I’m here to announce that all of Edition 2 Swiki Cards are now in-field and are obtainable. That means all 70 available Swiki cards are out there somewhere for the taking, so get out there and start hunting! Don’t believe me, look at SW Comit’s profile. 
Good luck!
As many of you know, the world recession has hit SW City hard and many businesses and people have had to make adjustments to save their money and protect their families. The most well known newsprint source in SW City, the SW City Times, had to shut down their printing presses for almost a year due to not being able to meet their usual profit margins. With the announcement of the building of the Scoperta Mining facilities on the west side of SW Island and the massive number of jobs it has created, the printing presses are back up and running.
The recession is still in place in the city, but the mining facilities will surely help it come around. The May 2009 issue of the Times discusses some of the issues surrounding the recession.
If you noticed at all, Flint and most of the Town Square Park bots have been MIA the last couple months because SynPC’02 was acting up and kept crashing. Well, SynPC’02 is now back online and running smooth, and as a result so are the bots. Flint is back from vacation, as well as the bot that controls inworld Switter message updates.
The Alphaworld train keeps on chugging forward with the much-needed addition of a global chat channel which is being controlled by Strike’s Eclipse Evolution; the same system that is used in AWTeen which means there are jump points and the whole 9-yards. Also, tourist building has been re-added after 6 or 7 years of being locked down.
You can see Flagg’s official post on this matter at the AW Forums.
Big day in AW, I’ll keep it short.
If you’ve ever owned a citizenship in the past, it has been renewed for a month. If you haven’t visited in a while, I suggest you drop into the Universe and say hello. 
This free month, plus the deadly holiday specials, could mean your citizenship can be active for a couple more years at a price similar to the old yearly pricing scheme.