The Barbados Advocate reported that The Lodge School would close its boarding facility at the end of the 1978–1979 academic year due to financial challenges. The decision, supported by the school's governing body and national education policy, was expected to create more places for Barbadian students and allow the institution to operate fully as a day school. The closure ended a tradition that had existed since the school's founding in 1745, marking the close of a significant chapter in Barbadian educational history.
The Barbadian newspaper reports on a petition brought before the House of Assembly.
The Barbadian newspaper carried a proclamation which offered a reward for the arrest of a white man accused of killing a black enslaved man.
The Barbados Advocate publishes a story entitled 'Major Foster raises a farm at Glendairy'