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Local charities are being asked to apply for support through the Bermuda End-to-End’s 28th annual event next year.
The charity walk on May 2 will focus funding on the Bermuda family with all proceeds going toward four or five family-based programmes,...
DATE: Oct 28, 2014
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“Son of Bermuda” St George Tucker, the law professor who alerted American patriot leaders to a store of gunpowder in Bermuda, has been commemorated at a ceremony in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
The Bermuda-born American patriot was Professor of L...
DATE: Oct 24, 2014
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An act of kindness was born out of tragedy when a Hamilton restaurant manager decided to pay for a customer’s bill out of her own pocket.
Lindsey Durham, a manager at Bermuda Restaurant Group, was working at Rosa’s Tex Mex restaurant on the Sunday a...
DATE: Oct 24, 2014
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A Thankgiving Gathering is being organised to express gratitude for the collective response during Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo.
Imagine Bermuda, along with the Island’s major churches and community groups, plan to host the event in Hamil...
DATE: Oct 24, 2014
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Hurricane Gonzalo may have cost the Bermuda’s tourism industry up to $1 million for every day the Island was shut down, according to Bill Hanbury.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman’s estimate was based on last year’s visitors’ spending of $411 m...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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A grandmother who admitted stealing and trespassing has been given a six-month suspended sentence.
Karen Henderson, 58, of Sandys, has also been put on probation for one year.
Henderson pleaded guilty on September 24 to stealing a slice of pizza and...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Bermuda is expected to receive 16,000 more cruise ship passengers in 2015 than last year according to the new schedule just announced.
It is expected there there will be 135 cruise ship calls amounting compared to 130 calls projected for 2014.
It is ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Government has put in place a number of measures to reduce the amount of harmful fats, oils and grease (FOG) in the Island’s sewage waste stream.
These materials, as well as other substances, can solidify to form grease balls that have been seen was...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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While many Islanders have endured almost a fortnight of no power thanks to the wrath of Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo, those living with solar power have largely been enjoying the luxury of hot running water, fully-charged batteries, and f...
DATE: Oct 22, 2014
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The SPCA has been working without any power since Hurricane Gonzalo hit the Island, but the 40 plus animals in its care are faring well according to staff.
The animal shelter lost power on the first day of the storm and has been running on a skeleta...
DATE: Oct 22, 2014
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