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Shoeboxes aren’t just for storing shoes, they are also a great way to show love and gratitude. So believes Erlor Dean. She is stuffing shoeboxes with small gifts and handing them out to senior citizens as appreciation for their contributions, in the ...

Roberta Alvarez had to leave Bermuda to get the education she wanted for her dyslexic daughter. Olivia was six when doctors confirmed the difficulties she had with reading, spelling and writing were due to the learning disorder. Her parents hired a ...

Sabrina Heyns laboured for 36 hours, had two failed epidurals, general anaesthesia and an emergency caesarean section. So when nurses handed over her day-old daughter, Sophia, on October 24, Mrs Heyns didn’t feel able to cope. “I was afraid the baby ...

Apryl Jackson was overwhelmed when she first transferred to Warwick Academy. She was 14 and struggled to fit in. “I felt out of place and acted out negatively,” Miss Jackson, now 23, said. “I was often in trouble.” In stepped teacher Jessica Bowdle...

Chelsea Smith’s family moved five times when she was growing up. She changed schools every time they moved. Each time there were new friends to make and new routines to learn. “The experience was stressful,” said the 38-year-old. “Although I didn’t l...

‘Slight Fright’ is just five minutes long but at the moment it is Al Seymour Jr’s cinematic masterpiece. If you’ve watched ‘Goosebumps’ at the Liberty Theatre, you have most likely seen the 18-year-old’s big screen debut. The short film shows immedia...

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...

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...

The first time Nasya Joell danced on stage he was nine. He was so nervous he kept dropping his prop but the experience got him hooked on performing. By the time his family left Bermuda for Huntsville, Alabama a year later, Nasya was dancing competiti...

As a teenager in the 1970s, Stephen DeCosta thought there was nothing cooler than cruising on his moped. Some might say he never grew up. The 51-year-old is still passionate about mopeds and has been collecting vintage bikes for the past 20 years. A ...