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A “huge” swarm of bees descended near Elliot Primary School this weekend, prompting a police alert — but the event proved a happy one for local beekeepers.
According to school principal Kimberly Creighton, the bees, which arrived on Saturday, have no...
DATE: Oct 08, 2016
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A new sport, FootGolf, is coming to the island courtesy of Family’s Centre’s eighth annual Kid’s Golf Clinic and Supper.
In FootGolf, players kick a football on the golf course into extra-large cups, in as few shots as possible, with up to four playe...
DATE: Oct 07, 2016
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William S. Zuill, an author and avid historian who became the first director of the Bermuda National Trust as well as serving for three years as editor of The Royal Gazette, has died at the age of 86.
Mr Zuill’s reporting career started in the early ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2016
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At least one former staff member at the Summerhaven residence for the physically disabled has vowed to fight his dismissal in court, as tenants call for his reinstatement.
A co-ordinator at the assisted living facility, where protests over management...
DATE: Oct 04, 2016
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One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in the past decade has hit the impoverished nation of Haiti.
Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm packing winds of 140mph, made landfall at the south-western tip near Les Anglais at about 8am.
According t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2016
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Carroll Wainwright, a prominent American lawyer who achieved lifelong notoriety after skipping Bermuda as a child stowaway in 1934, has died at the age of 90.
The press dubbed Wainwright, heir to a wealthy family, “the Silk-Stockinged Stowaway” after...
DATE: Oct 04, 2016
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Hurricane Matthew has passed over the Tiburon peninula in the southwest of Haiti, unleashing floods and knocking out electricity as the Category 4 storm continues north.
Matthew, the region’s biggest storm in nearly a decade, expected to cause extens...
DATE: Oct 04, 2016
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Protesters gathered outside the Summerhaven assisted living facility yesterday, in a fresh round of criticism over alleged mismanagement.
“This is the first time residents have come together like this, and I congratulate them for it,” said part-time ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2016
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Bermuda is coming to grips with the implications of the Public Access to Information regime, almost a year and a half after Pati became law.
Questions on the finer details of Pati were fielded this week as part of International Right to Know Day by G...
DATE: Oct 01, 2016
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Two grateful vendors showed their thanks to the Summerhaven assisted-living facility by giving back after a successful summer catering to visitors at the nearby John Smith’s Bay.
Harrington Harvey III and Kuba Jacobs are both from the Smith’s communi...
DATE: Oct 01, 2016
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