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He’s nearly 90, but don’t be surprised if Kenneth Simmons knocks on your door asking to mow your lawn. He says he’s fit enough — and the extra cash comes in handy. “Pensions don’t go very far,” he said. “I like to stay active and I don’t overdo it.” ...

Robert Blake Whitehill has tackled dirty bombs and human trafficking, now he is ready to take on Bermuda. The popular author was inspired by a trip to the Island — he found the class tensions intriguing. “It’s a bastion enclave of the wealthy who me...

Singer David Bowie was a gentleman. His model wife, Iman, a little demanding. Former US President George HW Bush kept a secret stash of peanut butter and chocolate he would dive into whenever his wife Barbara was not around. Christine Francisco learn...

For teenager Laree Talbot, the America’s Cup seemed far removed from her world of exams and assignments. But this weekend’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda brought it all home for the 18-year-old student. Laree and many other local...

Three days after a mammogram, Arlene Trott discovered a lump in her breast. She was fishing with her two young children at the time. “I wasn’t digging around or palpitating,” she said. “I just brushed my hands over my chest.” The lump was hard and t...

‘I’ve Got the Joy’ is one of Constance “Ma Pinky” Mello’s favourite hymns. “I’ve got the love of Jesus down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart...” The 88-year-old has been spreading the joy for the past fifty years, ministering door-to-...

In the Big Apple, brief encounters can lead to big things. While out clubbing, Zachary Marshall bumped into an old art school friend and flashed some photos of his latest work. Months later, the phone rang. The friend wanted him to show his work a...

X-rated baked goods? Nothing is too risqué for Stephanie Smith. She’s a favoured baker when it comes to bridal showers and bachelor parties. The 48-year-old puts her imagination to work and allows her baking skills to do the rest. “It is that wow f...

A toddler scoops a cookie off the floor and shoves it in his mouth, lint, dog hair, ants and all. It’s a familiar scene that makes some parents cringe and others shrug philosophically. “No one has died yet,” said Susan Thomas, 40, mother of eight-ye...

It was a year since her mother died and Bernice Zaft-Gibbons wasn’t over it. Waves of grief and anger would suddenly hit her, particularly around birthdays and anniversaries. It was especially difficult as her relationship with her mother hadn’t alw...