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IT'S a festival that has, in some ways, been four centuries in the making. In honour of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Bermuda, the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts has been preparing for the 2009 event for the past several years i...
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Budding writers are being encouraged to express thanks in return for up to $4,000 in educational grants.
The 12th Annual Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Contest is underway, offering one secondary school student a $1,000 grant and six runners-up prizes...
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A LEADING local economist this week addressed the worsening financial situation on the island, calling on Bermudians to "pursue niche markets" in order to survive the crunch.
Economist and Bermuda College lecturer Craig Simmons (pictured) has describ...
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THE Corporation of Hamilton has hit back in the wake of recent allegations of corrupt dealings, promising that the City's parks and green spaces will only ever be developed "as a last resort".
In last week's Mid-Ocean News, former councillor Graeme O...
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A business is taking a novel approach to encouraging tourism to the Island – by focusing on Victorian heritage.
Inspired by author Mark Twain's connections to the Island and artists Winslow Homer and Georgia O'Keeffe, Bermuda Supply is this week spon...
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A longtime sporting enthusiast was yesterday rewarded for his efforts as a volunteer coach who has spent many years helping teenagers improve their skills in netball and football.
Anthony Mouchette spends more than ten hours a week as a netball coach...
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THE UBP responded to this week's news that vocal campaigner Khalid Wasi plans to run for the newly-vacant Southampton West Central seat by reassuring constituents that the party still understands their needs ¿ despite claims it is past its sell-by da...
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The Public Transport Board is to introduce psychological testing to weed out would-be bus drivers with attitude problems.
But Public Transport Board (PTB) director Dan Simmons was unable to say if Government was going to come good on promises for fre...
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A 19-year-old Devonshire man whose nose was broken in a public fight with his friend argued a case of self-defence when he appeared in Magistrates' Court on charges yesterday.
Erik Simmons of St. Monica's Road, Devonshire, admitted fighting outside t...
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FOR the first time in the Bermuda Festival's history, a "fringe" festival has been added to the line-up.
The festival, "Dahn De Hill to Daylesford", is a Bermuda colloquialism for "down the hill" from City Hall Theatre, where a majority of the Bermud...
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