Edonna Bean started thinking about her 40th birthday months before the grand event.
She knew exactly what she didn’t want: a massive party.
A YouTube video of a boy handing his sneakers over to a hom...
Norma Blackman was always strongly independent. She credits her parents, Constance and Gilbert Cox.
“They taught me not to bring my problems home, to sort them out myself,” the 84-year-old said. “I d...
DJs Jibri Lewis and Bakari were 16 the first time they played at a party.
They chose Young Men’s Social Club for their public debut as King Jyrus.
The bar was locked, and soda was the only drink the t...
Jessica Fellowes loved everything about the hit television show Downton Abbey: the costumes, the characters, the time period. Some may argue that she had to. Her uncle, Julian Fellowes, wrote it.
“Whi...
Pauletta Francis has an uplifting message for her students at Elliot Primary School every day.
It’s been her practice to have her primary five class use words such as “smart” and “strong” to describe ...
Carla May Bean had big plans for her 40th birthday.
She was going to Jamaica, where she’d party the night away with some of her best girlfriends.
Instead, when December 3, 2014 rolled around, she was ...
Sally Perinchief was in her twenties when she started volunteering at Packwood Home.
Sixty years later, she’s the same age as many of the residents — and still helping.
“I turned 83 last week,” she sa...
Andy Detzer knew he was facing an uphill battle when he took over Azu Beastro.
The restaurant is located far off the beaten path, at the back of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo.
Adding to his woes...
Sometimes it takes a friend to kick your dreams into high gear. Alicia Resnik always wanted to publish a children’s book, but work and her three sons kept her busy.
And then she had a talk with her b...
Zina Zuill’s heart broke the day her son brought home a report card full of Fs.
No matter how much Solomon agonised over school work, his teachers kept asking him to “work harder”.
“I fell into the t...