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Gerry Butterfield never forgets to count her blessings. She feels fortunate that she owns her home and is able to get income from its two apartments. It’s a big contrast from 40 years ago when a fire at their Angle Street house left her and her sons...

Liz Spalding had two daughters back to back — and then bought a chicken farm. She and her husband, Neville, hadn’t yet been married five years. Needless to say, they were interesting times. “We had about 3,500 birds,” she said. “We didn’t know a thin...

The proud family of Dulcie Zuill celebrated the Southampton resident’s 100th birthday on Friday in the same home where she was born and lived all her life. The centenarian, wife of the late Alfred Zuill and mother of three, got a special service yest...

The island’s seniors advocacy group remains resolute despite suffering its worst financial year for two decades. Age Concern revealed “a challenging year” for fundraising, with a deficit of $107,804 for the year ending March 31, 2019. The financial...

Dear Sir, I am writing to you concerning rest homes/care facilities for the elderly and physically challenged, including private, public and government facilities. Over the years, I have noticed they are becoming dumping grounds for relatives of fami...

For 34 years Leroy “Lofty” Burns was a driver for St Brendan’s Hospital, ferrying children who were patients. He remembers it as one of the best jobs he ever had. “I loved working with the children,” he said. “A lot of them called me ‘Daddy’ or ‘Uncl...

A 76-year-old man found dead in a home in Pembroke was identified yesterday as Cleo Watson. Mr Watson’s body was discovered in a house in St Augustine Road after police and the fire service were contacted on Wednesday at about 2.25pm. A police spokes...

A senior was found dead at a Pembroke home. A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that officers responded to a report of a sudden death at a property on St Augustine Road on Tuesday, at 2.25pm. He said: “The deceased, said to be a 76-year-old Pembr...

There is nothing more poignant than a physical reminder that you cannot “undo” — that your biological clock is ticking and your existence (as you know it) is finite. For men it might be thinning hair or a change in libido; for women it is menopause....

Melvina Robinson claims she used to be shy, that she’d do whatever necessary to avoid being seen. That changed after she entered the Glamorous Granny competition in 2004. Encouraged by her seniors club at Bethel AME church to enter, she said no but t...

No one would compare the Bermuda Census on Population and Housing to a bestseller, but occasionally it produces a statistic that truly jumps off the page. One such statistic is this: median income for Bermudians aged over 65 is just $27,983. This co...

Lloyd Williams moved to Nevis and thought it was a good time to try farming. He’d never planted anything in his life but there was a lot more open land there than in Bermuda and agriculture was important to his Bahá’í faith. “I was a city boy,” the ...