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The Ocean View Golf Club in Devonshire rocked like never before when the family of Mrs Lois L Weeks took it over on Sunday in celebration of her 90th birthday.
For the purposes of this feature, yours truly, this columnist is taking the liberty to ref...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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While their boating technology did not allow native Americans of the eastern sectors of North and South America to reach Bermuda, the newly invented Bermuda Rig and accompanying Bermuda Sloop allow Bermudians in the later 1600s to reach into those re...
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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Jonathan Bell
Dr Stanley Paris has been forced to abandon his attempt to become the fastest person to sail solo around the world after suffering damage to his yacht Kiwi Spirit in the middle of the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
The 77-year-old Bermudian sailor is now h...
DATE: Dec 26, 2014
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December is the time for giving, and for preparing any 2014 US tax exposures. Gifting appreciated stock to a recognised charity is a powerful tool for US tax planning. The Centre of Philanthropy has a 501(3)(b) registered fund that is recognised by t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2014
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Patrice Horner
Here is a reflection on the December 18 “die in” outside City Hall. Organised by Mt Zion AME Church, with the help of other churches, it put a spotlight on the problem of gun and gang violence. This letter was written by Gina Spence Productions in Ch...
DATE: Dec 24, 2014
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