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The sound of violins playing changed Shadaunte Tucker’s life. “I was 15,” he said. “I awoke one morning in the summer and heard violins playing over the radio. I thought, ‘What’s that beautiful sound? I could be a violinist’.” He took to the internet...

Suffering from back pain? Duane Pitt is someone you need to see. The Bermudian has been recognised as one of the top spine surgeons in the US because of the work he does out of his Scottsdale, Arizona practice, Desert Institute for Spine Disorders. A...

Mandarin anyone? It isn’t an easy language to learn but Hailey Quig can’t wait to give it a try. She’ll have plenty of opportunity. Come September, the 15-year-old will leave the Island for northwestern China for two years. It’s part of a cultural ex...

Alonzo Richards used to wish he was invisible. “The other children kept making jokes about my size, which I didn’t like too much,” he said. “I was stocky.” He is now a muscular 18-year-old but he was able to tap into those childhood feelings to win t...

Alexis Davis Smith could be a star in the making. Watch her as she takes centre stage as part of United Dance Productions’ Recital 2015 this weekend. It’s one of the last times the 18-year-old will perform with the local company before she departs fo...

Young Observer got up close and personal with three Berkeley Institute students who are preparing for a trip of a lifetime. They are a part of the group headed to Malawi with Habitat for Humanity to build homes for the local communities there. Josiah...

Bermuda Bridge Club hosted their first Youth Bridge event on Thursday, June 4. The twelve students from Saltus Grammar School who participated were Ruskin Cave, Liam Peniston, Blair Blakeney, Kaya Vogler, Linda Amaral, Adeline Young, Aiden Young, Ly...

Kalaeb Tannock was certain he’d join the family business after high school. He was bored with his studies and saw plumbing as his only real career prospect. And then he learnt about Raleigh International. The global organisation helps empower youth w...

Heroes, they have to be sure, they have to be soon and they have to be larger than life. At least they do according to Bonnie Tyler’s song Holding Out for a Hero. In honour of Heroes Day on Monday, The Royal Gazette asked people: what do you need fro...

A Bermudian teen who dreams of delivering babies has won a $5,000 fraternity scholarship. Zaren Bennett, 17, of The Bermuda Institute won Alpha Phi Alpha’s Beautillion on Sunday at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts. “I want to be a...