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They don’t allow footballs on the field during playtime at Victor Scott Primary School. The children were getting into too many fights over the balls. Principal Valerie Williams is hoping Bermuda national football team coach Andrew Bascome will help...

Julee Smith is considered a hero, of sorts, at Westgate Correctional Facility. About 15 per cent of the inmates suffer from asthma; the nurse recently took a course to better help them out. “In nursing school there was only a chapter or two on asthma...

Cheryl Staurulakis is leading a cause to get residents protected against the human papilloma virus, better known as HPV. The 53-year-old was outraged after watching a documentary about the virus, and how easily it could be prevented. “If there was a ...

Jabari Hayward knows exactly what he wants under his Christmas tree: enough food to feed the hungry. It’s a tall order that he and his friends at Victor Scott Primary School aren’t waiting on Santa to fulfil. “My Christmas wish is to give food to peo...

All Evan Farrow wants under his Christmas tree this year is $14,300. It’s for a good cause. The 15-year-old wants the cash to pay for 13 solar panels at his school, Somersfield Academy. “I still have a ways to go in fundraising,” he said. “When I sta...

Amne Osseyran was one of just three students when United Dance Productions opened its doors. The company’s single studio was housed on Court Street “in a wooden building on stilts”; founder Suzette Harvey barely had enough money to install mirrors. D...

Kayuntae’ Ming’s first year at CedarBridge Academy was a rough one, full of drama and bullying. Kevonté Jennings-Lathan didn’t put much effort into his studies. Neither student imagined that four years later they would be wearing the school crown as ...

Akilah Acka was “super shocked” when she got the lead role in CedarBridge Academy’s Annie. Her friends were also surprised. According to the 16-year-old, she’s usually a “church mouse” in class but decided to try out for Annie because she wanted to ...

For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure. Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ago he had the opportunity to move into a group home...

As a child, no one would have picked Benjamin “Benny” Sousa as a future millionaire. He had dropped out of school by the age of 10 and was packing shelves in a grocery store; he couldn’t read very well. “I refused to go to school because the children...