It has to be one of the more surprising sights for customers popping into A.S. Cooper and Sons main store on Front Street — a Wedgwood potter busily throwing pots and preparing delicate clay moulds of shells and other Bermuda images.
For the rest of ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Tribute to Dame Lois
May 29, 2007
Dear Sir,
Bermuda has suffered a great loss today. My dear friend and mentor Dame Lois Browne-Evans has died. I still have great difficulty believing that there will be no more lengthy political or topical discussion...
TODAY
Mount Saint Agnes Academy Alumni Association is hosting its second Annual Alumni Weekend Cocktail Party from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. in the MSA Courtyard. Admission: $10 and includes Food, Cash Bar, Door Prizes. Basketball Challenge: June 16 5 p...
Former Secretary to the Cabinet John Drinkwater was yesterday named Commander of the British Empire in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
An Englishman originally seconded to Bermuda as Adjutant of the Regiment, the honour caps more than 35 years ...
Mr. Palmer Leon Wade Sr. was the second child of Carl P. and Gladys Wade. He grew up on North Shore and later Serpentine Road where he and his then eight brothers and sisters developed a close relationship. To them he was known as Leon.
His early yea...
FIVE up and coming young Bermuda football players will get the chance to travel to Reading, Pennsylvania this summer to play in the Super Y League with the Rage. This comes on the heels of a second coaching course staged earlier this month in Bermuda...
June 15
Bermuda Race Relations Initiative Race and Media: All That’s Fit to Print. Featuring renowned African-American news editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Les Payne along with two well-known Bermudian journalists. Moderated by BRRI facilitator Prof...
Organisers of the annual End-to-End charity walk celebrated their 20th anniversary with a bang - by breaking many previous records.
Bermuda End-to-End’s charity walk, held on May 5, raised more than $250,000, the highest amount in the event’s history...
THE island’s public school system could be on the brink of meltdown where teachers operate in a climate of fear, according to a damning report by overseas experts.
And the findings also hinted at wider problems in the island, including allegations of...
DATE: Jun 15, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
BCM McAlpine president Alan Burland yesterday responded angrily to claims of racism within his company, calling them “misleading, untrue and sensationalist”. His comments followed complaints in last week’s edition of the Mid-Ocean News by a black Ber...
