September 1: Student and lifeguard Geoffrey Burns is killed in a traffic collision on Berry Hill Road in the early hours. In response to the death, the Bermuda Lifeguard Service suspends its duties to give the other lifeguards time to deal with the loss.September 2: Homeless arsonist Neil Trott is sentenced to seven years imprisonment for setting fire to the furniture store where he worked after a dispute over money with the store's owner.September 3: Tropical Storm Fiona, expected to strike in the early hours, deteriorates shortly before it is expected to make landfall, leaving Bermuda unscathed.September 3: Alvone Maybury appears before Magistrates' Court charged with the attempted shooting of Raymond Troy ‘Yankee' Rawlins on December 16, 2009.September 7: While most public schools started their fall semester, Clearwater Middle School remained closed while asbestos was being removed from the school's kitchen.September 8: Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier argues that it is not the time to debate decriminalising cannabis.September 10: ...but Progressive Labour Party MP Ashfield DeVent argued that the illegal drug trade is fuelling the increase of violence in the community, and so debate on drug laws is necessary.”September 11: A gala event featuring Gladys Knight to honour Premier Ewart Brown draws around 550 people to the Fairmont Southampton.September 13: A land swap deal between Government and Southland's Ltd leaves the Southlands estate in Warwick a national park while Morgan's Point is handed over to Southlands directors for a resort project.September 14: The Chamber of Commerce calls for more people to shop locally after retail sales fall for the 27th month in a row, sparking concerns that more retailers may be forced to close.September 16: Anthony Swan is found guilty of shooting at Raymond “Yankee” Rawlins on Court Street on December 16.September 16: Businesses and homes are readied for Hurricane Igor, a Category 4 storm poised to make a direct hit on the Island.September 19: Hurricane Igor hits the Island as a Category 1 storm, causing widespread power outages and minor structural damage, but no reported injuries.Looters in Hamilton take advantage of the harsh weather, breaking into more than a dozen businesses and stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise.September 20: Two 22-year-old men are taken to King Edward Memorial Hospital after being shot while riding a motorcycle on Friswell's Hill.September 21: Bus service stops after a collision between a bus and an overhanging tree and several near misses cause bus drivers to take industrial action. Premier Brown calls the stoppage “amazingly insensitive” and “unBermudian.”September 22: Former Correctional Officer Luvoney Smith, arrested on September 3 for attempting to smuggle cocaine and cannabis into Westgate in a hollowed out shoe, is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, with 12 months being suspended for two years.September 23: David Godwin is shot outside Art Mel's Spicy Dicy restaurant in one of three firearm incidents in Pembroke in a matter of hours. Mr Godwin was also the victim of a shooting in February outside the same restaurant on St Monica's Road.September 24: Assistant Police Commissioner David Mirfield says that increased tensions in the St Monica's Road area hindered police in carrying out their investigation into the shooting of David Godwin.Two unarmed officers were in the area at the time of the shooting, but Mr Mirfield denied accusations that the officers witnessed the shooting and didn't react.September 26: The mother of dead teenager Jeffrey Medeiros expressed outrage after repeated attempts by the Bermuda Regiment to draft her son, who died at the age of 16.September 28: Ferry service is suspended due to industrial action connected to concerns about the maintenance of the ferries.September 28: Former Airport mechanic Lorenzo Lottimore, 31, is arrested after he breaks into an American Airlines plane, causing two flights to be delayed as police and bomb squads searched the aircraft.September 29: A census worker reveals that while the deadline for the 2010 Census is only days away, less than half of the Island's households have been surveyed.September 29: Paget Health Services wins the contract to build and maintain the new hospital building. The projected cost of the project is estimated to be $315 million.