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Chess fans are ahead of the game after a successful year of development on-island and overseas.
Sam Lill, spokesman for the Bermuda Chess Association, said 2018 was a “year of firsts” for the strategy board game.
He explained: “We went to the Carifta...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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London’s Privy Council will hear a dispute between the Bermuda Bar Council and a law firm that it has refused to recognise.
Walkers Global had set up a licensing agreement with Bermudian firm Taylors to become Walkers Bermuda.
But the Bermuda Bar Cou...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mother and son pulled off a double win in a prestigious literary awards competition.
Florenz Maxwell was awarded the Children and Young Adult Fiction prize in the 2018 Bermuda Literary Awards for her novel Girlcott.
Her son, Clarence Maxwell, won ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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Police dug into a festive meal for Christmas Day thanks to the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club.
The yuletide treat — a full Christmas meal with all the trimmings — was organised by Timothy Morrison, the hotel’s general manager, and his staff to than...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Three delivery trucks decorated by Bermudian artists have hit the roads as part of a Bermuda National Gallery project.
Sophie Cressall, curator at the BNG, said the displays, which feature a range of designs from pastels to contemporary photography, ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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An outpouring of community support helped to bring Christmas spirit to Court Street yesterday.
Regina Peniston said: “It’s been very overwhelming. I have a lot of gratitude to these people.”
She was speaking at the annual Boxing Day dinner she has ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Marsden First United Methodist Church in Smith’s has contributed over $1,000 worth of school supplies to Harrington Sound Primary School.
The collection supports the Support Public Schools initiative led by lawyer Juliana Snelling. Funds were raised...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
A blind woman is on a mission to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Sherrie-Lynn Lilley returned to her home country after living in the United States for about 30 years and discovered tasks she considered routine presented problems.
It w...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Six-year-old Rylee Lightbourne turned her front yard bakery to fundraising so that she could help brighten Christmas for another child.
On a Saturday earlier this month, Rylee’s snack shop at her Devonshire home held a special sale to family and frie...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Roadside sobriety checkpoints will be in effect in six parishes from next Friday to New Year’s Day.
The Bermuda Police Service announced that they will be stationed in Hamilton, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton.
The previous set o...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Sarah Lagan