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The Cup Match camping tradition will resume this year – but with Covid-19 restrictions in place. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said campers and picnickers are allowed to set up their camp sites today, but camping itself will only be pe...

Dear Sir, How many ways can I say thank you? It is always gratifying to know that when you call; they will answer. The recent dedication of The Sun and Sand Patio at Shelly Bay was the culminating answer to the call. Efforts to engage the community i...

Environmental groups have balked at a plan to fill in a cave at John Smith’s Bay as part of a coastal protection effort. But Government has defended the project, arguing that it will reduce potentially hazardous erosion. According to the application...

A patio has been built at a beach to honour a late stalwart of the Bermuda Industrial Union and former senator. The LaVerne Furbert memorial patio, built on Shelly Bay Beach in Hamilton Parish, was unveiled yesterday as a way to help people with mobi...

Government is to revise plans to create an events area at a South Shore resort earlier proposals were rejected. The original proposal, which included an events lawn, restrooms, storage areas and a 42-space car on land to the west of the Bermudiana Be...

Plans to build a new headquarters for the Department of Parks still face scrutiny over whether or not the project is affordable, the Government said. Architectural design firms were invited earlier this year to submit proposals to design a new buildi...

The year’s first commemorative stamp series have been issued to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Garden Club of Bermuda. From a modest beginning in April 4, 1921, the club has grown into one of the island’s most lasting groups. The four stamps ...

Swings at a popular Shelly Bay park have been removed after being repeatedly damaged. A resident complained earlier this year that an infant swing at the park had multiple missing rivets which created a potential safety hazard. The swing was repaired...

Government has granted permission for a picnic area to be developed at Shelly Bay Beach in honour of late political activist LaVerne Furbert. Public Works gave the go ahead for an area near the old beach restaurant site to be levelled and fitted with...

The Railway Trail bridge over Flatts Inlet is to get access ramps installed this spring, MPs heard yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told the House of Assembly the Department of Parks continued to collaborate with ...

A beach at Admiralty Park will be closed for more than a month for repairs to a hurricane-damaged wall. A spokesman for the Department of Parks said construction work started yesterday and beach access would be prohibited until work finished at the e...

A ban was today slapped on night-time events at Government properties after police were forced to break up a party of more than 100 people in the Botanical Gardens at the weekend. A spokesman for the public works ministry said: “The need to promote t...