’ Association subcommittee network to a society following the creation of the new Performing Arts Network.

A major emergency response was launched at East Sands on Tuesday morning, 14 April, after a bloodied T-shirt was discovered on the pier, Coastguard crews confirmed to The Courier.

Glitterball — the annual student-run formal ball known as the first fully LGBTQ+ inclusive event of its kind in the UK — will be discontinued after its 2026 iteration.

Former kebab shop Big Boss and ice cream shop Little Boss owner Ugur ‘Jack’ Emre was convicted on 14 October by the Dundee Sheriff Court for “sexual assault of a minor, making non-consensual sexual remarks, supplying children with alcohol, licensing offences, and forcing young staff to work during a restricted time,” according to an article from The Courier, published 16 October.

On the evening of Friday 10 October, an altercation occurred between a belligerent customer and the general manager of Mozza, the Italian restaurant located on Bell Street. No customers or staff members were injured.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, students at the College of William and Mary and Williamsburg residents participated in the 2024 national and local elections. In the race for city council, voters chose Ayanna Williams ’26, Williamsburg City Council Member Barbara Ramsey ’75 and Vice Mayor Pat Dent to fill the three spots up for grabs.

Crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace as the Union Jack flies at half-mast Sept. 8 in mourning of the U.K.’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.