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$1.5 Million pegged for CarQuest Reopening in Abaco by Early 2024
Four years after its Abaco location was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, CarQuest is working to open its doors in Marsh Harbor, Abaco in January 2024.
'Hurricane will dent Abaco, but not stop recovery'
'Hurricane will dent Abaco, but not stop recovery'
THE president of Abaco's Chamber of Commerce said the damage from Nicole will put a dent but not be a setback to the island's hurricane recovery.
Reflections: Evacuees and Economy Get Boost From One Eleuthera
The One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) has moved from one storm to another – Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Both have created difficult economic times for The Bahamas...
Post-Dorian mangrove restoration picks up steam
Post-Dorian mangrove restoration picks up steam
In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, scientists and environmentalists leapt into action researching mangroves on Grand Bahama and Abaco, their health and how those ecosystems function. Some collected propagules (another name for mangrove seeds) and galvanized communities into establishing backyard nurseries and burrowing tiny mangrove plants called seedlings into areas hard hit by the Category 5 ...
Foundations help fund Abaco school rebuild, provide laptops and more
With hand-painted signs held high, students at Central Abaco Primary School welcomed representatives of the Lyford Cay and Canadian Lyford Cay Foundations (LCF), thanking them for donations that helped rebuild the school destroyed by Hurricane Dorian.
Elbow Cay Returning To Normalcy
Elbow Cay Returning To Normalcy
On September 1, Dorian reached Category 5 intensity, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, and a minimum central pressure of 910 mb while making landfall on Elbow Cay in the Abaco chain of islands...
Trafficking Persons Training Extended To Family Islanders.
The Bureau of Women?s Affairs of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development along with the International Organisation for Migration held a workshop in Marsh Harbour, Abaco from the 17th to the 19th of August, 2010.
A few steps into the past at Hope Town's historical museum
A few steps into the Wyannie Malone Historical Museum is enough to give you an eerie feeling that you have gone back in time.
Since Hope Town is not the busiest city centre, chances are you might be the only visitor when you go. Apart from the sound of your footsteps on the wooden floors the museum is near silent. That?s good because the quiet leaves plenty of room for your imagination.
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An evening to remember
An evening to remember
An evening to remember will commemorate 40th anniversary of GTC's Albert Lowe Museum.