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Ernie Ogalesco didn’t celebrate Hallowe’en as a child. He was raised in the Philippines where they honour the dead with visits to the cemetery, not pumpkins. It’s ironic that the 38-year-old is making a name for himself because of the spooky traditio...

As a child, Jeanine Glynn would spend hours watching burials at the cemetery near her home. She’d hide behind a headstone and stare, and wonder why people got so upset. It’s something she still doesn’t really understand. The 74-year-old from Poole, D...

Hallowe’en came “frightfully” early to our school this year! When teachers, parents and children arrived at school last Friday morning they were met with such scary music that some of them were almost afraid to get out of their cars! We were all dres...

Caroline Aberhart arrived in Bermuda four years ago, with $11 in her pocket. Somehow she’d lost her wallet on the long journey from her native New Zealand. On the plus side, she had a job she relished. The clinical pharmacist is promoting her career ...

Warwick Academy Primary School is thrilled to have Lawrence and Jess Wild here this week. They are both experts on Big Writing and Drama and bring with them from the UK a vast wealth of knowledge. Big Writing is a teaching method, based in the Unite...

Chelsea Smith’s family moved five times when she was growing up. She changed schools every time they moved. Each time there were new friends to make and new routines to learn. “The experience was stressful,” said the 38-year-old. “Although I didn’t l...

Young Observer met with Mr Stowe and students at The Bermuda Technical Training School last week. The school currently offers the High School Completion Programme. The programme delivers alternative high school studies for students experiencing diff...

The vast majority of personal trainer Jeremy Smith’s clients weren’t athletes or gym rats. They were regular businessmen and women who struggled to find the time to work out. His solution? Beat the Desk, a website that offers exercise plans and nu...

Phillip Ingham hasn’t worked in five years. He’s filled out hundreds of applications but things often tank at the interview stage. The 45-year-old suspects it’s not a problem with his credentials or how he presents himself, it’s his cerebral palsy....

Al and Regina “Ginger” Curl thought they were going to New York for their 60th anniversary. The North Carolina couple broke down in tears when their four children told them they were coming here instead. They’d raved about the Island since they spent...