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Island Report News, events, and happenings around Aruba… Xander Bogaerts - #OneHappyNation
All of Aruba was abuzz as they lit up cyberspace with #OneHappyNation tweets and posts for home-grown Xander Bogaerts. In fielder for the Boston Red Sox, he saw his team triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 to win the first World Series at Fenway Park for Boston since 1918. Twenty-oneyear-old Xander made history as the first Aruban to ever make it to the World Series. The fact that they won made it even sweeter! Congratulations Xander – you are truly a national hero. Aruba going greener than ever!
The past few years year have seen Aruba take great strides in implementing many new green practices island-wide, especially in the wind and solar energy arena. In fact, Aruba intends to be 100% renewable energy powered by 2020, and has joined Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room project. That is one reason why this island was chosen to host the prestigious Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum last October, (CREF 2013) targeting vital energy diversification efforts and attracting over 400 participants from over 40 countries. www.greenaruba.org San Nicolas revitalization
San Nicolas is referred to as Sunrise City, but soon it might become known as Carnival City! As part of an exciting revitalization of the island’s oldest historic center, the Aruban government will be creating a new Carnival Museum and Carnival Village there. At present, visitors can enjoy a preview of the colorful carnival activities Thursday nights at their Carubbian Festival. And now there is also a new community museum full of artifacts and antiques on Mainstreet that will stay open late those nights. 18 Nights
Top photos courtesy of ATA. Middle photo courtesy of Green Aruba. Bottom photo by Luis Mejia