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The peak of meteor season rewarded stargazers last night as the annual Perseid meteor shower yielded a particularly fine showing.
August is traditionally the shooting star month, as the Earth intersects a stream of debris left in the wake of comet Sw...
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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The skies over Bermuda are expected to burn brightly tonight: the annual Perseid meteor shower should yield a richer than usual showing of shooting stars.
The island enjoys good visibility courtesy of its distance from big cities, which obscure the h...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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A selfless mother who lived to help others, Marilyn Dickinson passed away last month at the age of 65 after a battle with ALS. The Canadian-born physiotherapist had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — a progressive condition that affects mobility and spe...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Legendary sportsman, Eldon Raynor Sr, has put his cricket playing days behind him and has traded in his wickets for a watering can.
The 83-year-old Cup Match great, who scored 738 runs in the summer classic, donated large pumpkins that he has home gr...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Dog owners have been urged to stay vigilant in the wake of a recent case of a potentially dangerous rodent-borne disease in a local pet.
The warning came from veterinarian Andrew Madeiros, the practice manager at Ettrick Animal Hospital, who said the...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is on the hunt for a new developer for his Ariel Sands hotel project after New York-based Olympic Property Partners “left abruptly”.
Mr Douglas has been “taking the bull by the horns” in order to find a new partner as ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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The Bermuda International Long Term Insurers & Reinsurers (BILTIR) has awarded its first scholarship worth $30,000 to an “outstanding” student.
Imani Smith, 18, will receive $15,000 each year over a period of two years to put towards further educatio...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Plans for the proposed St Regis Hotel in St George’s have been made available online at the Department of Planning website.
The plans, submitted to the department on August 1, detail the 122-key hotel which will overlook Gates Bay, along with propose...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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The Bermuda Government let its airport development proposal fall into controversy because of its “communications issues”, the Chamber of Commerce has claimed.
However, the Chamber gave its backing to the Government to proceed with a new terminal, whi...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Bermuda’s most senior citizen has moved on: A’Lona Lambert-Simons, of Somerset, has died at the age of 105.
Her birth predated the First World War and the launch of the Titanic, in an age when there was no state of Arizona and aircraft were still in ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2016
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