There is clearly nothing new there, but it always says it is. No big deal, but I was wondering about it!!
Remember how older topics would change back to their unread color on our other forums after a certain amount of time had passed? Well, the same principle applies here. Every registered member of the forum has a log file that records all the topics they've previously read and that's how the system knows whether or not to display the "new" icon if something new has been posted to a particular topic since each individual member last read it. However, after 14 days have passed, all the entries in every members' logs that are older than 14 days are removed (so the logs don't become too cumbersome and slow everything down). The time between March 18 and April 3rd is more than 14 days, so anyone who read that topic no later than March 18 has most likely had the entries for that topic removed from their logs.
Now, where this gets more complicated is the fact that that particular topic has been flagged so it will always remain atop the first page in Current Talk (so unregistered members are more likely to see/read it). If it were listed on page 12, where most of the other topics that were last posted to on March 18th are currently listed, the "new" icon wouldn't display in front of it because the system knows those are all older topics. But because it's being displayed atop page one, and most members' log files have had the entries for it removed from their logs, the system is interpreting it as if it were a new topic by virtue of the fact that it appears on page one.
If the display of the "new" icon in front of older, flagged topics bothers people, I can probably alter the script that controls the display of that icon so it won't display in this instance. But considering that the date of the last new post is already listed for the topic, I suspect that, like you, most people will realize on their own that nothing new has been posted there.
I hope that explains it for you, Josette.
And aren't you really glad you asked?