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The choir from Clearwater Middle School brought song to the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club today as a gesture of appreciation to staff.
The students thanked employees who volunteered time at the school, cleaning and painting the walls of the music ro...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Artex employees and their family members helped remove invasive Brazilian pepper trees from Trunk Island.
The island in Harrington Sound, owned by the Bermuda Zoological Society, is used for overnight camps, educational workshops and nature encounter...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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The man whose court victory paved the way for same-sex marriage in Bermuda said it would be a “monumental symbol” if the Governor refused to give assent to an Act designed to replace same-sex marriage with watered-down domestic partnerships.
Winston...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Meals and Wheels recipients are in store for a surprise with their meals this week after 200 primary school pupils created personalised greeting cards.
Staff from caregiving provider Atlantic Caregiving then packaged the cards and delivered them to M...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Teachers Rugby Football Club are spreading Christmas cheer by donating to families struggling this holiday season.
The drive was spearheaded by men’s Captain Aldo Campbell and saw club members raise funds for the Family Centre.
Mr Campbell, inspired...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Kenny Harris, one of the island’s veteran broadcasters and an accomplished jazz musician, has died at the age of 90.
According to friends, Mr Harris had been living in Brandon, Suffolk, with his wife and fellow broadcaster Nell Bassett, when he died ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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A Bermudian man who died after suffering a medical emergency on board a Jet Blue flight has been named as Sotunji Burgess.
Mr Burgess died of “natural causes”, according to a statement released by police yesterday
afternoon.
The 37-year-old was on a...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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A prominent voice from the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People has praised local efforts to grapple with the island’s legacy of racism.
Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, commended the latest round of t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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Saltus pupils have donated more than $1,200 of toys to the Salvation Army’s Christmas children’s appeal.
Ann Paynter, the director of middle school at Saltus, said: “We had a fantastic response.
“Originally, we put aside one day for donations, but s...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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Legislation to decriminalise small quantities of cannabis tonight won universal support from senators.
The Misuse of Drugs (Decriminalisation of Cannabis) Amendment Act will decriminalise possession of less than 7 grammes of cannabis - but police wil...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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