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As New York City went into lockdown on Friday with more than 4,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 34 deaths, Susan Wakefield was scrambling to find needed medication. “I called the doctor yesterday and left a message. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to...

If it were up to the former owners, Gwyneth Lightbourne and her son, Michael, would never have held claim to Brightside Guest Apartments. The deeds in 1955 clearly stated that the land, then home to a horse livery stable, would never be sold to a per...

Mildred Blyden Davis was a singing sensation in 1950s Bermuda. At 15, Mildred Iris stole the limelight as a last-minute entry in a talent competition and won the opportunity to perform on radio and television in the United States. Back in Bermuda, s...

People see Hayley Francis Cann walking around with instruments and usually assume she is headed somewhere to perform. In a way she is, although her job as a music therapist requires her to “do a lot more than entertain”. There is a clinical process i...

When Harold Smith turned 100 he took the milestone in stride. “Why shouldn’t I turn 100,” he shrugged. “I take care of myself and was brought up on good food. I ate a lot of fish.” Of course, the Mount Hill, Pembroke man says all this with his belove...

When Priscilla Tully started planning her 100th birthday party, she knew exactly where she wanted it to be — Bermuda. The Middlebury, Vermont resident has been coming here at least once a year since 1975. “The location keeps me coming back and people...

Dianne Tacklyn did not do much to celebrate turning 73. On February 25, her daughter bought her Chinese food and a cake. She took a nap. A couple of friends came from down the road. It was bliss for the pastor of New Testament Church of God Healing C...

For years, Elroy Ratteray waited for someone to invite him to join the Freemasons, not realising his brother Vincent was a high-ranking member. The secret men’s society grabbed his attention at a funeral it organised for one of its members. “I was re...

Gil Tucker was the only black student in his class throughout his years at Saltus Grammar School. Both welcomed and teased, he refused to let anyone set limits on him. At Harrington Sound Primary School, where he’d studied earlier, he’d been inspire...

Quinton DeShield moved to Angola to start a business, but soon got distracted by a cause. Bothered by the piles of trash on the beaches outside Luanda, the capital city of the southern African nation, he decided to put “planet over profit”. With the...