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Former advertising and marketing manager for The Royal Gazette Gary Ritchie has passed away at the age of 77.
Mr Ritchie entered the newspaper industry in Canada after serving three years in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He came to Bermuda in 1968 to...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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A man seen parking his bike while three-times over the blood alcohol limit was yesterday banned from the road.
Magistrates’ Court heard that at around 1.10am last Saturday, officers were at the junction of Frog Lane and Palmetto Road when they saw 47...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The father of a middle school student beaten with a cricket bat has insisted his son wasn’t a “gang banger” as claimed by his attacker.
The St David's resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "I can assure the public and whoever else i...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Two teenagers were remanded on charges they committed a crime spree in Warwick.
Both were arrested Tuesday following a police search in the Astwood Park area.
Shanrico Ottley and Shayne James, both 19, denied breaking into a Warwick home and stealing...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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The fight to protect the critically endangered Bermuda Skink has found a new ally — the UK’s Chester Zoo.
A total of 12 skinks will soon be taken to the zoo in an effort to develop a captive breeding programme for the critically endangered species.
M...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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A Pembroke painter was banned from the road yesterday after admitting drinking and driving.
Aaron Moniz, 24, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court of driving while impaired in an incident on Saturday.
The court heard that at around 12.30am, officers o...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of 28 sailors yesterday set out from Rhode Island — all travelling solo — as part of the Bermuda One-Two.
The biennial race, which first started in 1977, challenges competitors to race from Newport to St George’s solo, and return to Newport d...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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Staff from Works and Engineering have in recent weeks been working to restore the Unfinished Church, which suffered “substantial deterioration” due to weathering.
Former St George’s Mayor Henry Hayward said: “It got so bad it was actually a danger to...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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A St David's man yesterday admitted beating a middle school student with a cricket bat in a playground.
Glen Fox, 46, pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in the June 2 incident, which took place near the Gulf S...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Paget firefighter was yesterday fined after he admitted drinking and driving, but left the court with his driver’s licence intact.
Dennis Kelly, 39, was arrested on June 2 after officers received a report of a vehicle being driven erratically along...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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