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The airport redevelopment deal could have been better handled, Bob Richards conceded — but the Minister of Finance held that the “overriding lesson” of the last three years was one of staying the course.
“If you know you’re doing the right thing for ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2017
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They’re back: after a six-month break, the Olde Towne welcomed hundreds of ferry passengers back to port as the summer ferry service resumed yesterday.
The Orange route cruised into port at Ordnance Island, with St George’s town crier David Frith on ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2017
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The music and camaraderie of Hubie’s Bar return tonight, seven years after the jazz haven’s owners faced the tough decision to close its doors.
“It was hard for me,” said Molly Brown, who operated the Angle Street establishment for decades with her l...
DATE: Apr 27, 2017
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Thirsty locals were eyeing yesterday’s grey skies in hope of relief, with the island now “across the threshold into drought”, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
“Things out there are just terrible,” farmer Roger Pacheco said, after harvesting ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2017
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The results have come in for Bermuda’s latest Christmas Bird Count: 8,640 total birds across 93 species — as always, with a few special guests.
The first spotting of an eider duck topped the highlights, with a ruby-throated hummingbird, snow goose an...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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One of the island’s best-known ships, the sailing training sloop Spirit of Bermuda, has been showing its class at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.
The races pitted the replica Bermuda schooner against classic yachts from around the world. According...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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Anne Foster, a veteran lawyer specialising in reinsurance, has become the newest member of the Bermuda Bar.
In a ceremony before Ian Kawaley, the Chief Justice, Ms Foster was Called to the Bar by Jan Woloniecki, the head of litigation for ASW Law Lim...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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Refitting the old Bishop Spencer School as a fully equipped centre for Bermuda’s homeless would require $4 million, according to Major Frank Pittman, Bermuda’s Salvation Army divisional commander.
But the replacement for the charity’s dilapidated fac...
DATE: Apr 22, 2017
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Barbara Millett, a dedicated upholsterer, quiet philanthropist and mentor to young Bermudian women, has died at the age of 80.
Over the decades, Mrs Millett mastered a once classic traditional craft, becoming inseparably associated with her upholster...
DATE: Apr 22, 2017
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The Bermuda Government has accused the Lahey Clinic of hatching a “secret pact” with Ewart Brown, the former premier, for “a calculated fraud on the people of Bermuda” in its latest court submission.
The publicly available documents were filed today ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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