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Randy Edwards has been there for his daughter, Gayneté Edwards, through thick and thin. He helped her through surgery at 13. And he found her sponsorship for the Miss Teen Bermuda Pageant — and cheered when she won the crown. “Since the day she was b...

Isabella Zuill-McKenzie agonised over Shakespeare as a student. Her classmates usually spoke the bard’s words in such a monotone all meaning was lost. Even when she read the stories herself, she had no clue what was going on. So when BMDS held an aud...

There was no heroes’ welcome when Eldridge and Shannel Burrows completed the Appleby Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby last month. It took them just under four hours to get to Bernard Park. By the time they got there, the finish line was packed away and th...

Kenneth Smith likes to call himself a “do-what-you-got-to-do fellow”. He’s 94, but when his grass needs mowing, he mows it; when his garden needs ploughing, he ploughs it. His garden is his passion. “When I get up in the morning the first thing I ...

Entertainer Tiny T struggled to find an outlet for her energy as a child. She tried the school choir but was thrown out for singing off-key, loudly. She eventually found her niche with Richardson’s Gombeys. “My uncle ran it and invited me to join,” s...

It’s a rare day that Johnny Eatherley doesn’t watch a few episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. The 58-year-old is so hooked he incorporated the cartoon into the ice-cream business he runs with his wife Patricia, Scoops N Cones. SpongeBob and his friend...

Kerri Seymour got blank looks when she told her Canadian friends the food tasted “well”. When she “axed” a question they corrected her pronunciation. When she said she was “vaxed” they were at a complete loss. “I was surprised as I thought I spoke...

If you’ve missed Norman Furtado on the greens at Mid Ocean, well, he’s been busy. The 59-year-old has been in and out of hospital for the past two years, battling a rare form of leukaemia. He’s lucky to be alive. His wife Lynn dragged him to King Edw...

It was a birthday party to remember: 18 dogs dressed to the nines, in bow ties and outfits. Everyone had cake and the birthday boy, Casey the Yorkshire terrier, got lots of presents. His owner, 85-year-old Lola Beane, decided to hold the party last m...

Five hours playing video games? The time can pass in a millisecond for Derek Simmons if he has the controls in hand. The 26-year-old is a hardcore gamer who loves battlefield shooters and football simulators. He believes it’s opened doors for him wi...