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A charity thrift store is to hold its first outdoor market today to try to keep its elderly volunteers safe from Covid-19. Isabella Hall, the spokeswoman for Encore Thrift Shop, the fundraising arm of St John’s Church in Pembroke, said most of the sh...

The Premier has appealed to the Governor to ask court officials to accept a 10 per cent salary cut “in the spirit of shared sacrifice”. Mr Burt confirmed that court staff had threatened industrial action over the proposed reductions. He said at Thurs...

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has reopened all its attractions to the public. The Flatts institution was closed for 113 days and opted to reopen in a phased approach — the aquarium opened at the start of July and the zoo a week later. But Rob...

The Minister of Labour announced that 73 applications for one-year residential certificates to work remotely from Bermuda had been approved. Jason Hayward said that Government had received an “overwhelming response” to its drive to attract “digital n...

Hamilton fixture the Hog Penny said goodbye yesterday to “the best server in Bermuda”, who has retired after a 41-year history with the bar. Phil Barnett, the president of the bar’s owner, Island Restaurant Group, said Joanna Wellman, then Easton, th...

Successive failures of three out of four Belco power cables to the West End was the cause of electricity cuts that blacked out thousands of customers, the firm said yesterday. A spokesman for Belco explained that one line went out of commission last...

Bermuda will say goodbye to a “legend in the community” when musician and grassroots activist Cleveland Simmons leaves to live in Britain, a former culture minister has said. Dale Butler was speaking at a farewell concert organised by Mr Simmons, who...

A plant nursery had sold seeds and seedlings that could be contaminated with a parasitic vine. Aberfeldy Nurseries said it had sold 44 packets of imported seeds, which may contain the dodder parasite, and six customers had been accounted for. Julie G...

A new water park at a hotel has made a splash despite the economic impact of Covid-19, the owners said. Kinezumi Water Sports, which opened at Rosewood Bermuda in Hamilton Parish on July 24, is a large inflatable floating park with a variety of obsta...

Businesses enjoyed a welcome boost thanks to the first Rum Festival held in Dockyard over the weekend. The event, hosted jointly by Gosling’s Ltd and the West End Development Corporation, is likely to make a return to the West End for years to come, ...