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Patrick Lee thought reading and rap were worlds apart until three years ago. The Bermuda College Literary Society opened his eyes to the connection. Ironically, he only joined to fulfil credit requirements. “It was a club or sports and I don’t lik...

Some coaches shy away from “ankle biters”. Not Cal Simons. The 60-year-old Bermuda Pacers Track Club coach adores working with young children. “They’re a lot of fun,” he said. “Sometimes [six-, seven- and eight-year-olds] can be very playful. You hav...

Leon James never imagined he’d become a school principal. As a child, he didn’t see the point of education; once he finished primary school, he quit. “I was a big boy and wanted to go out and work,” the 77-year-old said. His parents, Aileen and Arth...

Alison Soares felt a tremendous sense of relief when her mother was admitted to Agape House. Hillary Soares was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. She struggled to breathe, had a feeding tube and couldn’t move. The irony was that the 70-yea...

Kathlyn Dyer had to rely on old-fashioned elbow grease for a good part of her life. She had two choices if she wanted to get somewhere: walk or pedal. It wasn’t until she’d had her seventh child that she got a washing machine; prior to that she had w...

In today’s frenetic world, even children sometimes long for peace and quiet. Nathaniel Thomas tried to skip a tennis lesson three weeks ago because he wanted to learn how to meditate. The six-year-old didn’t inform anyone ahead of time; he just wande...

Matthew Oliveira was speeding along at 25mph when he somehow crashed into a closed gate. He suffered severe bruising and minor internal bleeding in the fall, but insisted on getting back on his bike. He was, after all, in the middle of a race for cha...

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 ...