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Tales about the inscription at Scaur Hill and houses “swallowed up” by dunes at South Shore are featured in the final editions of a series about Bermuda’s history and culture.
Heritage Matters volumes nine and ten complete the collection by Edwar...
DATE: May 16, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Vendors of party supplies have been feeling deflated because of a shortage of helium on the island.
Among its many uses, the lighter-than-air gas is used to inflate party balloons.
But a “perfect storm” of global events has created a shortage of the ...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The origins of an historic tree on display at one of the world’s leading plant science and conservation institutes has finally been unearthed – and it is not Bermudian, as scientists had long thought.
Horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Garden in...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A supermarket-run charity drive will be extended after it raised almost $23,000 to help people affected by the crisis in Ukraine.
Customers of The MarketPlace supported the cause by rounding up their purchases to the nearest dollar.
The 14-day campai...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
So, where is everyone? It is not like the fishing and boating season has not started yet. Granted, the commercial fleet have been plying their trade with some success and a few weekenders have put in an appearance offshore, but overall there just is...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
An artists’ forum at the weekend will cover topics from the teaching of Bermuda culture to the island’s cultural policy.
The event will also include talks on the Bermuda Arts Council and cultural expression.
Invited guests from arts and creative comm...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A second victim of an explosion that gutted a Southampton apartment building earlier this month has died in hospital.
Jove Mascarinas, 50, the wife of 49-year-old Oscar Mascarinas, was critically injured in the blast that destroyed their apartment an...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier is preparing to journey to war-torn Ukraine to carry out humanitarian work.
Jason Rhind, 36, who left the regiment as a Lance Corporal in 2018, is due to fly out with US based aid group Task Force Yankee: Ukra...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government staff are working to resolve technical problems that have downed phone and e-mail service at the Bermuda National Library.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said this afternoon: “The problem is anticipated to be rectified as soon as poss...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
TODAY
Football
Women’s League: YMSC v Dandy Stars (6.30pm); PHC v Somerset (9pm). Matches are at BFA Field.
Corona League Cup: Inter Bda v Onions (7pm); Footy Kings v YGS (9pm). Matches are at Goose Gosling Field.
TOMORROW
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DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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