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A popular city worker, union stalwart and Gombey captain has died at 60.
Willis “Mr Front Street” Steede, who worked as a skilled labourer for the City of Hamilton for 23 years, was known for his friendly demeanour. He was the captain of Allan Warne...
DATE: Oct 08, 2019
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Artwork from Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute patients has gone on display at the City Hall.
The MindFrame PhotoVoice exhibition aims to reduce stigma for patients, allow them to express themselves and help them build bridges with the public.
It featu...
DATE: Oct 05, 2019
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Pupils witnessed a human in flight yesterday as a British jet-suit inventor took to the skies.
Richard Browning flew above Warwick Academy, powered by five gas-turbine jet engines strapped to his body.
About 450 high school students gathered in the s...
DATE: Oct 05, 2019
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Bermuda “dodged a bullet” by avoiding severe flooding when Hurricane Humberto hit the island, according to a leading meteorologist.
Mark Guishard warned that high tides were becoming increasingly likely in Bermuda due to climate change but that the i...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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A former CIA intelligence officer who travelled the world training special agents in the art of clandestine photography is to share her stories in Bermuda.
Jonna Hiestand Mendez worked for 27 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Tec...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Paintings of some of Bermuda’s leading figures and natural scenes have been featured in a biography of Canadian artist Bernard Poulin.
Mr Poulin has painted members of royalty and prominent politicians from around the world and spent many years visi...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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An American artist and architect is to host an exhibition of “functional fine art” at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art this month.
Sandra Vlock has created Bermudian-themed sketches and a metal fire pit sculpture while spending the summer on the isl...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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Some antenatal health checks at Hamilton Health Centre are being undertaken in the Communicable Disease Control Clinic.
A sign in the Maternal Health and Family Planning Clinic at the centre said: “Due to lack of resources, the maternal health progr...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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A new sailing academy raised $450 to help nurture young sailing talent in memory of the late Olympic gold medal-winner Andrew “Bart” Simpson.
The annual commemorative weekend race for Mr Simpson, fondly known as “Bart”, who died in 2013, aged 36, du...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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An environmental charity is inviting ocean conservation groups to apply for funding to boost more initiatives.
The Marooned Ocean Foundation was launched in June 2018 by Adam Johnson, a Bermudian lawyer with a passion for the ocean, to raise funds f...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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