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Photos/Video: Hog Penny New Year’s Eve Party

[Updated with video] People packed the Hog Penny Restaurant this New Year’s evening and joined rock singer Will Black as he put on his last performance of the year, along with friend and duo mate Keith White in their Rockin’ Mardi Gras New Years’ Eve Party. Acoustic and electric guitars cranked out hits from all eras as they got... Read more of this article

Photos: Front Street New Year’s Eve Celebrations

Spanish Town Entertainment hosted the annual New Year’s Eve celebration on Front Street, with this year’s event billed as “Unity Explosion: The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Party.” The event included live musical entertainment, dancers, music, vendors and much more. View additional coverage of the 2013 New Year’s festivities by... Read more of this article

Photos/Video: 2013 St George’s New Year’s Eve

[Updated with video] Locals are celebrating the New Year at various parties being hosted this evening across the island, with two open air celebrations being held in both Hamilton and St George’s. Video showing a look at the band, kiddie land, Onion drop and fireworks: The festivities in the east end included live musical entertainment, fireworks,... Read more of this article

Video: 2013 NYE Onion Drops In St George’s

[Updated with videos] With a few hours left until the official start of 2013, the traditional Onion is up in St George’s and and ready to drop at the stroke of midnight. The celebrations in St George’s will begin at 7pm with musical selections from Black Lion Sound System & Reality Sound System. The band the “Unit” will perform... Read more of this article

2012 Third Quarter Visitor Arrivals Fall 2.7%

Total visitors to Bermuda during the third quarter of 2012 fell 2.7% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to statistics released today [Dec 31] by the Department of Tourism. A total of 260,129 visitors came to Bermuda during the third quarter of 2012. This was comprised of 80,852 air visitors, 179,124 cruise visitors and 153 visitors arriving... Read more of this article

Sailors Compete In Overseas Youth Regatta

The Orange Bowl Youth Regatta finished on Sunday [Dec 30] at Coral Reef YC in Coconut Grove, Florida. The wind waited until the last day to arrive and glorious sailing conditions prevailed for the final two races. It made for quite a change after the less predictable lighter winds of the first 3 days. A number of the more experienced BER sailors used... Read more of this article

BEST Calls For Lease Agreement Termination

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] is appealing to the Government to terminate the Park Hyatt/Bazarian agreement to “put us on the right footing as regards this lost opportunity.” The former Club Med hotel closed in 1988, and has not been used as a tourism resort since that time. It is scheduled to become a Park Hyatt... Read more of this article

Man Admits Threatening His Mother & Police

Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Dec 31], Paul Williams was remanded in custody after pleading guilty to threatening his mother and the police. Prosecutor Susan Mulligan told the Magistrate that on 29th December 2012, Williams had gone to his mother — who was at a Seniors home — and demanded money from her. When his mother... Read more of this article

CADA’s ‘Let Us Drive’ Service Available Tonight

CADA’s free ‘Let Us Drive service’ will be available tonight [Dec 31] to provide support for those who will be out drinking. The service will be available tonight from 3:15am to 3:45am from outside of the LOM building on Reid Street and recognizing that more people will be out, there will be additional vouchers available. CADA Chairman,... Read more of this article

Strong Police Presence For New Year’s Holiday

The police will “be out in force tonight to show a strong, highly visible police presence throughout the island during this evening’s festivities,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said this morning [Dec 31]. Mr Weekes said their intention is to “prevent incidents of antisocial behaviour and public disorder in and around... Read more of this article

Photos: Primary School Cahow Art Competition

Rebecca Vesey of Somersfield Academy was the winner of the Cahow primary school art competition held recently by the Bermuda Audubon Society. The competition was run as part of the Audubon Society’s efforts to educate young people about the endangered endemic seabird, and saw students from the island’s primary schools invited to submit black... Read more of this article

Coaches Reflect On Christmas Swimming Camp

Speaking after the Christmas Swimming Camp, national coaches Richard Goodwin and Ben Smith said: “We were very pleased with the outcome of 2 weeks of hard work at the BASA Annual Christmas Swimming Camp. The annual camp combines training sessions in the pool with challenging work outside of the pool. “This year we attracted 54 swimmers to participate... Read more of this article