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A Devonshire senior involved in a Christmas Day car crash has been fined for drinking and driving.
Maxwell Brown, 67, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired by alcohol on Granaway Heights Road.
Officers responded to a report o...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Vandals struck a Somerset Church on Christmas Eve, uprooting a row of hibiscus recently planted to beautify the area.
Elizabeth Card, a parishioner at St Joseph’s Church, said she discovered the damage on Christmas morning as she was picking up item...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Wind and rain battered the Island this weekend, but rain is not expected to dampen Bermuda’s New Year’s celebrations.
As of press time last night, the Bermuda Weather Service was forecasting strong winds, but no rain for this evening’s festivities.
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DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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The 20-year-old St George’s resident was fatally shot on the edge of the St George’s Golf Course minutes after midnight.
The shooting took place an hour and a half after an altercation at Wellington Back Road, which investigators believed might have...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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A Montana judge has sentenced two California residents for their roles in a Ponzi scheme involving Bermudian Andre Curtis.
Shanna Raymond of Oakland and Brian Gill of San Pedro had been convicted of investment fraud and money laundering.
US District ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Rod MacKenzie, one of Bermuda’s most popular pub singers in the 1970s, has died in Florida at the age of 61.
A regular performer at Bermuda Folk Club, the Englishman might be best remembered for his nightly appearances at the Robin Hood where he buil...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Adrian Robson
An impressive osprey has been photographed tucking into a fish it had caught on the western side of the Island.
The large bird of prey was one of three spotted at Morgan's Point during an Island-wide Christmas bird count by the Bermuda Audubon Socie...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Scott Neil
A man who assaulted his ex-girlfriend after she caught him sleeping in her bed has been jailed pending sentence.
Jamal Bascome, 27, of Sunset Close, Pembroke, admitted causing actual bodily harm to Merviena Simons on December 22.
Magistrates’ Court h...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
New Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy has pledged to undertake “a thorough and measured review” of a law affecting Bermudians married to foreigners.
Part of the controversial amendment to the Immigration and Protection Act — which forced mixed st...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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This stunning image captured by Bermudian Jennifer Prescott was named as one of the “pictures of the year” selected by a UK national newspaper.
The image of a rainbow over John Smith’s Bay was taken by Mrs Prescott the day before Tropical Storm Lesli...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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