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In third grade, Milton McKenzie felt invisible. His teacher seemed to hate him, some of his classmates called him the n-word; his school claimed he had attention deficit disorder. “My situation there was definitely because of race,” he said. Mr McKe...

George Jones collapsed in the middle of his first race. He blames the limited water stations in the 1973 Bermuda Day half-marathon. However, it’s likely the beer didn’t help. “I had trained a lot and I felt good,” the 82-year-old said. “I had a good ...

As a kid, Brotha Richie doodled on whatever he could — colouring books, the brown paper covers of his schoolbooks, his sneakers. Music took over but then three years ago he went through a rough patch and rediscovered his old hobby. “Art is therapy,” ...

Cynthia DeSilva kept things hush when she decided to pursue a college degree in 2014. She wasn’t sure her friends would understand why she needed to do it, at age 78. “They would have said what are you trying to prove,” the retired nurse said. “I rea...

As the City of Hamilton planned its block party for New Year’s Eve, Jessica Astwood could only cross her fingers and hope for the best. Mindful of the many celebrations that usually take place on December 31, her best-case scenario was that a couple ...

Family has always been very important to Gloria Carey. It may be because she came from a big one, the 90-year-old was the middle child of ten born to Edith and Albert Spencer. Her parents moved here from Jamaica in search of a job for her father, a L...

Tammy Pescatelli got pregnant and her manager assumed her career was over. There weren’t many expectant stand-up comedians performing in 2007. For six months, she kept the news quiet and hid her belly, but once her son was born, she hit the ground r...

Helen Daley always tried to bring out the best in her students. She was a teacher for more than 40 years and it became her classroom mission. She still has the thank you notes she received from some of her pupils. “I just saw so many possibilities th...

If you’re looking for a little excitement this New Year’s Eve the Corporation of Hamilton has you covered. A hurricane, an historic building fire and the Bermuda Triangle will all play heavily in a special light show organised for City Hall tonight....

A year ago, the fictitiously named Mary was faced with a difficult situation. At 22, she found herself pregnant and living in a bad situation. “There was a lot of smoking going on where I was,” she said. “And there were always people coming and goi...