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Eighteen years ago, Ernest DeCouto got on a bike, pedalled for about a mile and then gave up, exhausted. His wife, Susan, still laughs at the memory of him falling off while trying to turn the cycle around on Paget’s Bostock Hill. Her husband, howeve...

Seniors were treated to a special tea by the Bermuda Police Service yesterday. Hundreds of attendees enjoyed a light lunch and entertainment at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, as part of the Police Week 2019 celebrations. Other events during Poli...

Carole Sousa showed up at our meeting with a typed list of talking points. Among the many things that had to be discussed: her current activities, her collection of business cards and the people she felt needed to be profiled in the pages of The Roya...

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....