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Helen Daley always tried to bring out the best in her students. She was a teacher for more than 40 years and it became her classroom mission. She still has the thank you notes she received from some of her pupils. “I just saw so many possibilities th...

A schoolboy brought festive cheer to long-term hospital patients with home-made cards on Christmas Day. Mason DiVuolo, 7, went to visit seniors in the Cooper Ward at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital before he opened his presents. Mason, from Pag...

A celebration of the centenary of a woman dubbed the “matriarch” of her home area attracted about 330 people. Grace “Mama Grace” Woodley was surrounded by family and friends as she marked her 100th birthday with a special party at the CedarBridge Aca...

In today’s materialistic world it’s hard to imagine a child feeling grateful that Santa left a piece of fruit in their stocking. Christmases were a lot different when Lefroy Brownlow Place was a child back in the 1920s. “We’d hang out stockings on t...

A 75-year-old whose body was found in a public restroom was named by police today. Elliott Van Putten was discovered “in an unresponsive state” by a member of the public in toilets at the Hamilton Docks, near the junction of Front Street and Court St...

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison Throughout my career I have been surrounded by people who mentored me to do things “the right way” and encouraged me to achieve as high a level of perfection as possib...

Joseph Lambert got his first job at 12, working as a caddie at Riddell’s Bay Golf Course. He’d head there after school, eager to do his part to help out at home; his parents, Joseph and Edith, had seven children to support. “I used to get about t...

A care home has held a door decorating competition to find the resident who best captured the Christmas spirit. Nurses, schoolchildren and family members met at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home to help seniors spread holiday cheer arou...

As I round the corner from Thanksgiving and enter the season of light I often pause to consider the many things in life that I am thankful for. I don’t think it matters a bit which religion or holiday traditions you follow, the close of the year is g...

Rose James lived beside St David’s Lighthouse, but at times it felt like her home was the actual beacon. Children were drawn to her; it wasn’t unusual to hear an unexpected knock on the door. “In my house, there was always someone’s child who had le...

Seniors and caregivers quizzed a panel of healthcare experts last night on proposed changes to the healthcare system. A standing-room-only crowd turned out for the event organised by island charity Age Concern at the Salvation Army Citadel on North ...

An event focusing on proposed healthcare reforms will be held tomorrow, the executive director of Age Concern has said. Claudette Fleming said that the charity had organised the event to help provide information on the Bermuda Health Plan to older i...