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Warren Brown was just as keen to share his vast knowledge of the sea as he was to sail throughout the world on his many yachts that shared a name now synonymous with local sailing.
This is the legacy the late sailor leaves behind, a legacy that went...
DATE: Dec 29, 2014
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Colin Thompson
The story of Swizzle the cat being reunited with his owners in England has made national news in the UK.
Earlier this month The Royal Gazette reported how Jon and Naomi Smyth were reunited with their lost kitten Swizzle 19 months after he went missin...
DATE: Dec 29, 2014
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Jim Humphreys can still vividly recall the summer of 1944 and the role his wife, Shirley, played in arguably the most pivotal moment of the Second World War.
The arrival of the German submarine, U-505, in Bermuda in June was top secret because its ca...
DATE: Dec 29, 2014
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Baby girls were born just minutes apart on Christmas Day morning at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Nevaeh Tnes Darrell was welcomed into the world by her mother Germaine Darrell, 33, just before 10.30am, followed shortly afterwards by Xari Wade, ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
A gift campaign dubbed the Shoebox Drive struck gold in the run-up to Christmas, collecting enough boxes of gifts and treats for all its target recipients.
Volunteers gathered at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s old emergency department to distrib...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Bermuda’s needy population continues to rise despite a number of donors, according to the social agency Family Centre.
Executive director Martha Dismont said that “the picture is not a pretty one” for families in difficult straits.
She added that th...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Long-serving staff member at The Royal Gazette Dorothy DeSilva has died.
Ms DeSilva, who was 85, died on Christmas Eve in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
Her daughter, Jean-Anne McConnie, who followed in her family tradit...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Warren Brown, one of Bermuda’s most successful sailors and a well-known businessmen, has died.
Mr Brown, who was 85, passed away on Christmas Day in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Mr Brown logged more than 300,000 miles in his War Baby ocean ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Police and the Bermuda Marine Operations Centre (BMC) investigated a another flare sighting last night, but were unable to find any evidence of a vessel in distress.
According to a spokesman for the BMC, just before 10pm yesterday a member of the pub...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cleanup crews gave high marks to this year’s Christmas Day gathering at Elbow Beach, which left the sands relatively litter free despite the event drawing impressive crowds.
“We were really pleased,” reported Anne Hyde, executive director of Keep Ber...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
