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For teenager Laree Talbot, the America’s Cup seemed far removed from her world of exams and assignments. But this weekend’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda brought it all home for the 18-year-old student. Laree and many other local...

When Lorrie Peniston brought her baby son home from the hospital 17 years ago, her first thought was, “I’ve no clue what I’m doing”. She has since discovered she was not alone. The psychotherapist regularly meets people struggling to meet the pressur...

A toddler scoops a cookie off the floor and shoves it in his mouth, lint, dog hair, ants and all. It’s a familiar scene that makes some parents cringe and others shrug philosophically. “No one has died yet,” said Susan Thomas, 40, mother of eight-ye...

Tremayne Bean and Patrick Perret want to work on superyachts. Lamar Samuels is eyeing a captain’s licence. In the meantime, they’re watch leaders on board Spirit of Bermuda. Their progress is a success for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation. The three men...

The first time Nasya Joell danced on stage he was nine. He was so nervous he kept dropping his prop but the experience got him hooked on performing. By the time his family left Bermuda for Huntsville, Alabama a year later, Nasya was dancing competiti...

Dwayne Basden’s whole world changed the moment he learnt he was having a daughter. The 42-year-old has had to wade through unchartered territory: Barbie dolls, tickle sessions and hugs and kisses have all become a way of life since Harli was born s...

As a teenager in the 1970s, Stephen DeCosta thought there was nothing cooler than cruising on his moped. Some might say he never grew up. The 51-year-old is still passionate about mopeds and has been collecting vintage bikes for the past 20 years. A ...

Carolyn Soares didn’t know how lucky she was until she went to South Africa. She taught English to 10-year-olds without computers or sufficient textbooks in Mpumalanga, eastern South Africa. Huge numbers of children were jammed into tiny classrooms i...

Five years ago Judy Baum was semi-retired and enjoying life when out of nowhere came a curveball. Her 38-year-old daughter, Lori Correia, suffered a massive stroke. Mrs Baum stepped in as her caregiver. “You don’t expect your children to have a te...

Otis Nolan did not think he was doing anything extraordinary when he signed up to become a Mirrors volunteer. So it came as a shock when the charity presented him with its Outstanding Committed Partner Award. The City of Hamilton employee never mis...