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You thought the recent weather was cold by Bermuda’s standards? This little auk probably thought so too.
The dovekie, right, which is related to puffins and breeds in Iceland and Greenland, was found at Ferry Point Park by a group of American student...
DATE: Jan 14, 2017
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The performing arts are more than simple entertainment, according to organisers of the 2017 Bermuda Festival.
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club this week, Ginny Masters, event administrator, described the arts as the soul of society and a key ingr...
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Government MP Susan Jackson has been appointed as a receiver to oversee the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged.
The facility has been under the care of the Ministry of Health and Seniors since December 8 after a magistrate approved govern...
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More than 100 people came together to remember their loved ones at a Memorial Moon Walk last night.
“It was a marvellous night,” Nicky Gurret, who helped organise the event with the Friends of Hospice, told The Royal Gazette.
She added that despite ...
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Helping agencies have applauded a creative scheme devised by a local church to offer families discounts on their groceries.
The initiative launched by the First Church of God brings in shipping containers of discounted food from a United States suppl...
DATE: Jan 13, 2017
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Environment minister Cole Simons is not prepared to lift the ban on weedkillers containing concentrated glyphosates “at this point in time”.
The announcement, made at a stakeholder consultation meeting last night on the Glyphosate Monitoring Study D...
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The Bermuda Pilot Gig Club is preparing to hold a parade of maritime vessels to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ship to sail through Town Cut in St George’s.
The Norwegian cargo ship SS Admiralen, under pilot James Griffiths, became the first...
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A CEO who sexually assaulted one of his employees may have to pay her thousands of dollars in damages.
Quinton Neil Francis, 43, part-owner of security firm SAS Protection Services, attacked the woman in 2012 while the pair were on an evening patrol ...
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Tracey and Jeffrey Newenhouse first came to Bermuda for their honeymoon in August 1982.
The couple from New Jersey enjoyed their stay so much they kept returning — more than three decades later they are back to participate in the Bermuda Marathon Wee...
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For Michael LaPlante, “I can’t” has become “when can we?”.
Two years ago, he weighed in at 680lbs and could not walk to the end of his driveway.
Since losing more than 400lbs, the 35-year-old from New England has discovered a new lease of life. Now f...
DATE: Jan 13, 2017
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