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One of Bermuda’s oldest farmhouses has been given a $10,000 cash boost thanks to the fundraising efforts by members of the Garden Club of Bermuda.
Carter House in St David’s was built in 1640 by descendants of Christopher Carter, one of the island’s ...
DATE: May 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Vendors of party supplies have been feeling deflated because of a shortage of helium on the island.
Among its many uses, the lighter-than-air gas is used to inflate party balloons.
But a “perfect storm” of global events has created a shortage of the ...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The origins of an historic tree on display at one of the world’s leading plant science and conservation institutes has finally been unearthed – and it is not Bermudian, as scientists had long thought.
Horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Garden in...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 300 vehicles are expected to take part in a parade from Front Street In July to celebrate the island’s motor culture.
The fourth annual Scooter Mart Bermuda Charge will also feature street entertainment, dancers and vendors, along with more...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
British Airways has reduced the number of flights coming to Bermuda – just as the high season begins to take off.
The airline’s regular schedule sees flights out London’s Heathrow Airport arriving on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday....
DATE: May 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A year ago, David Goonewardene was in a coma in a Boston hospital.
The teenager had been a passenger in a car that smashed into a wall on Knapton Hill one night in March, 2021.
David suffered horrific brain injuries in the crash, and there were fears...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s roads and the Railway Trail were packed with people headed west on Saturday, whether walking, cycling or running, after the Convex End-to-End returned to full strength after the pandemic.
Organisers claimed that this year’s event had gon...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the island’s most celebrated novelists was honoured for her work at a ceremony at Berkeley Institute on Saturday night.
The school’s Girlcott committee hosted the event in honour of Florenz Maxwell, author of Girlcott.
Ms Maxwell’s novel, pub...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A robber smashed his way into a gas station in Hamilton Parish on Saturday morning and escaped with packets of cigarettes.
The incident happened at the Crawl Hill Tigermart gas station at around 5am.
Although no gas station employees were on site at ...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Vance Campbell: Minister of Tourism: “This Government is determined to provide dignified work and economic security for its people. I urge the unanimous support of Honourable Members. This is the “new mindset of change” we must embrace. We have a...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan