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A Bermudian teen who dreams of delivering babies has won a $5,000 fraternity scholarship. Zaren Bennett, 17, of The Bermuda Institute won Alpha Phi Alpha’s Beautillion on Sunday at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts. “I want to be a...

Who is the most charming beau in Bermuda? The Island will find out on Sunday at the Alpha Beautillion hosted by the Bermuda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The six-month beautillion programme polishes up young men, ages 16 to 18, through w...

After months searching for a job, Rajai Denbrook started cursing his drama degree. The 24-year-old was newly married and unemployed. He sent out tons of job applications, but there were few drama jobs available. Still, he was certain a job would com...

Being a mother isn’t always easy. If you have a special-needs child, it can be downright difficult. Lifestyle spoke with moms about the highs and lows of parenting children with unique challenges. It’s rare for Jenny Purvey to get a hug from her s...

If you’re reading this, you probably have a teacher to thank. When I was five years old I dreaded the arrival of the reading teacher, Lorna Andersen. Since I’d started school a few months late, I needed extra help. Mrs Andersen terrified me, as she b...

Kathy-Ann Swan was devastated the first time she lost a patient. She was 23 and about a year into her nursing career. “I’d only talked to the patient a few minutes before on my rounds and he was comfortable,” she said. “He wasn’t elderly at all which...

A young chef has turned to crowdfunding to cook up a second chance in the restaurant business. Antonio Belvedere ran Peppino’s Catering and Personal Chef Service out of the Bermuda College cafeteria for a little more than a year. When the restaurant ...

You might not have heard of a friendly society, but if you’ve ever celebrated Cup Match you’ve experienced their work. Cup Match began as a cricket game between friendly societies to celebrate emancipation in 1834. Retired Bermuda College science lec...

Hard work pays off. It’s a lesson recently learnt by Northlands Primary students. Almost every hand went up when information technology teacher Mary-Beth Aitken asked for volunteers for a video competition. Once they found out how much work was invol...

If the shoe fits, put it in an art show. That’s the view of Skye Kermode, Ethan Rogers and Elena Portius, who used 36 shoes to make an installation piece for the BSoA/Bermuda College student art exhibition. The shoes are hung with fishing line and ea...