Bridgetown

West Side Landmark Closing After 149 Years

wkrc.com     Mar 28, 2008          

Wagon Wheel makes way for left turn lane ... The wheel stops spinning in Bridgetown Saturday night. After nearly 150 years, a west side landmark, the Wagon Wheel Cafe, is coming down to make way for a turn lane. That lane will make things easier for drivers at the...                    

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Bridgetown High Celebrated as Annapolis Valley's First Accredited School

ns.ca     Mar 28, 2008   1 related          

Education -- Bridgetown Regional High School has become the first school in the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board to be awarded accreditation through the Nova Scotia School Accreditation Program. ... Bridgetown Regional High School has become the first school in the...                    

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Rihanna flies first

breakingnews.ie     Mar 20, 2008   6 related          

Pop star Rihanna left passengers bewildered on a flight to Barbados when she took a seat in first class - and left her pals in economy. ... The 'Umbrella' singer boarded the London to Bridgetown flight after learning she had been named an honorary ambassador for culture...                    

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Islands in the Sun

voice-online.co.uk     Mar 20, 2008          

Here are a few facts about some of the Islands in the Caribbean. ... In Barbados the Lord Nelson statue, erected in Bridgetown’s National Heroes Square, is 30 years older than the statue that stands in London’s Trafalgar Square. Antigua claims to have 365 beaches on the...                    

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Student's way to ease bus blues

nationnews.com     Mar 19, 2008          

A UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI) STUDENT says he has worked out a system for bus commuters to more easily and quickly travel across Barbados, without having to go into the congested capital of Bridgetown. Jason Felix, in the final year of studies for his Bachelor's in economics and...                    

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Price fixing alleged in ice biz

enquirer.com     Mar 18, 2008   11 related          

A Wisconsin convenience store is claiming three packaged ice producers - including Bridgetown-based Home City Ice - have created an international conspiracy to ice out their competition. ... Ridge Plaza Inc. of Milwaukee has filed a federal class-action lawsuit in...                    

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Bajans brace for hike

jamaica-gleaner.com     Mar 17, 2008          

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): In the face of soaring global oil prices, Barbadians are being warned to be ready for more price increases in food and other consumer items. Stephen Worme, chief marketing officer of the Barbados Light & Power Company, and Sandra Olton...                    

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Airline execs mullover industry woes

jamaica-gleaner.com     Mar 12, 2008   2 related          

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The management of the four major airlines in the region has been holding private discussions aimed at finding a workable solution to the numerous problems affecting the industry in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning...                    

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest

portlandmercury.com     Mar 10, 2008          

From all accounts, the first annual Bridgetown Comedy Fest went off rather well—they're still tabulating expenses, but fest organizer Andy Wood estimated that they earned about $2000 for the Red Cross. Not too shabby by half. There were hitches and...                    

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Relief Fire Company treasures long history

courierpostonline.com     Mar 9, 2008          

King George II would have been proud that a group of his loyal subjects in far-off New Jersey had named a fire company in honor of the motherland. ... Revolution came, though, and loyal subjects became Americans. So in 1787, when "Britannia" had become too "anachronistic...                    

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