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The public has been asked to steer clear of an East End beach on Thursday morning because of an airport emergency exercise in the area.
Skyport, the airport operators, said staff would simulate an aircraft accident off Clearwater Beach in St George’...
DATE: Nov 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Observances to mark the end of “the war to end all wars” will be scaled down and closed to the public this year.
Tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremony will start at 10.30am with the laying of the wreaths taking place in front of the Cenotaph on the Cab...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Bermuda National Trust will hold a virtual auction fundraiser this month instead of its annual in-person event because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Furniture and artwork will come under the hammer at the Trust Treasures auction and bidders will be a...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity for the disabled has been given a green energy boost.
Aeolus Capital Management and solar energy firm BE Solar joined forces to carry out the work at WindReach, an outdoor centre for the disabled in Warwick
Tina Nash, the executive director...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Young artists can win cash prizes in an art competition held by the Bermuda National Trust.
The trust yesterday opened its doors to applications for their 2021 Student Art Competition, whose theme this year is “My Bermuda”.
Karen Border, the executiv...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The largest gun in Bermuda and a relic of British military might has found a new home after 11 years in museum storage.
A 9.2-inch Mk X breech-loading gun, aptly named “The Big Gun” by National Museum of Bermuda staff, was carefully restored, repain...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A life-size painting of Bermuda’s first Olympic medal winner yesterday found a home in a public garden.
The six-foot portrait of Clarence Hill was installed in Rosalie Gardens on Pembroke’s Angle Street and part of the land was dubbed the Clarence Hi...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who served as a Second World War sailor and who later became a man of the cloth has celebrated his centenary.
Wilfred Steede’s 100th milestone was celebrated with a motorcade on Monday, where family and friends and politicians, including David ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Damage to utility poles has caused outages in two separate parishes, Belco confirmed today.
Shelly Leman, the managing director of transmission distribution and detail, said that a commercial truck hit a pole on Serpentine Road, Pembroke around 10.30...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A kitten found injured and abandoned near a private school has been saved by pupils and staff.
Now Flora, a tortoiseshell kitten found on the Warwick Academy grounds, has become an honorary pupil after she was adopted by a member of staff.
Wendy Made...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson