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There is a little bit of a break from tournaments at the club at the moment, although looming large next week is the dreaded mixed pairs aka “The Divorce Stakes”.
I know my partner Jean Johnson has many fond memories of our participation in these eve...
DATE: Mar 18, 2017
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An avocado tree grows in the centre of Kevin Santucci’s neighbourhood.
He planted it there years ago as a gift to his Warwick neighbours.
“I told the neighbours it’s yours,” said the 55-year-old. “Take what you’d like to eat.”
The Seventh-day Adven...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by environmentalists for much of my life.
I have fond memories of travelling abroad to bring two small boys home at summer’s end. They had spent time with their grandparents exploring, picking wild be...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Michael Robinson
Where can we put a woolly mammoth?
It’s this type of question that keeps Sophie Mathew up at night.
She’ll often wake her husband, John Narraway, in the wee hours with a solution. The pair started TEDx Bermuda in 2011 “to change the conversation arou...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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Symbolic of life’s journey, May and Raleigh’s train ride across the United States from California to Kentucky during the Second World War is a passage of transition, leaving the past behind and approaching the next destination with not a little trepi...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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Keema Perry believes in helping people to find their power.
She ran a part-time business, hawking her home-made beauty products, until she came across a website for self-help guru Lisa Nichols two years ago.
It changed her life.
“She kept using the w...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Duart sits on a half-acre lot in Fairylands, a stone’s throw from the centre of town.
The four-bedroom house has a stand-alone cottage, and a large pool and patio that make it great for entertaining.
There are water views from the upper floor of the ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Shawn Brady formed Elevation hoping it would strike a chord with Toronto’s U2 fans.
The group is now going into its fifteenth year; the longest-running tribute show of the popular Irish rock band to date.
“We originally envisioned the band playing a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Marie Tucker grew up on King Street, in the same spot the fire station sits today.
Life in that part of town wasn’t so exciting in 1947.
The then 16-year-old started a summer camp for kids in her backyard because she was bored.
“I think I’ve always l...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
At an age when most people think about retiring, Carol Ferris had to learn how to use a keyboard.
Giving an injection or operating a hyperbaric chamber was more her style; she’d trained as a physician nearly 40 years prior.
“Typing my novel was a two...
DATE: Mar 13, 2017
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Jessie Moniz Hardy